Design an experiment using mice to determine if cervical cancer can be induced with a sexually transmitted virus. Conduct a census to determine the...

Design an experiment using mice to determine if cervical cancer can be induced with a sexually transmitted virus. Conduct a census to determine the extent of a STD outbreak in a city. Design an experiment to determine if a new STD treatment is more effective than the current treatment. Where is statistics used? Politics determine which political candidate is more popular, learn what constituents are mainly concerned about, . . . Scientic research clinical trials to investigate new drugs, estimation of fundamental constants, psychological tests, . . . Business predict demand for a product, check quality of manufactured goods, manage investment portfolios, calculate insurance rates, . . . Quantum physics quantum particles are fundamentally described by probability. Nearly every eld uses statistics! Outline of course Six primary components of class Fundamentals: what are statistics, parameters, experiments? Descriptive statistics: how can we describe data?