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CHAPTER 2

INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS

INSTRUCTIONS AND LESSON

 

Chapter 2 is about describing data using graphs and basic statistical measures to describe groups of data.

You can divide the chapter up into 3 parts

Part 1: Data and graphs (sec 1 to 3)

Part 2: Measures of the "center" (sec. 4)

Part 3: Measures of variation and position

Please read this chapter. You will find a chart in your book that you can pull out. You probably want to do so and keep it in a safe place the information in this chart is useful!

 

Below you will find some lesson material for chapter 2. Take the link for some help with what you are reading. Don't forget to complete the homework and participate in the discussion list. Once you are done with this work - you can work on project 1!

Section 1 & 2: Data and frequency tables

Section 3: Pictures of data

Section 4: Measures of Central Tendency

Section 5: Measures of variation

Section 6: Measures of position

Section 7: Exploratory Data Analysis