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In this chapter, we briefly review the basics of probability and statistics while establishing the statistical notation needed for understanding some of the chapters in the book. The chapter is not intended as an introduction to probability and statistics, but rather as a quick refresher assuming that the reader is already familiar with the basic concepts.
“Statistics are like alienists—they will testify for either side.”
—Fiorello La Guardia (1882–1947), 99th Mayor of New York City
“It is easy to lie with statistics. It is hard to tell the truth without statistics.”
—Andrejs Dunkels (1939–1998), Swedish mathematics teacher, mathematician, and writer
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Kounev, S., Lange, KD., Kistowski, J.v. (2020). Review of Basic Probability and Statistics. In: Systems Benchmarking. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41705-5_2
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