An Illustrative Comparison of Statistical Data Analysis and Inference

Abstract

This paper illustrates some of the basic ideas underlying statistical data analysis. The purpose is to compare these with the standard theoretical approach to statistical inference.

• Statistical Data Analysis
• Statistical Inference
• Significance Testing
• Consonance Intervals
• Poisson Distribution

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Notes on contributors

Robert G. Easterling

Dr. Easterling is a member of the Statistics and Computing Division of Sandia Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Revision of the original draft of this paper was done while the author was a Visiting Lecturer, Department of Statistics, University of Wisconsin, Madison.