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The '''Theory of Statistics''' includes a number of topics:
The '''Theory of Statistics''' includes a number of topics:


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#[[Revising Opinions]]
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Revision as of 12:35, 29 June 2001

The Theory of Statistics includes a number of topics:


Statistical models of the sources of data and typical problem formulation:

  1. Sampling from a finite population
  1. Measuring Observational Error and refining procedures
  1. Studying statistical relations


Planning Research to measure and control Observational Error:


  1. Designing Experiments to determine treatment effects
  1. Survey Sampling to describe natural populations


Summarizing Statistical Data in conventional forms (also known as Descriptive Statistics)


  1. Choosing Summary Statistics to describe a sample
  1. Fitting Probability Distributions to sample data


Interpreting Statistical Data is the final objective of all research:


  1. Common assumptions that we make
  1. Likelihood Principle
  1. Estimating Parameters
  1. Testing Hypotheses
  1. Revising Opinions


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