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Key concepts curated by the Datastory team.

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Anonymization

Data anonymization is a type of process to remove sensitive information to ...

Confounding variable

A confounding variable is an outside influence that changes the effect of the ...

Correlation does not imply causation

Correlation does not imply causation

An easy mistake to make (a "logical fallacy") is to draw the conclusion that, ...

Dataset

A dataset is a collection of related tables of data that may be accessed ...

Dimension

In a database, dimensions provide structured, categorical information about ...

Granularity (data)

Granular data is data that is in small pieces, for example in its most "raw ...

P-value

The P value, or calculated probability, is a statistical concept that is used in ...

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