Making sense of Statistics



Statistics is an important aspect to interpret information, some say statistics lie, however, it may well just be a misinterpretation. Statistics is important in research because of the contribution towards being able to effectively conduct research. Without the use, deriving a decision would be very difficult based on the data on hand.  By understand the purpose of statistics, helps in reading more technical journals to develop the meaningful understanding, but also ability to critically evaluate research from a statistical perspective. Critical and analytically thinking skills can developed further, as well as develop formal logical thinking abilities which builds upon high level and creative mind.  It is claimed the use of statistics tool can be misleading or misused  however statistics designed to inform people, and seeking of statisticians is ideal to better position evaluation of the information.

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