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Descriptive Statistics

/dɪˈskrɪp.tɪv stəˈtɪs.tɪks/
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  1. 1

    A branch of statistics that deals with the summarization and description of data sets.

    "Descriptive statistics provide a clear overview of the data collected in the survey."
  2. 2

    Statistical methods used to present quantitative descriptions in a manageable form.

    "Using descriptive statistics, the researcher was able to illustrate the average scores of the participants."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'descriptive statistics' combines 'descriptive', derived from Latin 'descriptus', meaning 'to write down', and 'statistics', which comes from the New Latin 'statisticus', relating to state affairs. The phrase evolved in the 19th century as a method to summarize and describe data sets.

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🇫🇷French → English

Statistiques descriptives

Transliteration: statistiques descriptives

"Les statistiques descriptives fournissent un aperçu clair des données."

🇩🇪German → English

Deskriptive Statistik

Transliteration: deskriptive statistik

"Die deskriptive Statistik bietet eine klare Übersicht über die gesammelten Daten."

🇮🇹Italian → English

Statistica descrittiva

Transliteration: statistica descrittiva

"La statistica descrittiva fornisce una panoramica chiara dei dati raccolti."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

Estadísticas descriptivas

Transliteration: estadísticas descriptivas

"Las estadísticas descriptivas ofrecen una visión clara de los datos recopilados."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

Estatísticas descritivas

Transliteration: estatísticas descritivas

"As estatísticas descritivas fornecem uma visão clara dos dados coletados."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

वर्णनात्मक सांख्यिकी

Transliteration: varṇanātmak sāṅkhyikī

"वर्णनात्मक सांख्यिकी एकत्रित डेटा का स्पष्ट अवलोकन प्रदान करती है।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

描述性统计

Transliteration: miáoshùxìng tǒngjì

"描述性统计提供了对收集数据的清晰概述。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

기술 통계

Transliteration: gisul tonggye

"기술 통계는 수집된 데이터에 대한 명확한 개요를 제공합니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

記述統計

Transliteration: kijutsu tōkei

"記述統計は収集したデータの明確な概要を提供します。"

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