Introduction to Statistics

What is your name? Twanda Joseph
What is the email you used to register at AIU? twanda.joseph@gmail.com
How would you define statistics? collecting and analyzing data.
What is the purpose of statistics? Providing a better understanding and accurate description science
Give two examples where you would use statistics? Investing and weather forecasting
How would knowledge of statistics make you a more valuable employee? It would help by learning new methods and easier ways to work using data .
What is data? Information that has been translated into a form that is efficient for movement or processing .
What is a sample size? < b >Refers to a number of participants or observant included in a study.
What is a hypothesis test? A idea that can be tested by observations or experiments, about the natural world.