Descriptive Statistics

Abdul Quader Miah ()
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Abdul Quader Miah: Asian Institute of Technology

Chapter Chapter 3 in Applied Statistics for Social and Management Sciences, 2016, pp 29-58 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics are distinguished. Concepts of descriptive statistics are presented. The techniques of using descriptive statistics dealing with mean (arithmetic, geometric), median, and mode are explained. The technique for calculation of the “growth rates” and future projection is shown. Measures of dispersion of data are explained. Descriptive statistics entails central tendency of data.

Keywords: Descriptive statistics; Inferential statistics; Central tendency; Dispersion; Growth rate (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-0401-8_3

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