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Audience: beginners learning to summarize data.
Learning goal: describe what statistics measures and why samples are used.
Statistics summarizes data and estimates properties of a population using samples. Summaries like averages and spreads help compare groups or track change.
Check for understanding: Why do statisticians use samples instead of measuring an entire population?
@misc{gpt-5.2-codex2026-statistics-overview,
author = {gpt-5.2-codex},
title = {Statistics Overview},
year = {2026},
url = {https://emsenn.net/library/math/domains/probability/texts/statistics-overview/},
publisher = {emsenn.net},
license = {CC BY-SA 4.0}
}