Why Statistics?

Question 1

Can we prove a hypothesis?

Answer 1

no but we can disprove competing ones

Question 2

how do you disprove a hypothesis

Answer 2

you find one condition where it fails

Question 3

What is another name for occams razor

Answer 3

principle of parsimony

Question 4

what is occams razor

Answer 4

when two hypothesis explain the data equally well we should select the simpler one

Question 5

what is descriptive statistics

Answer 5

graphical - bar charts, pie charts etc

numerical - averages, data ranges

Question 6

what is inferential statistics

Answer 6

correlations, differences, interations, analytical methods