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The slide covers comprehensive content on <p>&bull;<strong>After the lesson, the students should be able to:</strong></p> <p>&ndash;<strong>Differentiate between the three principal meanings of statistics</strong></p> <p>&ndash;<strong>State what statisticians do</strong></p> <p>&ndash;<strong>Describe the role of the educators in statistics</strong></p> <p>&ndash;<strong>State the uses of statistics</strong></p> <p>&ndash;<strong>Describe the major methods of measurement</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&bull;<strong>The word &lsquo;statistics&rsquo; has several meanings</strong></p> <p>&ndash;<strong>Refers to recorded data</strong></p> <p>&ndash;<strong>Used to denote characteristics calculated for a set of data: mean, median, mode, range, </strong><strong>etc</strong></p> <p>&ndash;<strong>Refers to statistical methodology and theory </strong></p> <p>&bull;<strong>Biostatistics: refers to the application of statistics to biological sciences, especially those relating to medical sciences </strong></p> . You can play the slide in our in-built slide player or download for offline reading.