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記述統計学 (きじゅつとうけいがく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

記き述じゅつ統とう計けい学がく

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Meanings

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descriptive statistics

The branch of statistics that summarizes and describes data, as opposed to inferential statistics.

記き述じゅつ統とう計けい学がくでは、平へい均きんや標ひょう準じゅん偏へん差さを使

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In descriptive statistics, we summarize data characteristics using measures like the mean and standard deviation.

Kanji

記scribe, account, narrative
述mention, state, speak
統overall, relationship, ruling
計plot, plan, scheme
学study, learning, science

Related words

推すい計けい統とう計けい学がく
Inferential statistics, which draws conclusions from data, as opposed to descriptive statistics which merely summarizes it.

Built from

記き述じゅつ+統とう計けい学がく

Etymology

Compound of 記述 (description) + 統計学 (statistics). A modern technical term.