A World of Statistics

and probaility
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MEDICINE SOCIAL & NATURAL SCIENCES

Stats and probability is used in
the medical world to conduct a
series of tests to assure that a
medication is safe for a patient, to
find the probability of someone
being affected by a certain gene,
how likely someone may be to
develop a disease, and more.  how many kids in this class are
FINANCE
There is a lot of math involved in
finance, and a lot of it is statistic
and probability related. What are
the risks of investing in this
company? What are the chances
that we my company goes out of
business? These are all questions
that are based on financial
statistics
MANUFACTURING
Manufacturers need to know how
reliable their products are going
to be. To find this out, they test
their products and use the
statistics they collect to predict
how reliable the products they
produce will be.  
People such as psychologists,
biologists, and sociologists may
use stats and probability by asking
a series of questions and
conducting experiments to test a
hypothesis, or make logical
inferences. Questions extend from
shy, to how many trees have been
affected by this disease? 
POLITICS
Who will win the election? This is
the most popular question asked
during election year. How is the
winner predicted? The answer
comes from statistics and
probability! 
WEATHER FORECASTERS
Have you ever heard the local
weather forecaster say there is a
certain percent chance of rain?
Weather is never certain, and they
use statistics and probability to
calculate a percent of chance for
the weather. They can also
predict the weather for days in
advance, but it is all probability