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Stats >> WebLog >> Inferential and descriptive statistics (March 24, 2005,
Model, Descriptive)
Someone asked me whether it was okay to define a correlation coefficient as a descriptive
statistic. It depends on whether the correlation is being used to describe a population or if
it is intended to test a particular hypothesis. I also warned that these types of labels
(inferential, descriptive) aren't really needed most of the time.
After I responded to her, I realized that I didn't have a decent definition of inferential
or descriptive statistics, so I add them and found a few examples on the BioMed Central
website.
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Inferential and descriptive statistics (March 24, 2005)
