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QQS 1013 Lecture 1 on 6 -7-2008

Elementary Statistics QQS 1013 General objectives. What is statistics?What are its basic elements?What are data?How to collect Data?. What are Our General Learning Objectives?. 1Describe the important elements of Statistics-population, sample, parameter, statistic and variable2Differentiate

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QQS 1013 Lecture 1 on 6 -7-2008

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    1. QQS 1013 Lecture 1 on 6 -7-2008 This is the first lecture of the first week of the course. Study is hard but working is harder still. Dont you agree with me. After every lecture I will give you exercises to do at home. Answers will be provided. At end of the week.

    2. Elementary Statistics QQS 1013 General objectives What is statistics? What are its basic elements? What are data? How to collect Data?

    3. What are Our General Learning Objectives? 1 Describe the important elements of Statistics-population, sample, parameter, statistic and variable 2 Differentiate between different types of data. 3 Describe various ways of collecting data. 4 Differentiate between Descriptive Statistics and Inferential Statistics.

    4. Learning Objectives Define Statistics 2. Define Population, Sample, Parameter, Statistic and variable 3 Describe types of data Describe methods of collecting data 5 Describe the Uses of Statistics 6 Distinguish Descriptive & Inferential Statistics

    5. What is Statistics? What does Statistics mean to you. Does it bring to your mind, the averages that you have learned in secondary school? Or is it just a university requirement that you have to complete?

    6. 6 Statistics is the science of collecting, organizing, analyzing, and interpreting data in order to make decisions.

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