Statistical theory

The theory of statistics includes a number of topics: Statistical models of the sources of data and typical problem formulation:\n#Sampling from a finite population\n#Measuring observational error and refining procedures\n#Studying statistical relations Planning statistical research to measure and control observational error:

1. Design of experiments to determine treatment effects\n#Survey sampling to describe natural populations

Summarizing statistical data in conventional forms (also known as descriptive statistics)

1. Choosing summary statistics to describe a sample\n#Fitting probability distributions to sample data

Interpreting statistical data is the final objective of all research:

1. Common assumptions that we make\n#Likelihood principle\n#Estimating parameters\n#Testing statistical hypotheses\n#Revising opinions in statistics

See also

probability, statistics, list of statistical topics