The goal of this paper is to put some light on the difference between the types of statistical analysis. The two main basic branches in science known as statistics are Descriptive and Inferential statistics. These branches are tighly associated, but yet we can clearly establish a differentiation between them.
Descriptive statistics corresponds to essentially the act of defining characteristics of a statistical measurement. Descriptive statistics is based upon mechanisms and methods employed to organize and summarize raw data. In order to categorize the data from a random sample that is collected, the majority of statisticians use graphs, charts, tables and standard measurements such as averages, percentiles, and measures of variation.
Descriptive statistics are often employed during a baseball season. Baseball statisticians spend a great deal of time and effort examining the data they get from the games and summarizing, categorizing to discover regularities to enlighten the audience. There are many examples that would make this apparent. For example in 1948 there were over 600 games played in the American League. To determine who had the best batting average in...