2.1 Imposing Order
In this and the next chapter, we shall work in the area of descriptive statistics. As indicated above, descriptive techniques serve to summarize data; we want to put the data into a “readable form” or to “create order.” In doing so we can determine, for instance, if a “pattern of behavior” emerges.
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