Statistics

Statistics is a branch of applied mathematics that deals with collecting, organizing, analyzing, reading and presenting data.^[1][2][3] Descriptive statistics make summaries of data.^[4][5] Inferential statistics makes predictions.^[6] Statistics helps in the study of many other fields, such as science, medicine,^[7] economics,^[8][9] psychology,^[10] politics^[11] and marketing.^[12] Someone who works in statistics is called a statistician. In addition to being the name of a field of study, the word "statistics" can also mean numbers that are used to describe data or relationships.

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11. ↑ Fioramonti, D. L. (2014). How numbers rule the world: The use and abuse of statistics in global politics. Zed Books Ltd..
12. ↑ Rossi, P. E., Allenby, G. M., & McCulloch, R. (2012). Bayesian statistics and marketing. John Wiley & Sons.