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Descriptive statistics are concerned with the investigation of a sample that is usually limited in size. A key benefit is that these investigations allow us to draw conclusions about the population as a whole. For example, based on data alone, we can conclude with some confidence that a human being cannot grow to a height of three meters.
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Plaue, M. (2023). Probability theory. In: Data Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-67882-4_3
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