Statistics

Probability and statistics are severely underrated branches of mathematics. Probability and statistics go hand in hand. Probability is greatly incorporated into statistics and understanding it is essential to the study of statistics. Probability and statistics allows people to calculate the chance that an event will occur. By calculating the times an event is likely to occur, you are also calculating the times that the event will not occur. For instance, if you flip a coin the probability that the coin will land with the head up 1:2 (50%). Likewise, the probability that the coin will land with the head not up is also 1:2. If the coin is flipped nine times the probability that the coin will land heads up will remain 1:2. This is because each of these events is a separate event that does not effect the other. Probability and statistics are important topics not only in school but essential in everyday life. The various types of people that make up the world in which we live can be represented using probability. Probability and statistics are essential to understanding the world in which we live in.

Few people recognize the importance of statistics and probability. Statistics and probability becomes important in all areas of expertise including law, health, business, etc. If event A and event B are mutually exclusive it means that they can not happen at the same time. It allows individuals to discover whether events are correlated and related or whether events are mutually exclusive. For instance when one is examining different illnesses it is important to see if you can figure out if there is and action that may be related to the cause of illness. For instance, probability and statistics can be used to determine how many of the individuals diagnosed with lung cancer were smokers. Probability can be used to illustrate the sex of violent crime offenders by showing how many of the individuals that were charged with violent crimes were men instead of women.

The set of methods used to collect and analyze data is known as statistics and probability is simply the chance that an event will occur, or the chance that an event will not occur.

Statistics and probability is a process of problem solving that becomes easier with practice. Statistics and probability are very important to anthropologists, meteorologists and baseball players. Probability is used to calculate batting averages for baseball players. When calculating a players batting average you are trying to find out how likely it is that that player will get a hit. A baseball batting average is a ratio of hits to times at bat. What is the chance that it is going to snow tomorrow and we will not have work? Meteorologists must use probability to figure this out. Statistics and probability are used to illustrate the different races, genders, and ethnicities that make up the United States. Statistics and probability are one branch of mathematics that is useful outside of the classroom in everyday life.