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Module 1 - Discussion: Data
The object of the discussions in this course is for you to
learn through experience and the collective knowledge of your classmates and
instructor. Therefore, participation in discussions is a part of your course
grade. The Checklist
for Meaningful Discussions To
view the rubric used for grading that participation, click on the gear icon () at the top of the page and select “Show
Rubric” from the drop-down menu.
Data, Data, and More Data
The preface to the text starts with the
statement, “This is a book about data” (p. xiii). The title of Chapter One is,
“Introduction to Data” and the first sentence in the chapter says, “Statistics
is the science of data...” (p. 3). Based on that, it seems that a good place to
start would be with a discussion about data. What is (or are) data? Section 1.1
in the text answers that question. Section 1.2 then discusses two types of
variables, categorical and numerical. Determining whether a variable is
categorical or numerical is important because the type of variable is important because the type of
variable determines the appropriate statistical techniques to use in studying
the variable.
Read
Read through Chapter 1, then review
the pictures contained in the examples of Data Collection Systems found in the PDF file. Notice that all of them show
ways that you may use data or summaries of data every day— or perhaps ways that
your personal data are collected and used by others. They also include both
categorical and numerical variables. For example, in the parking garage sign
shown in the file, the variable is the number of parking spaces available on
each floor of the garage. That would be a numerical variable. One of the pieces
of information given on Spokeo.com is the occupation of the person. That would
be a categorical variable.
Post
Post three paragraphs to this week’s discussion:
·
Explain how you use data – or summaries of data – every day.
Consider how you provide data for others to use.
·
Give two specific examples from your daily data, one numerical
variable and one categorical variable. Describe the data that would be
collected on each (such as the units of measure, integers or decimals, whether
there’s a fixed number of categories or free response).
·
Reflect on how the use of your example data impacts your
life/work or that of others.
Your initial post should be made before
the end of the fourth day of the module to receive
full credit. Return at least once later in the module to comment on two
or more classmates’ posts. Do NOT “post and
run” – making all three posts in the same visit. You need multiple visits to
the Discussions in order to gain multiple perspectives by reading all of
the posts and replies.
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