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Beschrijvende Statistiek
Author(s) -
Venekamp P.E.
Publication year - 1961
Publication title -
statistica neerlandica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1467-9574
pISSN - 0039-0402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9574.1961.tb00926.x
Subject(s) - descriptive statistics , statistics , interpretation (philosophy) , context (archaeology) , presentation (obstetrics) , mathematics , computer science , geography , medicine , archaeology , radiology , programming language
Summary In this article the concepts of descriptive statistics and theoretical statistics are confronted. It is concluded that the descriptive statistics are to be considered an applied science, aimed at presentation and interpretation of figures. In this context the methods of theoretical statistics are to be applied too.