This textbook is intended as an introductory statistics course. It is designed to help students understand the basic concepts in statistics. The goal is to help make statistics understandable, instead of feared. There many reasons why you are in this class for your major. Learning statistics can help build critical thinking skills, which you will need in your future career. It can also help you understand the basic concepts of understanding some statistical formulas and why it is used. Learning statistics can help you understand the basic principles of objectivity and logic. Researchers use statistical methods in research to provide objective and systematic methods for describing their research and interpreting the results.