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Statistics is a scientific approach to inductive inference and prediction based on probabilistic models of the data. By extension, it covers the design of experiments and surveys to gather data for this purpose.

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Standardize numbers for ranking ratios

This is relatively simple to do mathematically. First, fit a regression line to the scatter plot of "total graduates" (y) vs. "total students" (x). You will probably see a downward sloping line if y …
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Books about the "Science" in Data Science?

I like Amir Ali Akbari's suggestions, and I'll add a few of my own, focusing on topics and skills that are not adequately covered in most machine learning and data analysis books that focus on math an …
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Data Science oriented dataset/research question for Statistics MSc thesis

Statistics? Is 'data science' going to be at the center of your thesis? Or a side topic? I'll assume your in Statistics and that you want to focus your thesis on a 'data science' problem. …
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How do you compare term counts between two different periods, with different underlying corp...

The approach suggested by j.a.gartner is good if you want to analyze the quarter-to-quarter change in frequency for a given term, considering only that term in isolation. What it doesn't do is evalua …
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