Purpose of Assignment The purpose of this assignment is to have students demonstrate mastery of the foundational concepts that set the stage for the remainder of the course. Students apply those concepts to business research questions or problem situations to focus their thinking on statistical literacy for use in business decision-making. Assignment Steps Resources: Week 1 Readings; Statistics Lab Tutorial help on Excel and Word functions can be found on the Microsoft Office website. There are also additional tutorials via the web that offer support for office products. Develop a 1,050-word response addressing each of the following prompts: Define statistics with citation and reference. Contrast quantitative data and qualitative data. Use two peer reviewed references. Evaluate tables and charts used to represent quantitative and qualitative data. Describe the levels of data measurement. Describe the role of statistics in business decision-making. Provide at least two business research questions, or problem situations, in which statistics was used or could be used. Use two peer reviewed references. Create Level 1 Headings for each of the prompts/bullets above in a Microsoft Word document and write a response below each prompt. Add an APA title page to your document. Use APA quotation, citation, and reference format for all sources used. Ensure you include an introduction and conclusion. See the paper template under the Course Files Learning Activity in Week 1 for help ensuring proper APA formatting. Submit completed assignment to Plagiarism Checker in University Library. Utilize Google Chrome's Menu --> Print --> Destination: Save as PDF option to save a PDF version of the results. You may use CutePDF or other PDF conversion program as well if desired. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment and include a copy of the PDF version of your Plagiarism Checker results