Statistical analysis

Some in the study of statistics sometimes describe statistical analysis as part of statistical projects that involves the collection and scrutiny of a data source in an effort to identify trends within the data.

With data analysis, the goal is to validate that the data is appropriate for a need, and with statistical analysis, the goal is to make sense of, and draw some inferences from, the data.

There is a wide range of possible statistical analysis techniques or approaches that can be considered.