Probability & Statistical Inference · Descriptive Statistics & EDA

Descriptive statistics, data science, and data typology — complete reference

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Introduction

What this guide covers

A rigorous mathematical approach to information modeling, formal data taxonomies, Stevens measurement scales and frequency clustering theory.

Overview

Topics covered

  • Introduction
  • Descriptive Statistics, Data Science and Data Typology
  • Epistemology of Descriptive Statistics and its Role in Data Science
  • Classical Taxonomy and Modern Data Structures
  • 2.1 Classical Classification
  • 2.2 Data Structures in the Modern Data Science Environment

Related concepts

Main connections

  • Variance & standard deviation
  • Mean & expected value
  • Calculus & differentiation
  • Median & robust location
  • Supervised machine learning
  • Skewness & kurtosis

Compatible notation

Mathematical sample in LaTeX

The expression is rendered accessibly, with its LaTeX source preserved below.

𝐗=(x11x12⋯x1Dx21x22⋯x2D⋮⋮⋱⋮xN1xN2⋯xND)
View LaTeX source\boldsymbol{X} = \begin{pmatrix} x_{11} & x_{12} & \cdots & x_{1D} \\ x_{21} & x_{22} & \cdots & x_{2D} \\ \vdots & \vdots & \ddots & \vdots \\ x_{N1} & x_{N2} & \cdots & x_{ND} \end{pmatrix}