Let me be upfront: this post will contain statistics. Not the fun, pithy kind like “60 percent of statistics are made up on the spot,” but actual cold, hard statistical practices. Joking aside, I’m ...

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Whatever study you choose to conduct, it will probably have a target population. The target population is the group of people who could be involved in your study. For example, if you wanted to do some ...

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Vast amounts of data are generated every day. Statistics transforms data into meaningful information. People who practice the science of learning from data are called statisticians. Statisticians ...

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