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Statistics Population People Australian Branch Mathematics Conclusions Based

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These statistics show that the population of the country will be doubled in ten years.
这些统计表显示出,这国家的人口在十年内会增为两倍。
【重点词汇】
statistics n. 统计表, 统计学
Vocab
statisticsa branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters

Statistics is a branch of mathematics that allows you to draw conclusions about a large group of people based on information collected from a smaller group. It's also a tough college math course.

Say an Australian study reports that 45% of fifteen-year-old Australians like grape soda. The people who conducted that study didn't interview 45% of Australian fifteen-year-olds; they interviewed perhaps a fraction of the Australian fifteen-year-old population and based their conclusions about the entire population on that. This is the essence of statistics, and the uncertainty surrounding such studies is one reason why people who practice statistics have to take tough college courses.

All forms of 'statistics' will appear on average once every 387 pages.
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