CH5INTRODUCTION TO INFERENTIAL STATISTICS-商务统计,英文版课件.pptVIP

BEO1106 - Week 5 BEO1106 - Week 5 Business StatisticsBEO 1106 * * WEEK 5 INTRODUCTION TO INFERENTIAL STATISTICS SAMPLING DISTRIBUTIONS Reference: Selvanathan et al. (2004), Chapters 6-7. INTRODUCTION TO INFERENTIAL STATISTICS Statistical inference is the process of making generalization about a population from a sample. Since most of the characteristics of a population can be described by parameters, inferential statistics primarily deals with the estimation of an unknown population parameter from the corresponding sample statistic. with the verification whether a belief or hypothesis a