Practical Data Analysis with JMP, Third Edition, 3rd Edition

Chapter 2: Data Sources and Structures

Overview

Populations, Processes, and Samples

Representativeness and Sampling

Cross-Sectional and Time Series Sampling

Study Design: Experimentation, Observation, and Surveying

Creating a Data Table

Raw Case Data and Summary Data

Application

Overview

This chapter is about data. More specifically, it is about how we make choices when we gather or generate data for analysis in a statistical investigation, and how we store that data in JMP files for further analysis. This chapter introduces some data storage concepts that are further developed in Appendix B. How and where we gather data are the foundation for what types of conclusions and decisions we can draw. After reading this chapter, you should have a ...