Stats Estefan, Raekwon, Antoinette

Posted by Estefan Carrillo in Statistics - Miles - B on Thursday, May 28, 2015 at 3:59 pm

What our club discussed

We talked about what the author said in each chapter. We also talked about the what concepts were in each chapter.

How you discussed it

We each talked about a different chapter.

Any points of conflict/disagreement in discussion

None

Questions that came up as a result of the discussion

What did each chapter talk about

Comments (1)

Mark Miles

Nice start, but it's clear you did not record together. Remember, this is supposed to be a discussion.

For next time, please respond to the following questions: <ol> <li>Choose one of the quotations inside the front cover and discuss how it relates to the Introduction.</li> <li>List as many sources of sample bias as you can that are mentioned in Chapter 1 and provide an example of each.</li> <li>Put the second paragraph on Page 18 (“A river cannot….”) into your own words.</li> <li>What is the advantage of a stratified random sample and what difficulties does it pose, according to this chapter?</li> <li>When we see an average reported, what do we need to ask besides which kind of average is being used? Why?</li> <li>Which kind of “average” (statisticians call all three “measures of central tendency”) would give me the best way to compare the performance of two classes of a required math course? Why?</li> </ol> Finally, when discussing chapters 3, 5, or 6, incorporate the following article into your discussion:

http://gizmodo.com/how-to-lie-with-data-visualization-1563576606

Also, each member of your group should find an article online containing a misleading graph and discuss it during the podcast (be sure to talk about why it’s misleading!). Be sure to include a link to all articles in the text of your post of the podcast that corresponds to chapters 3, 5, or 6.