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- ...as a branch of mathematics. Some tasks a statistician may involve are less mathematical; for example, ensuring that data collection is undertaken in a way that pro ...ough [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistical_model statistical models]. Statistics is applicable to a wide variety of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_4 KB (565 words) - 02:32, 13 December 2020
- '''Actuarial''' [[science]] is the [[discipline]] that applies [[mathematical]] and [[statistical]] [[method]]s to assess risk in the insurance and [[fin ...nd [[economics]]. Historically, actuarial science used [[deterministic]] [[mathematical model|models]] in the construction of tables and premiums. The science has1 KB (173 words) - 23:37, 12 December 2020
- *5: [[Statistics]] a [[quantity]] equal to the square of the standard deviation. In [[probability]] theory and [[statistics]], '''variance''' measures how far a set of [[numbers]] is spread out. A va3 KB (382 words) - 02:41, 13 December 2020
- ...age:Visualization_of_algorithm.jpg|right|frame|<center>"Visualization of a mathematical [[algorithm]]."</center>]] ...,’ from Old French ''mathematique'', from [[Latin]] ''(ars) mathematica'' ‘mathematical (art),’ from [[Greek]] ''mathēmatikē'' (''tekhnē''), from the base of5 KB (718 words) - 01:24, 13 December 2020
- In [[statistics]], dependence refers to any statistical [[relationship]] between [[two]] [h ...fers to any situation in which [[random]] [[variables]] do not satisfy a [[mathematical]] condition of [[probabilistic]] independence. In loose usage, correlation3 KB (352 words) - 23:43, 12 December 2020
- ...heoretical branches of [[computer science]], [[information theory]], and [[statistics]]. ...College London]] and [[Tokyo University]], their Department of mathematics/statistics run under the faculty of natural science/science.5 KB (723 words) - 00:42, 13 December 2020
- ...[[research]], [[statistics|statistical]] [[analysis]], case studies, and [[Mathematical model|model]] building. Herbert Baxter Adams is credited with coining the p2 KB (222 words) - 22:47, 12 December 2020
- ...for [[DSL]] lines). The field is at the crossroads of [[mathematics]], [[statistics]], [[computer science]], [[physics]], [[neurobiology]], and [[electrical en ...1948 by [[Claude Elwood Shannon|Claude Shannon]] in his seminal work, "[[A Mathematical Theory of Communication]]." The central paradigm of classical information9 KB (1,311 words) - 03:12, 12 January 2009
- ...and geodesy, adjustment means the optimal [[parameter]] estimation of a [[mathematical model]] so as to best fit a [[data]] set. The most important [[method]] is * In [[statistics]], it is the [[compensation]] for confounding variables.2 KB (303 words) - 23:38, 12 December 2020
- ...ematics]], & theoretical [[computer science]], [[information theory]], & [[statistics]]. ==== [[Statistics]][https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Statistics] ====8 KB (1,084 words) - 02:37, 13 December 2020
- '''Climate''' [[encompasses]] the [[statistics]] of [[temperature]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humidity humidity], [h ...coral. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_model Climate models] are [[mathematical model]]s of [[past]], [[present]] and [[future]] climates.[https://en.wikip3 KB (445 words) - 23:42, 12 December 2020
- ...theory, that is used extensively in such areas of study as mathematics, [[statistics]], [[finance]], gambling, science, and philosophy to draw conclusions about ...erest in quantifying the [[ideas]] of probability for millennia, but exact mathematical descriptions of use in those problems only arose much later.6 KB (892 words) - 02:37, 13 December 2020
- * [[Mathematics|Mathematical]] analysis, the generic name given to any branch of mathematics that depend ==Statistics==7 KB (979 words) - 23:45, 12 December 2020
- ...rly usage, scholars often referred to a clever [[idea]] or to a convenient mathematical approach that simplified cumbersome calculations as a ''hypothesis''; when ...ome a theory itself. Normally, scientific hypotheses have the form of a [[mathematical model]]. Sometimes, but not always, one can also formulate them as existen8 KB (1,204 words) - 17:17, 7 April 2009
- * [[Statistics|Statisticians]] have developed formal rules for inference from quantitative ...of the most famous statements of those rules in his [[Organon]]. Modern [[mathematical logic]], beginning in the 19th century, has built numerous [[formal system]12 KB (1,790 words) - 23:57, 12 December 2020
- ...ue. Quetelet [[discovered]] that the bell-shaped curve applied to social [[statistics]] gathered by the French government in the course of its normal processes o ...iscover]] a general measure of the average, Galton looked at educational [[statistics]] and found bell-curves in test results of all sorts; initially in [[mathem9 KB (1,339 words) - 01:17, 13 December 2020
- The term is often used in [[statistics]] to signify well-defined statistical properties, such as a lack of bias or ...Though Gerolamo Cardano and Galileo wrote about games of chance, the first mathematical treatments were given by [[Blaise Pascal]], Pierre de Fermat and Christiaan13 KB (2,073 words) - 23:41, 12 December 2020
- ...iable truly reflects the phenomenon under study (a question of [[validity (statistics)|validity]]) and that the variable can be measured accurately (i.e., that v ...uses more on the problems of external validity, often through the use of [[statistics|statistical methods]]. Occasionally events occur naturally from which scien16 KB (2,399 words) - 00:26, 13 December 2020
- ...nformation]], a concept of [[R.A. Fisher]]. This is used in application of statistics to [[estimation theory]] and to science in general. Fisher information is ...he publication in 1948 of an influential paper by [[Claude Shannon]], "[[A Mathematical Theory of Communication]]." This paper provides the foundations of [[infor20 KB (3,075 words) - 23:57, 12 December 2020
- ...manities]], [[theology]] and the [[art]]s on the other. [[Mathematics]], [[statistics]] and [[computer science]] are not considered natural sciences, but provide Aside from the logical and mathematical sciences, there are three great branches of ''natural science'' which stand12 KB (1,707 words) - 01:20, 13 December 2020
- ...ori]] rather than empirical methods. Formal science, which also includes [[statistics]] and [[logic]], is vital to the empirical sciences. Major advances in form ...of nature or the behavior of the subject of the field of study. Unlike a mathematical proof, a scientific theory is [[empirical]], and is always open to [[falsif30 KB (4,320 words) - 02:37, 13 December 2020
- ...ori]] rather than empirical methods. Formal science, which also includes [[statistics]] and [[logic]], is vital to the empirical sciences. Major advances in form ...of nature or the behavior of the subject of the field of study. Unlike a mathematical proof, a scientific theory is [[empirical]], and is always open to [[falsif28 KB (4,068 words) - 02:44, 13 December 2020
- ...y those who see it as an unwarranted intrusion of social considerations in mathematical practice, which is supposed to be "objective" and "above" social concerns. ...ocial anthropology]], [[social philosophy]], [[social ontology]], [[social statistics]] and [[social choice theory]] in mathematics.9 KB (1,292 words) - 15:02, 29 September 2010
- ...ms and Technology, Cataloging and classification, Preservation, Reference, Statistics and Management. Library science is constantly evolving, incorporating new t ...ation science. LIS should not be confused with [[information theory]], the mathematical study of the [[concept]] of information, or [[information science]], a fiel16 KB (2,239 words) - 01:22, 13 December 2020
- ...of [[history]], [[poetry]] or [[politics]]. Only with the development of [[mathematical proof]] did there gradually arise a perceived difference between "scientifi ...Pascal]], [[Gottfried Leibniz]] and [[Johannes Kepler]], each of whom took mathematical examples as models for human behavior directly. In Pascal's case, the [[Pas36 KB (5,164 words) - 02:35, 13 December 2020
- [[Mathematical models]] and computer models are frequently used to both describe the [[beh [[Category: Statistics]]10 KB (1,527 words) - 02:19, 13 December 2020
- ...lligence factor]]". ''g'' can be derived as the principal factor using the mathematical method of [[factor analysis]]. However, psychometricians can also measure a ...etween species. They study various measures of problem solving, as well as mathematical and language abilities. Some challenges in this area are defining intellige19 KB (2,679 words) - 01:17, 13 December 2020
- ...heoretical]] advances in neuroscience have also been aided by the use of [[Mathematical model|computational modeling]] of [[neural networks]]. The term neurobiolog17 KB (2,345 words) - 01:21, 13 December 2020
- ...ull disclosure"''', also allows statistical measures of the [[reliability (statistics)|reliability]] of these data to be established. ...thods of verification and testing of hypotheses may involve less stringent mathematical and statistical interpretations of these elements within the respective dis54 KB (7,840 words) - 02:32, 13 December 2020
- ...to the next is not necessarily deterministic; some algorithms, known as [[statistics|probabilistic algorithms]], incorporate randomness. ...guage or implementation. In this sense, algorithm analysis resembles other mathematical disciplines in that it focuses on the underlying properties of the algorith49 KB (7,317 words) - 23:40, 12 December 2020
- ...uld not be confused with [[information theory]], the study of a particular mathematical concept of information, or with [[library science]], a field related to [[l ...ience]], information science, [[cognitive psychology]], [[linguistics]], [[statistics]], [[physics]].36 KB (5,042 words) - 00:27, 13 December 2020
- ...rows in causal graphs such as ''Bayesian Networks'' or path diagrams. The mathematical theory underlying these derivations relies on the distinction between ''con ...anating from <math>X</math>. This criterion, called "backdoor", provides a mathematical definition of "confounding" and helps researchers identify accessible sets44 KB (6,801 words) - 01:03, 13 December 2020