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descriptive statistics

descriptive statistics Descriptive statistics are the part of statistics used to describe and summarize data.

Descriptive statistics are the part of statistics used to describe and summarize data. The term can also refer to summary values, such as the mean, standard deviation, or skewness, that characterize a distribution.

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