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What is the aim of descriptive statistics?

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Ann Chung
8 July 2020
What is the aim of descriptive statistics?

What is the aim of descriptive statistics?

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Mimi
8 July 2020

Yes, you may.

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Ann Chung
8 July 2020

I see, then I can compute these descriptive statistics right after I complete my data collection.

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Mimi
8 July 2020

It aims to describe the characteristics (i.e., distribution) of the variables in the sample.

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