MTH-2010 v2

Diez, Çetinkaya-Rundel, M., & Barr, C. D. (2019). In Summarizing and graphing numerical data [Video].
Watch the video after reading the OpenIntro Statistics resource for this week. This 3-minute video is a supplemental video for the OpenIntro Statistics textbook. This video will discuss how data visualizations can be created for numerical (continuous) data.

Diez, Çetinkaya-Rundel, M., & Barr, C. D. (2019). Exploring categorical data [Video].
Watch the video after reading the OpenIntro Statistics resource for this week. This brief, 5-minute video is a supplemental video for the OpenIntro Statistics textbook. This video will discuss how data visualizations can be created for categorical data.

Poldrack, R. A. (2018). Chapter 2: Working with data. Statistical thinking for the 21st century (pp. 25-34). Open Educational Resources Collection.
Read Chapter 2. This book chapter introduces different types of data (scales/levels of measurement) and the characteristics that make instruments (surveys or questions) accurate. The Appendix starting on page 32 will be very helpful for Part B of this week’s assignment.

NU Academic Success Center. Levels of Measurement [Video, with corresponding content].
This 5:40-minute video and brief information page provide an overview of the different scales/levels of measurement of variables or how variables are classified. These resources will be helpful for this week’s assignment when identifying the types of variables.

Poldrack, R. A. (2018). Chapter 4: Data visualization. In Statistical thinking for the 21st century (pp. 51-66). Open Educational Resources Collection.
Read Chapter 4. This book chapter covers data visualizations in more detail and explains how data visualizations should be created for accuracy and clarity.

Lupi, G. (2017). How we can find ourselves in data [Video]. TED Conferences.
View this 11:05-minute video to see a different perspective of data visualizations without the use of technology.

McCall, G. (2018). The Simple Genius of a Good Graphic. [Video]. TED Conferences.
View this 5:47-minute video. This video provides a brief history as to how data visualizations came about, in addition to ways to clearly display large amounts of important data.

Chalabi, M. (2017). 3 Ways to Spot a Bad Statistic [Video]. TED Conferences.
View this 11:35 minute video. Chalabi is a data journalist and discusses the drawbacks of data visualizations while highlighting her own unique take on data. She also highlights the importance of data collection.