Fri, 03 Mar 2017 13:23:58 +0000 By Eustarckio Kazonga Introduction My previous article in The World of Statistics column focused on the uses of statistics in agriculture. Agriculture was used in the context of crops, livestock, fisheries and forestry. This article focuses on the use of statistics in education. It illustrates how statistics is used in many aspects of education. Education has many definitions but for the purpose of this article, education is defined as the act or process of imparting or acquiring knowledge and skills, development of rational reasoning and judgment. There are many factors that play a role in education. For example, pupils/students, teachers/lecturers, infrastructure for learning, learning materials, financing, etc. Statistics need to be analysed and appropriately portrayed effectively for the people to understand. The challenge that is often faced is to be able to use statistics and to translate them into real life, decision-making applications in education. This requires statistical […]
