Even You Can Learn Statistics A Guide for Everyone Who Has Ever Been Afraid of Statistics

Chapter 2. Presenting Data in Charts and Tables

• 2.1 Presenting Categorical Data

• 2.2 Presenting Numerical Data

• 2.3 Misusing Graphs

• One-Minute Summary

• Test Yourself

Presenting information effectively has become a must in a world that some say faces an information overload. Charts and tables are effective ways of presenting the categorical and numerical data of statistics. Even more important to the study of statistics, you must properly arrange and present categorical and numerical data in order to best apply the statistical methods described later in this book. Reading this chapter will help you learn to select and to develop appropriate tables and charts for both types of data.

Presenting Categorical Data

You present categorical data by sorting responses ...