Basics of Statistics

Dr K Ramya
Assistant Professor in Statistics
Department of Mathematics
Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts
and Science
Coimbatore

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Statistics

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 Definition of Statistics
• Collection, Classification, Tabulation, Presentation,
Analysis and Interpretation of data.

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Meaning of Statistics

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 Data
• Data is information.
• Data is everywhere.

Datum – Singular
Data - Plural

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Methods of Collecting Data

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Classification of Data

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Tabulation of Data

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Analysis of Data

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 Descriptive Statistics
• Descriptive statistics describes data(eg., a chart or a graph).
• Methods of organizing, summarizing, and presenting data in
an informative way.

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 Inferential Statistics
• Computes, tests and predicts data(eg. Probability).
• The methods used to determine something about a
population on the basis of a sample

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