estadística

Definitions of estadística
  1. noun
    a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters
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    matemática aplicada
    the branches of mathematics that are involved in the study of the physical or biological or sociological world
  2. noun
    a datum that can be represented numerically
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    media, promedio, término medio
    a statistic describing the location of a distribution
    mediana
    the value below which 50% of the cases fall
    media, promedio, término medio
    an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n
    correlación
    a statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary; it can vary from -1 (perfect negative correlation) through 0 (no correlation) to +1 (perfect positive correlation)
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    dato
    an item of factual information derived from measurement or research
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