Part 1: Exploring Data

Covers: Topics 1.1 - 1.9 and 2.1 - 2.3 of the Course & Exam Description (CED)

Stats Content (CED Topics 1.1-1.2)

  • Categorical vs. Quantitative Data

  • Misleading Data Visuals

Relevant Context

  • Misleading graphs in politics, sports, business, and science

Stats Content (CED Topics 1.3-1.4, 2.1-2.3)

  • Marginal & Conditional Distributions

  • Side-by-Side & Segmented Bar Graphs

  • Describing Associations

Relevant Context

  • Version A: Policing

  • Version B: Admissions

  • Version C: Basketball

Stats Content (CED Topics 1.5-1.6)

  • Frequency and Relative Frequency

  • Dotplots, Stemplots, Histograms

  • CSOCS

Relevant Context

  • Baseball and “Moneyball”

Stats Content (CED Topic 1.7)

  • Mean, Median

  • Range, Standard Deviation, IQR

  • Summary Stats on Calculator

Relevant Context

  • Salary Misrepresentation

Stats Content (CED Topics 1.8-1.9)

  • Determining Outliers

  • 5 Number Summary, Boxplots

  • Comparing Distributions

Relevant Context

  • The Politics of “Average”

  • Taxes & the Middle Class

 
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Part 2: Distribution Location