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Descriptive Statistics

Descriptive Statistics is a branch of statistics that comprises methods for organizing, summarizing, and presenting empirical data in a meaningful and interpretable form through measures of central tendency, dispersion, and distribution, without making inferences beyond the data at hand.

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5.9K

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1.8K

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Principles and procedures of statistics.

R. G. D. Steel, J. H. Torrie · 1960 · 22.2K citations

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Principles and Procedures of Statistics

H. F. Robinson · Agronomy Journal · 1961 · 17.8K citations

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Use of Ranks in One-Criterion Variance Analysis

William Kruskal, W. Allen Wallis · Journal of the American Statistical Association · 1952 · 12K citations

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Practical Statistics for Medical Research.

Sophie Walter, Daniel Altman · Biometrics · 1992 · 11.7K citations

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Statistical Methods for Research Workers

American Journal of Clinical Pathology · 1945 · 11.1K citations

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Authors

5.9K

  1. ER
    Eric R. Ziegel

    Kyocera (United States), United States

    21 publications · 3.2K citations

    19

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  2. RA
    R. A. Fisher

    Experimental Station, United States

    12 publications · 3.2K citations

    12

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  3. FM
    Frederick Mosteller

    Harvard University Press, United States

    19 publications · 1.9K citations

    12

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  4. GC
    Geoff Cumming

    La Trobe University, Australia

    12 publications · 1.1K citations

    11

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  5. JE
    John E. Freund

    Arizona State University, United States

    11 publications · 1.1K citations

    11

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Institutions

1.8K

  1. University of Iowa

    Iowa City, United States

    19 h-index

    24 publications

    1.8K citations

  2. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    18 h-index

    22 publications

    7.3K citations

  3. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    18 h-index

    22 publications

    3.7K citations

  4. Iowa State University

    Ames, United States

    18 h-index

    20 publications

    1.8K citations

  5. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    16 h-index

    20 publications

    3.7K citations

  6. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    15 h-index

    18 publications

    14.9K citations

  7. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    15 h-index

    20 publications

    5K citations

  8. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    15 h-index

    20 publications

    1.9K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of the American Statistical Association

    286 publications · 82.7K citations

    89

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  2. Technometrics

    185 publications · 49.1K citations

    70

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  3. The American Statistician

    201 publications · 21.6K citations

    57

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  4. Biometrics

    91 publications · 52.1K citations

    48

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  5. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 74 publications · 14.1K citations

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