This course is an introduction to statistics and data analysis. It covers the following: reasons for doing Statistics, collection, summarization and presentation of data, basic concepts in probability, and hypothesis testing. A student of this course is expected to present a special project or research report wherein actual data will be gathered through student’s fieldwork as an application of the statistical concepts learned from the course.  Students / learners will be guided to explore different methods of data collection, analysis and presentation using spreadsheet and statistical software.