What is basic statistics?
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The most common basic statistics terms you'll come across are the mean, mode and median. These are all what are known as “Measures of Central Tendency.” Also important in this early chapter of statistics is the shape of a distribution.
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Basic statistics lays the foundation for further studies in statistics. It includes lots of ways to classify and sort variables and data so that they can be studied with tools you'll be introduced to later. For example, correlation and hypothesis testing.