Lecture 1 - Describing Data

Question 1

What are the 4 stages of data analysis

Answer 1

Question/hypothesis

Descriptives

Inferentials

Interpretation

Question 2

What is descriptive statistics

Answer 2

Ways to describe data

Question 3

What is something descriptive statistics is useful for

Answer 3

Data visualisation

Question 4

What is the difference between descriptive and inferential stats

Answer 4

Descriptive summarises data sets

Inferential draws conclusions/makes predictions

Question 5

What are the different types of descriptive statistics

Answer 5

Central tendency (mean, median, mode)

Dispersion (Range, Variance, Standard Deviation)