Statistics & Its Importance

Ishita Singh
 What is Statistics?

The field of statistics is the science of learning from data.

Statistics is concerned with
 collection of data
 Organization
 Interpretation
 analysis
 data presentation.
Statistics is considered as a mathematical science that works
with the numerical data.
 Sir Ronald Fisher

Dubbed as the “Father of Modern

Statistics,” Fisher laid the foundation for
using different variables simultaneously in
experimentation.
British statistician and geneticist who
pioneered the application of statistical
procedures to the design of scientific
experiments.
Contributions to Statistics
• maximum likelihood estimation
• variance
• modern experimental design
 Importance of Statistics

• Statistics helps in gathering information about the appropriate quantitative

and qualitative data
• It depicts the complex data in the graphical form, tabular form and in
diagrammatic representation, to understand it easily
• It provides the exact description and better understanding
• It helps in designing the effective and proper planning
• It gives valid inferences about the population parameters from the sample data
• It helps to understand the variability pattern through the quantitative
observations

Statistics Uses Numerical Evidence to Draw Valid

Conclusions
 Biostatistics in Biomedical Research

Biostatistics enables the researchers to analyze data from medical

experiments, design studies, illustrate outcomes of the
evaluations and conclude valid results for medical investigation.
It helps to:
• diagnose the legitimate causes of health issues
• comparing the efficacy of a particular drug
• determine risk factors of a disease
• diagnose the disease and treatment strategy
Allows clinical researchers to draw reasonable and accurate
inferences from collected information and to make sound
decisions in the presence of uncertainty.