Statistical concepts

alt=A set of number blocks. The blocks 1, 2, and 3 are in the foreground; six other blocks can be seen in the background|thumb|Number blocks, which can be used for counting Counting is the process of determining the number of elements of a finite set of objects; that is, determining the size of a set. The traditional way of counting consists of continually increasing a (mental or spoken) counter by a unit for every element of the set, in some order, while marking (or displacing) those elements to avoid visiting the same element more than once, until no unmarked elements are left; if the counte

observed value of a random variable