READING 4.4

For reading 4.4, it uses the Chapter 9: ‘Statistics’, in critical thinking. The writers of this chapter are Aik, K C and Edmonds, S (1976). This chapter tells about the use and misuse of statistics. The writer also tells about terms by mentioning a number of domains where statistics are widely used. Statistics refers to information about any phenomenon or activity expressed in numerical form. In statistics, there are four common statistical slips. There are unqualified average, fallacious sampling, percentages unaccompanied by actual numbers and misleading presentation. As a conclusion, the importance of statistics on human affairs is obvious from our tendency to associate facts closely with figures.