What You'll Learn in Exploring Data
Analyzing distributions of data
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Topics Covered
- Types of Data and Sampling — Learn to identify categorical vs. quantitative data, and understand different sampling methods.
- Displaying Distributions with Graphs — Create and interpret histograms, dotplots, stemplots, bar graphs, and pie charts.
- Describing Distributions — Describe the shape, center, spread, and outliers of a distribution using SOCS.
- Measures of Center — Calculate and interpret mean, median, and mode as measures of central tendency.
- Measures of Spread — Calculate and interpret range, IQR, variance, and standard deviation.
- Normal Distributions — Use the Normal distribution, z-scores, and the empirical rule to find probabilities.
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All Topics in Exploring Data
Types of Data and Sampling
Learn to identify categorical vs. quantitative data, and understand different sampling methods.
Displaying Distributions with Graphs
Create and interpret histograms, dotplots, stemplots, bar graphs, and pie charts.
Describing Distributions
Describe the shape, center, spread, and outliers of a distribution using SOCS.
Measures of Center
Calculate and interpret mean, median, and mode as measures of central tendency.
Measures of Spread
Calculate and interpret range, IQR, variance, and standard deviation.
Normal Distributions
Use the Normal distribution, z-scores, and the empirical rule to find probabilities.