In statistics and applications of statistics, normalization can have a range of meanings. In the simplest cases, normalization of ratings means adjusting values measured on different scales to a notionally common scale, often prior to averaging. In more complicated cases, normalization may refer to more sophisticated adjustments where the intention is to bring the entire …

"Lies, damned lies, and statistics" is a phrase describing the persuasive power of statistics to bolster weak arguments. It is also sometimes colloquially used to doubt statistics used to prove an opponent's point. The phrase was popularized in the United States by Mark Twain ...

The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (French: Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques), abbreviated INSEE (/ ɪ n s eɪ / in-SAY, French pronunciation: ), is the national statistics bureau of France.It collects and publishes information about the French economy and people and carries out the periodic national census.

In statistics, the sample maximum and sample minimum, also called the largest observation and smallest observation, are the values of the greatest and least elements of a sample.They are basic summary statistics, used in descriptive statistics such as the five-number summary and Bowley's seven-figure summary and the associated box plot.. The minimum and the maximum …

Bagger 293, previously known as the MAN TAKRAF RB293, is a giant bucket-wheel excavator made by the German industrial company TAKRAF, formerly an East German Kombinat.. It owns or shares some records for terrestrial vehicle size in the Guinness Book of Records.Bagger 293 was built in 1995, one of a group of similar sized 'sibling' vehicles such as the Bagger 281 (built in …

In computational biology, N50 and L50 are statistics of a set of contig or scaffold lengths. The N50 is similar to a mean or median of lengths, but has greater weight given to the longer contigs. It is used widely in genome assembly, especially in reference to contig lengths within a draft assembly.There are also the related U50, UL50, UG50, UG50%, N90, NG50, and D50 statistics.

Foundation may refer to: . Foundation (nonprofit), a type of charitable organization Foundation (United States law), a type of charitable organization in the U.S. Private foundation, a charitable organization that, while serving a good cause, might not qualify as a public charity by government standards; Foundation (cosmetics), a multi-coloured makeup applied to the face

In mathematics, the moments of a function are quantitative measures related to the shape of the function's graph.If the function represents mass, then the first moment is the center of the mass, and the second moment is the rotational inertia.If the function is a probability distribution, then the first moment is the expected value, the second central moment is the variance, the third ...

This is a list of the main career statistics of Australian former tennis player Rod Laver whose playing career ran from 1956 until 1977. He played as an amateur from 1956 until the end of 1962 when he joined Jack Kramer's professional circuit. As a professional he was banned from playing the Grand Slam tournaments as well as other tournaments organized by the national …

In baseball, an at bat (AB) or time at bat is a batter's turn batting against a pitcher.An at bat is different from a plate appearance.A batter is credited with a plate appearance regardless of what happens during their turn at bat, but a batter is credited with an at bat only if that plate appearance does not have one of the results enumerated below.