Sample Data Analysis Boom! Quiz Quiz Trade Questions: How many data points do you In how many different Was there a lot of variability in the have to address our question? places was the data data? Describe the variability. Do you think it is enough? Why collected? Do you think it is or why not? enough? Why or why not? What questions come up What outliers do you see? looking at this data? Do you see any interesting data points that you have questions about? Describe the shape of the graph What clusters or clumps of How could you organize this data that you see. data do you notice? Where further to get more information? is the data spread out? What information does this What could you add to this What is the most common value in graph show? What information graph that would give more the data (mode)? What does the can’t you see in this graph? meaning to the data? mode tell you about the data? What doesn’t it tell you? What questions do you still Find the average value in the What is the middle value in the data have looking at your data? data (mean). (median)? What does the median tell you about the data? What doesn’t it tell you? What is the range in the data? What do you see in the data What about the data is confusing or What does the range tell you that will be helpful in unclear? about the data? What doesn’t answering your research it tell you? question?
Sample Data Analysis Boom! Quiz Quiz Trade Questions: How many data points do you have to address our question? Do you think it is enough? Why or why not? In how many different places was the data collected? Do you think it is enough? Why or why not? Was there a lot of variability in the data? Describe the variability. Do you see any interesting data points that you have questions about? What questions come up looking at this data? What outliers do you see? Describe the shape of the graph that you see. What clusters or clumps of data do you notice? Where is the data spread out? How could you organize this data further to get more information? What information does this graph show? What information can’t you see in this graph? What could you add to this graph that would give more meaning to the data? What is the most common value in the data (mode)? What does the mode tell you about the data? What doesn’t it tell you? What questions do you still have looking at your data? Find the average value in the data (mean). What is the middle value in the data (median)? What does the median tell you about the data? What doesn’t it tell you? What is the range in the data? What does the range tell you about the data? What doesn’t it tell you? What do you see in the data that will be helpful in answering your research question? What about the data is confusing or unclear?
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