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1 Overview Review of Basic Statistical Concepts and Matrices ‘The material in this chapter is generally taught in a first course in statistical meth- ods, which is prerequisite for studying this book. So, depending on the reader's background, this chapter may be treated as a quick review or may be studied in depth. Whats Statistics? ‘Statistics, in a narrow sense is a branch of science thet deals with making inferences ‘about populations based on samples. In a broader sense, statistics encompasses col- Jection, organization, and summarization of data; presentation of data in tabular and graphical form; developing models for the purpose of understanding random and nonrandom phenomena; use of models for prediction; mathematical approaches to

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