Mathematical statistics

Illustration of linear regression on a data set. Regression analysis is an important part of mathematical statistics.

Mathematical statistics is the application of probability theory and other mathematical concepts to statistics, as opposed to techniques for collecting statistical data. Specific mathematical techniques that are commonly used in statistics include mathematical analysis, linear algebra, stochastic analysis, differential equations, and measure theory.

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