Every functional area of business needs to collect data to gain insight into projections for the future to fit information for decision making. Many people probably think a statistician is someone who figures averages, well it is not. Statistics is the science comprising rules and procedures for collecting, describing, analyzing and interpreting numerical data. The applications of statistics are evident every where. The use of statistical methods has undergone a dramatic change as computers have entered the research environment. Sophisticated computer software allows users merely to specify the type of analysis desired and input the necessary data.