Why everybody should know a little bit about Statistics – Misuse of Statistics Statistics can be used in many ways to make things appear to be something that it is not (lying!) Another quote: There are Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics (Benjamin Disraeli) Do you need to know Statistics?
• If you are are about to graduate, are planning to be unemployeed and live in a cave up in the mountains, the answer is no. • If you are about to graduate and are planning to go to work, you are likely to see some of this material again. Statistics is used today in (almost) every field of work. • If you still have some time until you graduate, you will see this stuff in many of your other courses, and if you understand some Statistics it will make those other courses easier. • If you are planning to go to Graduate school (soon or in a few years) the material discussed in this course is absolutely essential for your success, no matter what area you are going into. What can we do with Statistics? Let’s consider for a moment the data from the WR Inc and let’s have a look at some things that statistics can be used for. First of all there are 527 observations, each with 7 pieces of information for a total of 527×7 = 3689. Trying to look at so much information is very difficult, so organizi
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