Ø Statistics is the science of collection, analysis,
interpretation or explanation, and presentation of data. It has
wide usage in the field of research. In fact all the data
collection and interpretation techniques used in Research are part
of statistics.
Ø It makes use of descriptive statistics for collection of data
and inferential statistics for drawing inferences from this set of
data.
Ø The subject called research statistics & statistics is
very important in research because that is the backbone of your
research.
Ø The Numbers gives an easy idea of how you conducted your
research.
Ø Statistics provides a platform for research as to; How to go
about your research, either to consider a sample or the whole
population, the Techniques to use in data collection and
observation, how to go about the data description (using measure of
central tendency).
Ø To wrap it up, statistics as a science of data collection,
analysis, interpretation, explanation and presentation will guide
you in research for proper characterization, summarization,
presentation and interpretation of your research result for proper
action.
