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Sahithyan's S2
Sahithyan's S2 — Methods of Mathematics

Introduction to Statistics

Observational data

Population of interest

A specific group that a researcher aims to study in order to draw meaningful conclusions or make statistical inferences about its characteristics.

Sample of a population

A subset of the population of interest. Used to represent the population in statistical analysis.

Variable of interest

A changing quantity which is being measured in an experimental study.

Census

The process of gathering information about the members of a given population of interest.

Cohort

A group of subjects who share a particular event during a particular time duration.