Descriptive Statistics

In this chapter, we will explore descriptive statistics and their various techniques. Descriptive statistics, as the name suggests, assist in describing and comprehending datasets by providing a short summary pertaining to the dataset provided. The most common types of descriptive statistics include the measure of central tendencies, the measure of deviation, and others. In this chapter, we will become familiar with these techniques and explore those factual measures with visualization. We will use tools such as box plot to get bits of knowledge from statistics.

In this chapter, we'll cover the following topics:

  • Understanding statistics
  • Measures of central tendency
  • Measures of dispersion

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