The Concepts and Practice of Statistics Part 2 — Starting

Abstract

This is the second of a series of articles on the basic concepts of statistics and how they are applied in practice. In this article, the initial stages of analysing a data set are discussed. As in the first article, the emphasis is on explaining the techniques and the underlying mathematical concepts in practical terms.

Keywords

• statistics
• variable
• variation
• data
• distribution
• cumulative distribution