The document provides an introduction to statistics, explaining that it is the science of conducting studies to collect, organize, summarize, analyze, and draw conclusions from data. It discusses descriptive statistics, which involves collecting, organizing and summarizing data, and inferential statistics, which allows generalizing from samples to populations and making predictions. Key terms introduced include variables, data, random variables, population, sample, descriptive statistics and inferential statistics.

1. 1.1Statistics Introducation By the end of class you will be able to explain how the study of statistics is used in the world.

3. What We Know:

4. What we think we know:

5. What we want to know:

6. What is Statistics?: The science of conducting studies to collect, organize, summarize, analyze, and draw conclusions from data.

7. 60% of people understand statistics 50% of people don’t understand statistics

9. 1.2: Descriptive and Inferential Statistics By the end of class you will be able to define basic statistical terms.

15. Let’s Practice Attendance and Grades