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Basis of a statistical analysis is a set (statistical mass) of objects (statistical unit), for which one (in the univariate case) or several (in the multivariate case) characters are tested. The results which can occur in observing a character are called the character values.
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Luderer, B., Nollau, V., Vetters, K. (2009). Descriptive Statistics. In: Mathematical Formulas for Economists. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04079-5_15
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