Introduction to Statistics

Statistics

History of Statistics

 The word "Statistics" seems to have been take from the Latin word "Status" or the Italian word "Statista". Both words have same meaning "a political stat". The word Statistics was first time used in 1749.

Introduction:

Definitions:

Statistics is a branch of mathematics which is used to summarise, analyze nad interpret a group of numbers or observations (Data).

Statistics is a way to get information from data.

Data: Facts, especially numerical facts, collected together for reference or information
Information: : Knowledge communicated concerning some particular fact.