{"id":18906,"date":"2023-03-09T10:14:43","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T10:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/video\/what-are-statistics\/"},"modified":"2023-03-09T10:14:43","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T10:14:43","slug":"what-are-statistics","status":"publish","type":"video","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/what-are-statistics","title":{"rendered":"What are statistics?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Editage conducted a webinar on the topic \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/understanding-and-describing-data-distributions\">Describing and understanding data distributions<\/a>\u201d<b>\u00a0<\/b>on February 28. Dr Jacob Wickham, Managing Editor of the journal Integrative Zoology and Assistant Professor at the Institute of Zoology in the Chinese Academy of Sciences, provided expert insights on the importance of data distribution in statistical analysis.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif\">In this video snippet from the webinar, Dr. Jacob Wickham provides an introduction to statistics, including its definition and how it is obtained. He\u00a0also touches upon the different applications of statistical analysis.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Looking for expert advice from a biostatistician in conducting your next meta-analysis or research project? Editage\u2019s Statistical Analysis &amp; Review service can help.\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/services\/publishing-services-packs\/statistical-analysis?utm_source=editageinsights&amp;utm_medium=video&amp;utm_campaign=editage-insights-site-video-snippets-row\"><i>Book your free consultation<\/i><\/a><i>\u00a0today (offer valid till March 31).<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":18907,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"new_categories":[],"new_tags":[],"series":[2864],"class_list":["post-18906","video","type-video","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","series-video-snippets-from-the-webinar-understanding-data-distributions"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What is statistics | Editage Insights<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dr. Jacob Wickham provides an introduction to statistics, including its definition and how it is obtained. 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