Functions and Uses of Statistics in World Education

UNDERSTANDING STATISTICS EDUCATION
Statistics is a science education who discuss or study and develop the principles, methods and procedures that need to be taken or used, in the context of collecting, preparing, presenting, analyzing the information, the form of figures on matters relating to education (particularly the learning process -teaching), and drawing conclusions, making estimates and forecasts are scientifically (in this case the math) on the basis of material information in the form of a collection of these amounts.

USE STATISTICS IN THE WORLD OF EDUCATION
Functions held by the statistics in the world of education is an invaluable tool in the teaching-learning process. In this activity, assess the results of the study, an educator impose certain norms; norm is essentially a kind of measure. The assessment results are usually expressed in a variety of ways. But the most common way is by expressing it in the form of figures (numbers). Items considered themselves the progress or development of students as they go through the process of education within a specified period. Actually is qualitatif, but converted into quantitative data. In other words, the results of the assessment carried out quantification. The quantification of the reason is certainly varied, but the most important reason is to make changes that are not material information is numeric to numeric information materials, educators will be able to more clearly and explicitly obtain an overview of the progress or the progress that has been achieved by students, after they undergo the process of education. By using quantitative data of a study would be able to obtain certainty, rather than using qualitative data. Because the assessment of educational outcomes of the most commonly used method is to use the quantitatif data.
Important function as a tool, is a tool for processing, analyzing, and concluded the results that have been achieved in the assessment activities.
For a professional educator, statistics also have considerable utility. Because by the use of statistics as a tool, it is based on exact data is that it will be able to:
a. Get a picture, illustration either specifically or a general description of the symptoms, circumstances or events.
b. Following the development of tidal Atua about symptoms, circumstances or events that, from time to time.
c. Testing, if the symptoms are different from one another denagn symptoms or not. If there are differences, whether those differences are significant differences or differences occurred only by chance alone.
d. Know if the problem has to do with the other symptoms.
e. Prepare a report in the form of quantitative data denag regular, clear and concise.
f. Logically draw conclusions, make decisions appropriately and steady, as well as to estimate or foresee the things that might happen in the future, and what concrete steps that may need to be carried out by an educator.