Abstract
Statistics is concerned with the collection, ordering and analysis of data. Data consist of sets of recorded observations or values. Any quantity that can have a number of values is a variable. A variable may be of one of two kinds:
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Discrete — a variable that can be counted, or for which there is a fixed set of values,
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Continuous — a variable that can be measured on a continuous scale, the result depending on the precision of the measuring instrument, or the accuracy of the observer.
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© 1987 K. A. Stroud
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Stroud, K.A. (1987). Statistics. In: Engineering Mathematics. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12153-3_27
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