List of basic statistics topics


 * For a more comprehensive list, see the List of statistics topics.

Statistics is a mathematical science pertaining to the collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data. It is applicable to a wide variety of academic disciplines, from the physical and social sciences to the humanities; it is also used and misused for making informed decisions in all areas of business and government.

Basic statistics concepts
ANOVA — binomial distribution — census — chi-square distribution — combinatorics — data — degrees of freedom (statistics) — descriptive statistics — errors and residuals in statistics — experimental design — frequency distribution table — histogram — inferential statistics — mean — median — mode — modeling — Monte Carlo method — normal distribution — probability — probability distribution — random variable — Regression toward the mean — sampling — sampling bias — sampling distribution — simulation — standard deviation — statistics — statistical survey — t-distribution — time-series analysis — variance

Statistics scholars

 * Main article List of statisticians


 * Ronald Fisher (1890 – 1962)
 * Karl Pearson (1857 – 1956)
 * William Sealy Gosset (1876 – 1937)
 * Jerzy Neyman (1894 – 1981)
 * Egon Pearson (1895 – 1980)
 * Emil Julius Gumbel (1891 – 1966)
 * Frank Wilcoxon (1892 – 1965)
 * Leonard Henry Caleb Tippett (1902 – 1985)