Suppose that the data are sampled from a normally distributed population. Using the empirical rule, what percentage of the data should we expect to be within interval one? Why can't we use Chebychev's inequality to get a useful estimate for the percentage of data expected within interval one?

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Estimation

A new framework of data analysis where the new statistical methods are used for interpreting the results and analyzing the data is known as estimation in statistics.