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This chapter introduces descriptive statistics, center, spread, and distribution shape, which are almost always included with any statistical analysis to characterize a dataset. The particular descriptive statistics used depend on the scale that has been used to assign numbers to represent the characteristics of entities being studied. When the distribution of continuous data is bell shaped, we have convenient properties that make description easier. Chapter 2 looks at dataset types and their description.
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Fraser, C. (2016). Describing Your Data. In: Business Statistics for Competitive Advantage with Excel 2016 . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32185-1_2
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