CED0540 week 1

This week was about stats.  The part that I find the hardest about stats is the language.  I feel like stats lingo is similar to an insurance policy – it goes around in circles.  This week we looked at the different types of stats, including the central measurements of tendencies – mean, median, and mode.  Part of our assignment was watching a video that had 9 examples of ways in which stats are used.  The reality is that on a daily basis we come across or use stats, for example surveys and polls, averages, etc.  I’ll really need to take some good notes on the statistics language.  I like math, so that part won’t be to bad.

I use stats in my classes when I collect data for assessment whether it is for grades or for some of the teams I belong on.  In education stats are used all the time by just about everyone.