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The document outlines key concepts in statistics, emphasizing the importance of understanding statistics without complex calculations, particularly for those with limited mathematical knowledge. It discusses the process of statistical inquiry, data collection, and the need for statistics to make sense of observations and avoid hasty conclusions. Additionally, it defines statistics in various contexts and distinguishes between descriptive and inferential statistics.

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ITSkill 3

The document outlines key concepts in statistics, emphasizing the importance of understanding statistics without complex calculations, particularly for those with limited mathematical knowledge. It discusses the process of statistical inquiry, data collection, and the need for statistics to make sense of observations and avoid hasty conclusions. Additionally, it defines statistics in various contexts and distinguishes between descriptive and inferential statistics.

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IT Skills and Data Analysis - I

IT Skills and Data Analysis - I

Internal Assessment : 80 marks


IT Skills and Data Analysis - I

Internal Assessment : 80 marks

CA + Internal end term practical


Key Idea to Study Statistics
• Statistics without Calculations
Key Idea to Study Statistics
• Statistics without Calculations
• Non mathematicians
Key Idea to Study Statistics
• Statistics for the innumerate

Innumerate: without a basic knowledge of


mathematics and arithmetic.
Key Idea to Study Statistics
• Statistics for the innumerate
• Non mathematicians
Key Idea to Study Statistics
• Statistics in Words and pictures
Key Idea to Study Statistics
• Statistics in Words and Pictures

• Statistics without computation


• Relying on the power of words and pictures
• Histograms
• Bar graphs
• Pie charts
• Pictorial graphs
Key Idea to Study Statistics
• The underlying ideas of statistics
Key Idea to Study Statistics
• The underlying ideas of statistics

• Emphasis lie on the introductory text


Key Idea to Study Statistics
• How to think Statistically
Key Idea to Study Statistics
• How to think Statistically

• Emphasis lie on the introductory text


• Idea
Summarize

Key Idea to Study Statistics


• Statistics without Calculations
• Statistics for the innumerate
• Statistics in Words and pictures
• The underlying ideas of statistics
• How to think Statistically
Key Idea to Study Statistics

• Statistics without Calculations


• Statistics for the innumerate
• Statistics in Words and pictures
• The underlying ideas of statistics
• How to think Statistically

• Consumer
• Producer
Statistical Inquiry
Statistical Inquiry

• In the absence of any other information you would think it


more likely that a tall adult is male and the small adult is
female.

 A past experience is being summarized


Statistical Inquiry
Statistical Inquiry

1. Roughly, a past experience is being summarized.

2. Generalizing from the previous experience of how weather


varies with the calendar.

3. Prediction about how exam is related to study plan.


Making Sense of Experience
Making Sense of Experience
• Observation
• Noticing
Making Sense of Experience
• Data : Collection of observations
Making Sense of Experience
• Data : Collection of observations
Making Sense of Experience
• Data : Collection of observations
• Inquisitively, we start looking for connections
and patterns
Making Sense of Experience
• Data : Collection of observations
• Inquisitively, we start looking for connections
and patterns
• Similarities and Differences
Making Sense of Experience
• Data : Collection of observations
• Inquisitively, we start looking for connections
and patterns
• Similarities and Differences
• Sources of collecting the data
Making Sense of Experience
• Data : Collection of observations
• Inquisitively, we start looking for connections
and patterns
• Similarities and Differences
• Sources of collecting the data
• Learn or infer from the information/data
Making Sense of Experience
• Data : Collection of observations
• Inquisitively, we start looking for connections
and patterns
• Similarities and Differences
• Sources of collecting the data
• Learn or infer from the information/data
• At last, we tend to generalize
Need of Statistics
• It has been developed as a way of making
sense of collection of observations
Need of Statistics
• It has been developed as a way of making
sense of collection of observations
• Help us avoid jumping to conclusions
Need of Statistics
• It has been developed as a way of making
sense of collection of observations
• Help us avoid jumping to conclusions
• Cautions about the extent to which we can
generalize
Need of Statistics
• It has been developed as a way of making
sense of collection of observations
• Help us avoid jumping to conclusions
• Cautions about the extent to which we can
generalize
• Help us to focus on our limited experience
Potato-Crop Example
Need of Statistics
What is Statistics?
Used in four different senses:

• A whole subject or discipline


• Methods used to collect /process/interpret
quantitative data
• Collection of data
• Specially calculated figures
What is Statistics?
Used in four different senses:
• A whole subject or discipline
• Methods used to collect /process/interpret
quantitative data
• Collection of data
• Specially calculated figures
Descriptive and inferential statistics

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