Topic 1: Introduction to Stats
Topic #1 introduces students to the basics of statistics including types of statistical studies, levels and units of measurement in statistics, and how to assess studies that make use of statistical techniques. The main focus here is to get students accustomed to thinking about basics of variables. Objectives Explain the purpose of the measures of central tendency Identify the three measures of central tendency Calculate the mode, median, and mean Differentiate and explain percentiles vs. percentages Calculate percentiles Explain the mathematical characteristics of the mean Correctly select the appropriate measure of central tendency for a given distribution of data Identify importance of outliers and relationship to skewness Key Terms central tendency mode median percentiles mean outliers weighted mean symmetry positive skew negative skew Before Class read Healey-Ch1 View PPT This is an embedded Microsoft Office presentation...