02 - Three rules of data analysis

What is the role of “pictures” in data analysis?

Practice

Chapter 3 # 6,7,8,11,14, Read pages 20-24

Vocabulary

Frequency, Relative Frequency, Distribution, Area Principle, Bar Chart, Pie Chart, Outlier

Study Questions

  1. How do you determine which “picture” is useful to explore and display your data?
  2. What does it mean for a graph to violate the area principle?
  3. What does statistical evidence look like?
  4. What contributions did Florence Nightingale made to Statistics?

Resources

  1. Slide Deck: 02_Three_rules_of_data_analysis