This document provides an introduction to statistics, including definitions, scope, and measures of central tendency. It defines statistics as the science of collecting, organizing, analyzing, interpreting, and presenting data. Statistics has applications in various fields including social sciences, planning, mathematics, economics, and business management. Common measures of central tendency discussed are the arithmetic mean, geometric mean, harmonic mean, median, and mode. Formulas for calculating the arithmetic mean using individual data, frequency distributions, and class intervals are provided.