What are Statistics?

Read this brief introduction to the field of statistics and some relevant examples of how statistics can lend credibility to making arguments. Complete the practice questions in these sections.

What are Statistics?

Answers

  1. All of the given choices
    Statistics is a field of study concerned with summarizing data, interpreting data, and making decisions based on data. It involves all of those things.

  2. Yes
    There is a third variable involved here--the summer. More people eat ice cream in the summer and more people swim in the summer.