Descriptive statistics

Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2009 Oct;103(4 Suppl 1):S9-14. doi: 10.1016/s1081-1206(10)60815-0.

Abstract

In this article, we introduced basic concepts of statistics, type of distributions, and descriptive statistics. A few examples were also provided. The basic concepts presented herein are only a fraction of the concepts related to descriptive statistics. Also, there are many commonly used distributions not presented herein, such as Poisson distributions for rare events and exponential distributions, F distributions, and logistic distributions. More information can be found in many statistics books and publications.

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Statistics as Topic / methods*
  • Terminology as Topic