5 Review of Descriptive Statistics

Overview

The World Development Indicators

Millennium Development Goals

Questions for Analysis

Applying an Analytic Framework

Data Source and Structure

Observational Units

Variable Definitions and Data Types

Preparation for Analysis

Univariate Descriptions

Explore Relationships with Graph Builder

Further Analysis with the Multivariate Platform

Further Analysis with Fit Y by X

Summing Up: Interpretation and Conclusions

Visualizing Multiple Relationships

Overview

The prior four chapters introduced several foundational concepts of data analysis and have also led you through a series of illustrative analyses. In this chapter, we pause to pull together what we have learned about descriptive analysis. This is the first ...

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