Statistics is more than a pile of numbers cluttering up your notebook or computer screen. It's all about data taken from the real-life sources, and it's used to make important decisions all the time.
When doctors want to measure tumor shrinkage in a patient, where do they turn? Statistics can determine if the tumor is significantly smaller after starting a new drug treatment plan.
When politicians want to know which ideas are popular and which are land mines in waiting? Statistics can measure the pulse of the people.
When advertisers want to find the one weird trick that will get you to pay attention to their product? Statistics can track the sales trends.
And it goes on and on. Because really: what kinds of professions rely on real-world data? Uh, all of them?