Details for Week 8--descriptive statistics
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Statistical Family Tree

Please review this file about descriptive statistics. Also, download this file which contains Salary Data.

Now let's work with some real data: (for Mini-Data Activity)

• A sample analysis
• A Guide: How to design and report Likert Scale

Before you're ready to begin, however, let's get comfortable with some statistical terms:

• Review key characteristics of different scales
• Acquaint yourself with statistical functionality available within Excel (see SDSU's own BATS handouts)
• Statcrunch: http://focus.sdsu.edu/statcrunc h4.0/
• Optional reference material: Learn key terms associated with descriptive and inferential statistics: Instruments, Data & Statistics (Read "introduction" an d"extend" only).