Statistical literacy is connected to quantitative reasoning, it is the ability to read, understand, and interpret numeric information in charts, tables, and graphs including the ability to evaluate claims associated with those statistics.

How and what people count and measure, how the results are assembled, compared, presented, and communicated are all based on choices and reflect the perspectives and priorities of those people. Accepting statistical data at face value without considering the context leads to errors of interpretation and understanding. The ability to correctly interpret statistics and the ability to think critically about context and the causal or correlational relationship of statistics are key to statistical literacy.