Stat 202 Objectives

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.