noun
inferential statistics
Technical term in statistics; refers to methods for drawing conclusions about a population from sample data.
推測統計学では、標本から母集団の特性を推定する。
In inferential statistics, characteristics of a population are estimated from a sample.
Descriptive statistics, which summarizes data without making inferences about a larger population.
Compound of 推測 (inference) + 統計学 (statistics). A calque of English 'inferential statistics'.