What Are The Preliminary Steps In Statistical Inquiry?

Steps in conducting statistics inquiries
1. Collection of data
2. Organization
3. Processing
4. Presentation
5. Analysis of data
6. Interpretation of data
7. Inferences/ modeling

1) Defining the Problem
2) Gathering the data (research, surveys, etc.)
3) Presentation/ Organization of data (graphing, tabulated, textual)
4) Data analysis (experimenting)
5) Interpretation (conclusion, generalization)

SOURCE: School (discussed Statistics today :]])

1) define the problem.
2) determine the population.
3) devise the set of questions.
4) determine the sampling design.
5) prepare a manual of instruction.
6)organizing and training personel.