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* Understand the traditional way of structuring data (tables, cases, variables, values).
 
* Understand the traditional way of structuring data (tables, cases, variables, values).
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* Be able to recognize the types of variable in a data set (quantitative, identifier, categorical (ordinal, nominal, binary)).
 
* Understand that different analyses and displays are appropriate for different types of variables.
 
* Understand that different analyses and displays are appropriate for different types of variables.
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* Understand the concept of a distribution (what values it takes and how often it takes those values).
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* Be able to describe the distribution of a quantitative variable (histogram, box plot, QQ plot, shape, outliers, center, spread, modes, symmetry, skewness, normal/bell shaped, mean, median, standard deviation, Q1, Q3, IQR, percentiles).
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* Be able to describe the distribution of a categorical variable (bar plot, pie chart, frequency table).

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Broad Objectives

Part I

  • Understand the traditional way of structuring data (tables, cases, variables, values).
  • Be able to recognize the types of variable in a data set (quantitative, identifier, categorical (ordinal, nominal, binary)).
  • Understand that different analyses and displays are appropriate for different types of variables.
  • Understand the concept of a distribution (what values it takes and how often it takes those values).
  • Be able to describe the distribution of a quantitative variable (histogram, box plot, QQ plot, shape, outliers, center, spread, modes, symmetry, skewness, normal/bell shaped, mean, median, standard deviation, Q1, Q3, IQR, percentiles).
  • Be able to describe the distribution of a categorical variable (bar plot, pie chart, frequency table).