SOCSCI 2J03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cluster Sampling, Time Series, Observational Error
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1 s tat i s t i c s a n d t y p e s o f s tat i s t i c s. Statistics is the science of collecting, analyzing, presenting, and interpreting data, as well as of making decisions based on such analyses. T y p e s o f s tat i s t i c s : d e s c r i p t i v e s tat i s t i c s. Descriptive statistics consists of methods for organizing, displaying, and describing data by using tables, graphs, and summary measures. Inferential statistics utilizes sample data to make estimates, decisions, predictions, or other generalizations about a larger set of data. C a s e s t u dy 1 - 1 l o b b y i n g s p e n d i n g b y s e l e c t e d.