Data Analysis Notes

4 Steps to do Statistical Analysis:

1. Formulate questions that can be answered
with data
2. Design and use a plan to collect relevant data.
3. Analyze the data with appropriate methods.
4. Interpret results and draw valid conclusions
from the data that relate to the questions
posed.
4 essential understandings for statistics:
Data is collected and organized in order to
answer questions.
Data is represented to visually show
information.
Data can be organized in different graphical
formats to emphasize different information.
Graphs give a sense of the shape of the data
the big picture/characteristics of the whole
Important Vocabulary for analyzing and describing
the shape of the data:
measures of center:
o mean average balance point, fair
share
o median average middle data point

o mode average most

repeated/common data value
measures of spread:
o cluster
o peak
o gap
o symmetry
o skew
o outlier
o range