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1. Summarizing Data
(1) BIOSTATS 540 2015, (2) additional reading, (3) illustrative applets, (4) calculators (5) computer illustrations.
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(1) BIOSTATS 540 - 2015 |
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Show Me#1 - Descriptives for ONE variable Show Me #2 - Descriptives for TWO variables |
(pdf, 16 pp) (pdf, 14 pp) |
Lecture Notes 2015 - 0. Course Introduction |
(pdf, 20 pp) |
Lecture Notes 2015 - 1. Summarizing Data |
Notes (pdf, 54 pp) |
Carnegie Mellon OLI Course, Statistical Reasoning: Introduction and Learning Strategies 1) Introduction, 2) Learning Strategies, and 3) The Big Picture |
Click on Enter course here (html) |
University of Florida Biostatistics Open Learning Textbook After clicking on HOMEPAGE at right, under 6050 & 6052 Module 1, Unit 1: Exploratory Data Analysis |
Click here for HOMEPAGE (html) Be patient ... it's really slow! .... |
Homework #1 Due Monday September 14, 2015 |
Questions (pdf, 3 pp) |
Help with Creating Histogram Using Shodor Applet |
(pdf, 2 pp) |
Solutions to Homework #1 |
Solutions (pdf, 14 pp) |
Homework #2 Due Monday September 21, 2015 |
Questions (pdf, 2 pp) |
Solutions to Homework #2 |
Solutions (pdf, 11 pp) |
Practice Quiz |
(pdf, 2 pp) |
Solutions to Practice Quiz |
(pdf, 6 pp) |
(2) Additional Reading |
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(Source: Oswego City School District Regents Exam Prep) - Percentiles |
(html) |
(Source: pdfs.com.org/skillbuilders/MS/MC_Stem-and-Leaf_Plot.pdf) - Stem and Leaf Plots (pdf, 2 pp) |
(pdf, 2 pp) |
(Source: David M. Lane. onlinestatbook.com) - Box and Whisker Plots (html) |
(html) |
(Source: Marie Diener-West, JHSPH Fundamentals of Epidemiology) Exploratory Data Analysis |
(pdf, 71 slides) |
(Source: University of Maryland Medical Center) Grouped Data Calculations |
(pdf, 14 slides) |
(Source: Douglas Altman and Martin Bland) Standard Deviation and Standard Errors |
(pdf, 1 pp) |
(Source: Stephen Jay Gould) The Median Isn't the Message - a really nice essay |
(pdf, 3 pp) |
(Source: Marie Diener-West of Johns Hopkins SPH) Exploratory Data Analysis Power Point Lecture |
(pdf, 71 slides) |
(Source: www.mathcentre.ac.uk) Sigma Notation- Additional explanation w examples of summation notation |
(pdf, 10 pp) |
(Source: Statistics Canada) Stem and Leaf Plots - provides additional help (html) |
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(Source: John McGready, Johns Hopkins SPH Statistical Reasoning I) E- Stem and Leaf Plots, Box Plot |
(pdf, 25 slides) |
(Source: John McGready, Johns Hopkins SPH Statistical Reasoning I) D - Histogram |
(pdf, 14 slides) |
(Source: Math Centre, UK) Tutorial on Summation Notation and Calculations |
(pdf, 10 pp) |
(3) Illustrative Applets |
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(Source: Utah State University) Box and Whisker Plot & Histogram (html) |
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(Source: www.analyzemath.com) Box and Whisker Plot - Interactive. Play with it an see how box plots change as sample values are changed from sets that are symmetric to sets that exhibit skewness!(html) |
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(4) Calculators |
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(Source: Shodor Education) Histogram |
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(5) Computer Illustrations |
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Online free-ware A look at the ICU data on page 13 of Lecture notes 1. Summarizing Data |
Illustration (pdf, 12 pp) |
STATA A Visit to Yellowstone National Park |
Stata Data set (geyser.dta) Illustration (pdf) |
