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Summarising Data: Statistics Basics
One week on averages, spread and honest charts
A one-week classroom course on the first two chapters of the open textbook OpenIntro Statistics: introduction to data and summarising data. You learn the kinds of data, how studies are designed, and how to describe a dataset with numbers and charts. This course prepares for no exam.
5Modules
BeginnerLevel
1 weekDuration
COURSE THUMBNAIL
What you will be able to do
Tell numerical from categorical data
Describe a dataset with the right summary numbers
Choose a chart that does not mislead
Course outline
01
Kinds of data and variables
02
Samples, studies and experiments
03
Mean, median and spread
04
Charts for numerical data
05
Tables and charts for categorical data
Tools you will use
Microsoft ExcelOpenIntro Statistics
What you need
School-level mathematics
