Morris H. DeGroot - A problem of statistical inference or, more simply, a statistics problem is

A problem of statistical inference or, more simply, a statistics problem is a problem in which data that have been generated in accordance with some unknown probability distribution must be analyzed and some type of inference about the unknown distribution must be made.

- Morris H. DeGroot

source: Morris H. DeGroot, Mark J. Schervish (2002). “Probability and Statistics”, Addison Wesley

topic: Data, Statistics, Problem, Inference