Summary — Topic 2: Comparing data sets

Back-to-back  A back-to-back stem plot displays bivariate data involving a numerical

stem plots variable and a categorical variable with two categories.
 Together with summary statistics, back-to-back stem plots can be used to
compare the two distributions.
Parallel  To display a relationship between a numerical variable and a categorical
boxplots and variable with two or more categories, we can use a parallel boxplot or a
parallel dot parallel dot plot.
plots  A parallel boxplot or a parallel dot plot is obtained by constructing
individual boxplots for each distribution and positioning them on a common
scale.
Two-way  The two-way frequency table is a tool for examining the relationship
frequency between two categorical variables.
tables and  If the total number of scores in each of the two categories is unequal,
segmented bar percentages should be calculated to analyse the table properly.
charts  When the explanatory variable is placed in the columns of the table, the
numbers in each column should be expressed as a percentage of that
column’s total.
 The data in a two-way frequency table in percentage form can be
represented graphically as a segmented bar chart.
 The columns in a segmented bar chart match the columns in a two-way
frequency table. Each segment corresponds to each cell in the table.

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