Inferential statistics

Inferential statistics or statistical induction is a branch of statistics that consists of generalizing from samples to populations performing hypothesis testing and making predictions.

Related Topics:
Statistics - Sample - Population - Hypothesis - Test - Prediction

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Two schools of inferential statistics are frequency probability using maximum likelihood estimation, and Bayesian inference. The following is an example of the latter.

Related Topics:
Frequency probability - Maximum likelihood - Bayesian inference

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