01 - What is Statistics all about?
Why should we study Statistics?
Practice
Read Chapter 2, Chapter 2 # 7, 10, 11
Vocabulary
Statistic, Data, Context, Quantitative Variable, Categorical Variable, Population of Interest
Study Questions
- Why is it important to ask who, what, when, why, where, and how of any given set of data?
- Who collects data or gathers your information these days and for what purpose?
- It is hard to go a day without hearing about privacy these days. Why is data privacy important?
Resources
- Slide Deck: 01_What_is_statistics_all_about.pdf