Do you agree with the authors that statistics is important? Why? Feel free to provide your own examples of a valuable statistical study.

Read: First download and read the article “Using Real-World Examples to Enhance the Relevance of the Introductory Statistics Course” by Friedman, Friedman and Amoo.

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