Topic 2: Math, Basic Descriptives, & Data Visualization

Math Review, Frequency Tables, & Charts & Graphs

Chapter Objectives:

After this chapter, students should be able to

    • compute and interpret percentages, proportions, rates, percentiles, and percentage change

    • construct and analyze frequency tables/distributions

    • read and interpret some of the most common charts & graphs including line, bar, pie, and histograms

    • select the most appropriate chart for given variables

Math Review, Descriptive Stats, & Data Visualization

Pok-StatsUniversal-ppt02

This video offers a good explanation of relative change.

Watch this video to better understand the importance of visualizing data.