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Descriptive statistics is the discipline of quantitatively describing the main features of a collection of information, or the quantitative description itself.escriptive status provides simple summaries about the sample and about the observations that have been made. Such summaries may be either quantitative, i.e. summary statistics, or visual, i.e. simple-to-understand graphs.
descriptive. adj. 1. characterized by or containing description; serving to describe. 2. (Grammar) grammar (of an adjective) serving to describe the referent of the noun modified, as for example the adjective brown as contrasted with my and former. 3. relating to or based upon description or classification rather than explanation or prescription: descriptive linguistics. (dÉªËskrÉªp tÉªv). adj.