topics: Individuals, variables, population, sample, bias, qualitative and quantitative data, trustworthy sources Purpose: Introduce statistics, components of statistical studies, and topics needed to make educated decisions about source. Individuals and Variables We saw with the Brene Brown Activity that we can look at statistics in more than just a "mathy" way. This is the lovely thing about statistics! Statistics- a branch of mathematics where we ______________, _______________ and _______________ data to reach conclusions about a hypothesis. Many also think of stats as a science since we can run statistical experiments. In order to do and/or understand stats we need the details of the pieces we look at. Individual- objects described by a set of data. o Ex: These can also be animals, plants, or things. Variable- A variable is anything that can change or be changed. Population- the ____________________________ we want information about and are drawing conclusions to describe. o Ex: Sample- smaller _______________ of the population. o Ex: Bias- what we have to be careful of! Prejudice for or against one part of the experiment to another. o Ex: Why do we have to be careful to not have bias in our