COURSE OBJECTIVES

Each unit of the course has specific objectives which are included at the beginning of the unit. You are required to read them before you start working through the unit.

You should always refer to them as you work through and at the end of the unit to check your progress. However the objectives of the course are as follows: On successful completion of the course you should be able to:

1.  Describe data and how to handle them.

2.  Explain the concept of statistics and its importance.

3.  Explain the types of statistics and their applications

4.  Organise and represent data using various means

5.  Present data in tables, graphs, charts etc

6.  Compare data using the measures of central tendency

7.  Describe data using the measures of variation

8.  Demonstrate how to compute using different formulae in descriptive statistics.