推論統計學

推論統計學，或称统计推断（），指统计学中，研究如何根据样本数据去推断总体数量特征的方法。它是在对样本数据进行描述的基础上，对统计总体的未知数量特征做出以概率形式表述的推断。更概括地说，是在一段有限的时间内，通过对一个随机过程的观察来进行推断的。

统计学中，统计推断与描述统计相对应。

统计推断的結果常用來決定下一步的作法，可能是要做更深入的試驗或問卷，或是是決定是否要實行某項方案。

参考文献 

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延伸阅读 

Casella, G., Berger, R.L. (2001). Statistical Inference. Duxbury Press. 
 
 Held L., Bové D.S. (2014). Applied Statistical Inference—Likelihood and Bayes (Springer).

 
Rahlf, Thomas (2014). "Statistical Inference", in Claude Diebolt, and Michael Haupert (eds.), "Handbook of Cliometrics ( Springer Reference Series)", Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer. http://www.springerreference.com/docs/html/chapterdbid/372458.html 

Young, G.A., Smith, R.L. (2005). Essentials of Statistical Inference, CUP.

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外部連結

 MIT OpenCourseWare : Statistical Inference
 NPTEL Statistical Inference , youtube link 
 Statistical induction and prediction

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