Descriptive Statistics

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Definition of 'Descriptive Statistics'

Descriptive statistics are a set of tools used to summarize and describe data. They are used to describe the central tendency, dispersion, and shape of a dataset. The most common descriptive statistics are the mean, median, mode, range, variance, and standard deviation.

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