ENVS178 Study Guide - Winter 2019, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Whiskers, Wayne Horvitz, Variance
14 Feb 2019
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Required textbook, will be used in 2nd year as well. Not on the pearson website, submit on learn. Multiple choices (around 1 for every 2 mins = around 50 qs) Up to and include material from feb 5th on mylab. If your final is better, counts as 55% and the mid term grade is dropped. You can represent non-numerical data with numbers. Data calculate statistics tell a story to share with the audience(s) Individual (eg. eye colour of students)/collective (eg. Individual (eg. eye colour of students)/collective (eg. average household income in census tracts) units. Describes an attribute of a unit of analysis. Example: income ($), the proportion (0-100%) of ethnic minority in a certain neighbourhood. Example: 1 = strongly disagree; 2 = disagree . The distance/difference between the categories is unclear. Variables are characteristics recorded about each individual. Data table: shows the context of the data presented. Example: presenting the what and who of data.
