Applicability of Statistics in Social Sciences & Research

Abstract

Statistics is a mathematical science involving the collection, interpretation, measurement, enumerations or estimation analysis, and presentation of natural or social phenomena, through application of various tools and technique the raw data becomes meaningful and generates the information’s for decision making purpose. It is the systematic arrangement of data and information exhibits their inner relation between the things.

Statistics plays a vital role in every fields of human activity and has important role in determining the existing position of per capita income, unemployment, population growth rate, housing, schooling medical facilities etc. in a country, by which the decision making and development plans of the government becomes concentric. Now statistics holds a central position in almost every field of research like Industry, Commerce, Trade, Physics, Chemistry, Economics, Mathematics, Biology, Botany, Psychology, Astronomy, management of decision making etc.

Through this research article, we have tries to discuss about the role and Importance of Statistics in various sociological and applied fields with their limitations also discusses the integration and co-ordination of statistical tools with the computer technology, which makes the calculation and interpretation data in very efficient and effective manner. Computer technology has becomes as lifeline of statistical tools/software’s.

Keywords: statistics, statistical tools and techniques, social sciences and research, computer application

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