[SOAN 3120] - Midterm Exam Guide - Ultimate 21 pages long Study Guide!
5 Oct 2016
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It is possible to lie with statistics: we expect them to come from experts who make them for specific purposes o. People that don"t have the knowledge may not understand data properly: given the raw data and ability to examine them graphically, careful analysis makes deception more difficult. If you know statistics it makes it less likely to be duped. Always be critical when evaluating a study o o. Always potential for falsification of data, omissions, and selective presentation of data. Without it, we cannot verify earlier results from earlier studies. Having the ability to plot data by way of visual representation can serve to forewarn certain problems in that data. Can refer to people, groups of people, countries, corporations, etc. Something that can take on different values for different individuals. Can vary by certain characteristics (age, gender, ses) Quantitative variables take on numerical values of a given unit of measure o.
