descriptive statistics

noun

1. functioning as singular the use of statistics to describe a set of known data in a clear and concise manner, as in terms of its mean and variance, or diagramatically, as by a histogram Compare statistical inference

Example Sentences

Researchers analyzed the data through descriptive statistics changes in biomarkers, as well as standardized surveys of well-being and mood.

From Science Daily

The counting starts with descriptive statistics on the daily state of the pandemic — who’s infected, who’s sick, how many have died.

From New York Times

“My main fear is that these results will be over-interpreted. They are informative descriptive statistics, but descriptive nonetheless.”

From Nature

Descriptive statistics have been provided in the figure legends.

From Nature

They write, “While economists and expert commentators have tended to downplay the outsized role assigned to declining manufacturing employment in the U.S. economic debate — what economist Jagdish Bhagwati dubs ‘manufacturing fetishism’ — simple descriptive statistics support the contention that manufacturing jobs are a fulcrum on which traditional work and family arrangements rest.”

From Seattle Times