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Statistics Assignment

Statistics Assignment. Do it yourself. Your Mission. Investigate a data set using the PPDAC method The data set (General Social Survey) is on Ranginet . You MUST: Pose an appropriate COMPARISON question Plan your attack Data State if/how you are cleaning the data

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Statistics Assignment

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  1. Statistics Assignment Do it yourself

  2. Your Mission • Investigate a data set using the PPDAC method • The data set (General Social Survey) is on Ranginet. • You MUST: • Pose an appropriate COMPARISON question • Plan your attack • Data • State if/how you are cleaning the data • If you are taking a smaller sample you need to state how • Analyse the data • Dot Plot • Box and Whisker • Conclude • Make a call! • Justify it.

  3. What is it? • The General Social Survey (GSS) conducts basic scientific research on the structure and development of American society with a data-collection program designed to both monitor social change within the United States and to compare the United States to other nations. The GSS data sets contain a standard ‘core’ of demographic and attitudinal questions, plus topics of special interest, representing the population of American adults, 18 years of age or older. Many of the core questions have remain unchanged since 1972 to facilitate time trend studies as well as replication of earlier findings.

  4. How to do graphs • Dot Plots (in excel) • http://processtrends.com/pg_charts_dot_plots.htm • Box and Whisker • http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/BoxPlot/ • Tinkerplots • http://www.keypress.com/x2842.xml • For help : http://www.billpegram.com/ed554/fall06/tinkerplots.html

  5. For the free 20 minute trial, you can make preview your option.

  6. Using Tinkerplots • To get the cards section just click on Cards and drag into the window. • You can copy data from an excel spreadsheet and right click on the cards section. Then you can Paste Cases.

  7. You can make a graph by clicking and dragging the Plot icon

  8. You can decide what data goes into the graph by clicking the attribute you want and dragging it to one of the axes.

  9. You can choose a box and whisker from here You can change the size of the dots

  10. To capture pictures you can use Jing.Just capture, copy, and paste into your wiki.

  11. The Wiki Part Sign in! • http://10max.wikispaces.com/

  12. This is where you will go to make a new page for your group This is where to look at the assignment requirements

  13. Put the name of your group here Then click create You can upload files (eg images) here You can write in here

  14. If all else fails.... • http://wheretostartwithwikisandblogs.wikispaces.com/ • It’ll tell you all you need to know.

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