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  2. Statistics - Wikipedia

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    The word statistics ultimately comes from the Latin word Status, meaning "situation" or "condition" in society, which in late Latin adopted the meaning "state". Derived from this, political scientist Gottfried Achenwall, coined the German word statistik (a summary of how things stand).

  3. Statistic - Wikipedia

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    Some examples of statistics are: "In a recent survey of Americans, 52% of women say global warming is happening." In this case, "52%" is a statistic, namely the percentage of women in the survey sample who believe in global warming.

  4. Statistician - Wikipedia

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    Additionally, there is a substantial number of people who use statistics and data analysis in their work but have job titles other than statistician, [5] such as actuaries, applied mathematicians, economists, data scientists, data analysts (predictive analytics), financial analysts, psychometricians, sociologists, epidemiologists, and ...

  5. Glossary of probability and statistics - Wikipedia

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    Also confidence coefficient. A number indicating the probability that the confidence interval (range) captures the true population mean. For example, a confidence interval with a 95% confidence level has a 95% chance of capturing the population mean. Technically, this means that, if the experiment were repeated many times, 95% of the CIs computed at this level would contain the true population ...

  6. How To Write Numbers in Words on a Check - AOL

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    How Do You Write $450 in Words on a Check? Word choice gets slightly more complex when you put hundreds and tens together. Huntington Bank recommends writing $130.45 as “One hundred thirty and ...

  7. History of statistics - Wikipedia

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    The term statistics is ultimately derived from the Neo-Latin statisticum collegium ("council of state") and the Italian word statista ("statesman" or "politician"). The German Statistik , first introduced by Gottfried Achenwall (1749), originally designated the analysis of data about the state , signifying the "science of state" (then called ...

  8. Probability and statistics - Wikipedia

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    Probability and statistics are two closely related fields in mathematics, sometimes combined for academic purposes. They are covered in several articles: Probability; Statistics; Glossary of probability and statistics; Notation in probability and statistics; Timeline of probability and statistics

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