The preceding
paragraphs provide a brief introduction to the subject of
statistics. The introduction does not cover many other useful
methods of statistical analysis, and what it presents is not
necessarily fully explained. The purpose is to simply provide a
motivation for the study of statistics. The readers are encouraged
to pursue the subject further regardless of their field of study.
Statistics are being put to good use in almost all areas of human
endeavor. Without meaningful exposure to statistics, great many
statements based on statistics may simply be baffling or understood
incorrectly.
