Intro to "Why Study Statistics?"

By reading the title only, what do you think the text will be about?

What is the main idea of the first paragraph?

Look at the newspapers and you will be bombarded with numerical data!

What does bombarded mean in the sentence?

• diserang

• ditendang

• dibanjiri/disuguhi

• dibuang

Statistics can affect our personal welfare.

What does welfare mean?

• kesejahteraan

• kerapuhan

• kesehatan

• pikiran

Draw conclusions and make inferences while assessing the risk of an incorrect conclusion.

What do "inferences" and "assessing" mean?

• kesimpulan dan peninjauan.

• rancangan/prediksi dan meninjau

• koreksi dan peninjauan

• penelitian ulang dan peninjauan.

We need to analyze data to avoid any misleading information.

What does misleading mean?

• jelas

• rinci

• menyesatkan

• tidak penting

Now, read paragraph 2. What is the main idea of paragraph 2?