statistics

Examples of statistics in the following topics:

• References

  • ., & the Task Force on Statistical Inference, APA Board of Scientific Affairs. (1999).
  • Statistical methods in psychology journals: Guidelines and explanations.

• Descriptive or Inferential Statistics?

  • Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics are both important components of statistics when learning about a population.
  • This generally means that descriptive statistics, unlike inferential statistics, are not developed on the basis of probability theory.
  • Even when a data analysis draws its main conclusions using inferential statistics, descriptive statistics are generally also presented.
  • The conclusion of a statistical inference is a statistical proposition.
  • Some common forms of statistical proposition are:

• Summary of Formulas

• Counting

• Statistical Literacy

• References

  • F. (1960) Directional statistical decisions.

• Understanding Statistics

  • Using statistics in public speaking can be a powerful tool.
  • Before a set of statistics can be used, however, it must be made understandable by people who are not familiar with statistics.
  • Use statistics that are easily understood.
  • Some common uses of statistics in a speech format may include:
  • This will likely use more complicated statistics.

• Communicating Statistics

  • Visual tools can be an effective way of incorporating statistics in your persuasive speech.
  • Statistics is the study of the collection, analysis, interpretation, presentation, and organization of data.
  • Your audience is much more likely to believe you if you incorporate statistics.
  • Statistics can be difficult to understand on their own, though.
  • As a result, consider using visual tools such as tables, graphs, and maps to make statistics more understandable for your audience.

• Introduction

  • You are probably asking yourself the question, "When and where will I use statistics?".
  • If you read any newspaper or watch television, or use the Internet, you will see statistical information.
  • There are statistics about crime, sports, education, politics, and real estate.
  • Included in this chapter are the basic ideas and words of probability and statistics.
  • You will soon understand that statistics and probability work together.

• Applications of Statistics

  • Statistics also provides tools for prediction and forecasting.
  • This is called descriptive statistics .
  • Statistical models can also be used to draw statistical inferences about the process or population under study—a practice called inferential statistics.
  • Probability is used in "mathematical statistics" (alternatively, "statistical theory") to study the sampling distributions of sample statistics and, more generally, the properties of statistical procedures.
  • In descriptive statistics, summary statistics are used to summarize a set of observations, in order to communicate the largest amount as simply as possible.