Mathematical procedures used to draw conclusions about populations based on sample data, including hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, and measures of statistical significance.
Example: Using t-tests to determine whether differences between treatment and control groups are statistically significant, or calculating confidence intervals for population means based on sample data.
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