Contents
Chapter 1 Statistics: an Overview
1.1 Reasons for Learning Statistics
1.2 Growth and Development of Statistics
1.3 Statistical Thinking and Analysis
1.5 Types of Statistical Methods
1.6 Importance and Scope of Statistics
1.6.1 Statistics and the State
1.6.3 Statistics in Business Management
1.6.4 Statistics in Physical Sciences
1.6.5 Statistics in Social Sciences
1.6.6 Statistics in Medical Sciences
1.6.7 Statistics and Computers
1.7.1 Statistics Does not Study Qualitative Phenomena
1.7.2 Statistics Does not Study Individuals
1.7.3 Statistics Can Be Misused
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