{"id":2424,"date":"2018-07-18T03:38:14","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T03:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/uncategorized\/whats-meant-by-statistical-analysis-1826\/"},"modified":"2019-09-20T13:39:49","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T13:39:49","slug":"whats-meant-by-statistical-analysis-1826","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/education\/whats-meant-by-statistical-analysis-1826\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s meant by statistical analysis?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Question<\/h2>\n<p>What&#8217;s meant by statistical analysis?<\/p>\n<h2>Answer<\/h2>\n<p>Statistical analysis involves collecting, organising and analysing data gathered from a sample. Statistical analysis can be used to identify any trends or prove or disprove certain hypotheses.<\/p>\n<p>There are two main types of statistical analysis: descriptive statistics and inferential statistics.<\/p>\n<p>Descriptive statistics involves analysing and describing the sample data collected. 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