Statistics and Intro to Probability

Which superpower would you like to have?

• Ability to fly

• Freeze Time

• Telepathy

• Invisibility

Which would you rather be?

• Healthy

• Happy

• Famous

• Rich

Where do you normally sit in the seminar?

• Front

• Middle

• Back

What is data?

• Facts, figures and descriptions

• Just a word people like to use a lot

• Lots and lots of numbers

• A character in Star Trek

Data and Information are the same thing

• True

• False

What is Statistics all about?

• Analysing graphs

• Interpreting data

• Organising data

• All of the given answers

What are the two types of data?

• Numerical and Alphabetical

• Qualitative and Quantitative

• Subjective and Objective

• True and False

A sample is....

• A count of a whole population

• A subset of a population selected for analysis

• Food to try or free taster

• Something tested in a lab

What is a statistic?

• A numerical piece of information about a population

• A number that describes something

• A numerical piece of information about a sample

• A branch of mathematics

A random sample is done to ensure...

• We avoid bias

• We fail to contact some of the selected individuals

• We allow individuals to volunteer to be surveyed

• We give every individual an equal chance of being selected