This document provides an introduction to statistics, including what statistics is, its uses in different fields, and key concepts like populations and samples. It discusses the statistical process of collecting, analyzing, interpreting and presenting data. It also outlines the main branches of statistics and different levels of measurement for data, from nominal to ratio. The goal is to introduce learners to foundational statistical concepts.

1. Module 1:
Introduction to Statistics
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2. Statistics in Business
Accounting
Statistics
Marketing
Sports
Finance Entertainment
Economics
Management

3. What is Statistics?
• Science or Math or BOTH?
• Numerical Measurement
• Statistical Process
– Collect
– Analyze
– Interpret
– Present

4. Branches of Statistics
Statistics
Descriptive Inferential

5. Definitions. . .
• Census
• Population
• Sample

6. Population vs. Samples
Populations
Parameters
Greek Letters
Samples
Statistics
Roman Letters

7. Population vs. Samples
• Mean
• Variance
• Standard Deviation
• Proportion
• Mean
• Variance
• Standard Deviation
• Proportion

8. Inferential Statistics
Draw Sample
from Population
Calculate
Statistic
Inference

9. Levels of Data: Nominal

10. Levels of Data: Ordinal

11. Levels of Data: Interval

12. Levels of Data: Ratio

13. What can you do with that?
TYPE OF DATA
Nominal
Ordinal
Interval
Ratio
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