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By the end of the course, students will be able to ...
 
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== Chapter 1 ==
  
* Take a data table together with the story behind the data and identify the cases in the data set and list the variables.
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* Given a data table and the story behind the data, identify the cases and list the variables.
 
* Identify a variable as either nominal, ordinal, identifier, or quantitative.
 
* Identify a variable as either nominal, ordinal, identifier, or quantitative.
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== Chapter 2 ==
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* Define and report the distribution of a categorical variable.
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* Be able to convert between frequency, relative frequency, and percent.
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* Tell when two plots of categorical data show the same distribution.
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== Chapter 3 ==
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* Define distribution of a quantitative variable.
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* Create stem and leaf displays from data.
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* Tell from a histogram whether a distribution is symmetric or left or right skewed.

Revision as of 11:34, 22 January 2018

By the end of the course, students will be able to ...

Chapter 1

  • Given a data table and the story behind the data, identify the cases and list the variables.
  • Identify a variable as either nominal, ordinal, identifier, or quantitative.

Chapter 2

  • Define and report the distribution of a categorical variable.
  • Be able to convert between frequency, relative frequency, and percent.
  • Tell when two plots of categorical data show the same distribution.

Chapter 3

  • Define distribution of a quantitative variable.
  • Create stem and leaf displays from data.
  • Tell from a histogram whether a distribution is symmetric or left or right skewed.