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The followingoutline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to statistics:
Statistics is a field of inquiry that studies the collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation ofdata. It is applicable to a wide variety ofacademic disciplines, from the physical and socialsciences to thehumanities; it is also used andmisused for making informed decisions in all areas ofbusiness andgovernment.
Statistics can be described as all of the following: