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Index Numbers

Meaning of Index Number Index numbers are the tools that measure the degree of economic variation over a period. They are mainly in the numerical form stated as a percentage as a base figure. In layman’s terms, an index number is basically a number that shows the level of relativity in a given time. It […]

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Histogram

Histogram Definition A histogram represents a graphical description of a large number of data points organized into user-defined ranges. The histogram resembles a bar graph in appearance, consolidates a set of data into such a simple visual by grouping data sets into logical regions or divisions. A histogram is a data representation that looks like

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Frequency Polygon

Frequency polygons are essentially a graphical representation of the distribution of data which helps in properly understanding the given information through a particular shape. Histograms and frequency polygons are similar in many aspects. However, frequency polygons are more useful and helpful at the time of comparing between two sets of data.  Frequency Polygon definition The

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Frequency Distribution

Introduction Frequency distribution in statistics shows us the commonness of a repeated number or numbers in a form of graphical representation or a tabular form. In simple terms, it provides the users a visual representation of the items or numbers that appeared several times. Frequency distribution is used to collect or organize the data in

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Correlation Rank

Introduction: A rank correlation is a statistical method to quantify a countable relationship between variables. The relationship can be between different arithmetical variable rankings or different rankings of the very same attribute, where rankings refer to the process of assigning identifiers as first, second, third, etc., to distinct observations of a selected variable. A rank

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Binomial distribution

Introduction In statistics as well as probability theory, the binomial distribution is referred to as the probability distribution which provides only two possible outcomes within an experiment which is either failure or success. For instance, if a coin is tossed there can be the possible outcomes of tails or heads. Further, if any test is

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