Analysis of measured or sampled quantitative data, with the goal of obtaining a level of quantified understanding of something in the real world that is unknown. The three major kinds of statistical analysis are hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, and Bayesian statistics.
Also used in hcistats2e: Chap. 1: page 9; Chap. 4: page 45; Chap. 5: pages 61, 65; Chap. 7: page 74; Chap. 9: page 106; Chap. 13: page 149; Chap. 14: pages 174, 181; Chap. 15: page 188
Also known as: statistical analyses, statistical method
Used in glossary entries: Bayesian statistics, confidence interval, hypothesis testing, real world