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What is the main goal of descriptive statistics?
What is the main goal of descriptive statistics?
- To make predictions about future events
- To analyze the relationships between variables
- To test hypotheses about a population
- To summarize and organize raw data (correct)
What type of statistics is concerned with summarizing and organizing raw data?
What type of statistics is concerned with summarizing and organizing raw data?
- Probability theory
- Inferential statistics
- Hypothesis testing
- Descriptive statistics (correct)
What is a primary function of descriptive statistics?
What is a primary function of descriptive statistics?
- To identify causality between variables
- To summarize and describe the basic features of data (correct)
- To make inferences about a population
- To identify correlations between variables
Which of the following is a characteristic of descriptive statistics?
Which of the following is a characteristic of descriptive statistics?
What is the primary focus of descriptive statistics?
What is the primary focus of descriptive statistics?
Descriptive statistics involves only numerical data.
Descriptive statistics involves only numerical data.
Descriptive statistics is used to make predictions about a population.
Descriptive statistics is used to make predictions about a population.
Descriptive statistics helps in identifying patterns in data.
Descriptive statistics helps in identifying patterns in data.
Descriptive statistics is a branch of inferential statistics.
Descriptive statistics is a branch of inferential statistics.
The primary function of descriptive statistics is to summarize and organize raw data.
The primary function of descriptive statistics is to summarize and organize raw data.
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Descriptive Statistics
- Descriptive statistics is a branch of statistics.
- Its primary function is to summarize and organize raw data.
Descriptive Statistics
- Descriptive statistics is a branch of statistics that deals with summarizing and organizing raw data.
- Its primary purpose is to provide a concise and meaningful summary of the basic features of a dataset.
- It helps to simplify and describe the main characteristics of a dataset, making it easier to understand and analyze.
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