U.S. Department of Commerce

Statistics in Schools

Videos


Watch this video to learn more about how a picture can help you answer the three basic questions of statistical analysis: "how big is it?", "what difference does it make?", and "are you sure that's just not dumb luck?".

This video will help students understand the importance of statistics -- including answering the question of why we study statistics in the first place and what statistics does for us in the real world.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau | Office of External Engagement (OEE) | 1-301-763-6590 | Last Revised: August 22, 2012