Definition: Descriptive and inferential statistics
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Descriptive vs. inferential
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Definition: A statistic may be called
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a descriptive statistic, if it quantitatively describes or summarizes a statistical sample or estimates aspects of the probability distribution from which the sample is drawn, e.g. sample mean;
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an inferential statistic, if its sampling distribution under the null hypothesis can be used for testing hypotheses about parameters of the distribution from which the sample is drawn, e.g. F-statistic.
- Wikipedia (2025): "Descriptive statistics"; in: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, retrieved on 2025-04-04; URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descriptive_statistics.
- Wikipedia (2025): "Statistical inference"; in: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, retrieved on 2025-04-04; URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistical_inference.
Metadata: ID: D221 | shortcut: stat-desc | author: JoramSoch | date: 2025-04-04, 15:05.