Descriptive statistics Probabilistic modelling Statistical inference frequency diagram random variable sample population numerical variables (continuous, discrete; scalar, vector) categorical/nominal(qualitative) variables (ordered, non-ordered) Bar charts pie charts joint bar chart empirical distribution bins histogram bar widths mode unimodal, bimodal position statistics: mean value of a sample median of a sample mode dispersion statistics: dispersion of a sample sample variance sample standard deviation quartile (1st, 3rd) IQR box plot