Descriptive Statistics

Potter C. Chang
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Potter C. Chang: University of California at Los Angeles, Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health

Chapter Chapter 3 in Data Analysis of Medical Studies, 2025, pp 79-131 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Revelations of data are routinely described synoptically by values of descriptive statistics that are measures of properties of data distributions. To read such descriptions intelligently, it is essential to be able to appreciate the indications of the statistics. To report informatively, it is vital to stress the manifestations of the distributions of the observations.

Keywords: Mean; Standard deviation; Gaussian distribution; Gaussian Model; Speculated observation region; Percentile; Quartile; Decile; Quintile; Median; Interquartile range; Range; Geometric mean; Measure of skewness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-49984-5_3

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