Outline of Statistics - Describing Data

Describing Data

  • Descriptive statistics
  • Average
    • Mean
    • Median
    • Mode
  • Measures of scale
    • Variance
    • Standard deviation
    • Median absolute deviation
  • Correlation
  • Outlier
  • Statistical graphics
    • Histogram
    • Frequency distribution
    • Quantile
    • Survival function
    • Failure rate

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