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The slide covers comprehensive content on <p>&bull;At the end of this section, the student will be able to:</p> <p>&ndash;Describe the two meanings of the word <em>statistics.</em></p> <p>&ndash;Briefly explain the types of statistics.</p> <p>&bull;Biostatistics is the development and application of statistical reasoning and methods in addressing, analyzing, and solving problems in public health, health care and biomedical, clinical and population-based research.</p> <p>&bull;The word <strong>statistics has two meanings. </strong></p> <p>&ndash;In the more common usage, statistics refers to numerical facts. For example the numbers that represent the income of a family, the age of a student, the percentage of passes and distinction in NCK exams, and the starting salary of a typical nursing graduate are examples of statistics in this sense of the word</p> <p>&bull;The second meaning of <em>statistics refers to the field or discipline of study. In this sense of </em>the word, <em>statistics is defined as follows.</em></p> <p>&ndash;Statistics is a group of methods used to collect, analyze, present, and interpret data and to make decisions.</p> . You can play the slide in our in-built slide player or download for offline reading.