INTRODUCTION

TO

STATISTICS
 Definition
STATISTICS is a branch of
Mathematics that deals with
collecting, organizing,
presenting, analyzing, and
interpreting data to come up
with useful and meaningful
information.
TWO DIVISIONS OF STATISTICS
 DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
 It is concerned with summarizing and describing
important features of numerical data without
attempting to infer. This method can either be
graphical or computational.
 INFERENTIAL STATISTICS
 This demands a higher order or critical judgment
and mathematical methods. It aims to give
information about a large group of data without
dealing with each and every element of these
 APPLICATION AND
IMPORTANCE OF STATISTICS

 Statistics is being used in most areas of our

daily living. Like enrolment yearly, weather
forecast, effectiveness of drugs and
medicines, business profit, number of births,
quality check of products, predictions on
presidential and senatorial elections, and
trends in technology.
 USES OF STATISTICS
 It aids in decision making.
 It summarizes data for public use.
 It can give a precise description of data.
 It can predict the behavior of an individual.
 It can be used to test hypothesis.
 IT IS ESSENTIAL TOOL
IN:
 Education Psychology
 Heredity Census
 Government Sociology
 Medicine
 Business and economics
 Public opinion polling
 Quiz 1.1
Directions:
II. Answer the following question.

1. Define statistics.
2. Why studying Statistics important?