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Statistics & Probability
Statistics analyses data; probability quantifies chance; both essential for AI, medicine and policy
France ๐ 1654 Statistics
Key Facts
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Measures of central tendency: mean (average), median (middle value), mode (most frequent)
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Standard deviation: measures how spread out data is; bell curve (normal distribution) is the most common
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Probability (Pascal & Fermat, 1654): P(event) = favourable outcomes / total outcomes; range 0 to 1
๐ข Did you know? Statistics was called "the art of lying with numbers" โ knowing how to spot misleading statistics is as important as calculating them
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Statistics
Country
๐ France
Year / Era
1654
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Statistics analyses data