"How can it be that mathematics, being after all a product of human thought independent of experience, is so admirable adapted to the objects of reality." -- (Albert Einstein)
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Why did Herkimer have trouble making Kool-Aid? Answer: He couldn't figure how to get two quarts of water into the little envelope. Herky's friends: |
Reading: Pages 4-8. Pages 8-9, do exercises 1.2, 1.3 (WNIB) |
You are in SECTION 1.1.
individual | variable | exploratory data analysis | categorical variable |
quantitative variable | distribution of a variable | bar chart | pie chart |
Unless otherwise indicated, all reading andassignments will reference our basic text,
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Text:
The Practice of Statistics, by Yates, Moore, McCabe. New York,W.H. Freeman and Company, 1999. (ISBN 0-7167-3370-6)
Supplemental books:
The Cartoon Guide to Statistics, by Gonick and Smith. NewYork, HarperCollins Publishers, 1993. (ISBN 0-06-273102-5)
How to Lie with Statistics, by Darrell Huff. New York, W.W.Norton & Company, 1982 (ISBN 0-393-09426-X)