Week 2 Discussion - Analytics

Week 2 Discussion - Data Description Study

Describe a practical example or journal article that summarizes effectively a data set using numerical measurements and/or graphs. You can also describe the relationship among bivariate data or multivariate data using an appropriate scatter diagram, scatter plot matrix, or contingency table.

Feel free to use an example from business, scientific research or your own experience. Write a brief summary highlighting why this summary or graph is critical for understanding a key piece of information from the data set.

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Text and Resources

Title: Statistical Techniques in Business & Economics

Author: Douglas A. Lind, William G., Marchal, Samuel A. Wathen

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Edition/Year: 16th edition/2014

ISBN-13: 978-0-07-802052-0

Optional but recommended

Title: Basic Statistics Using Excel 2010

Author: Ronald Merchant

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Irwin

Edition/Year: 15th Edition/2012

ISBN-13: 978-0-07-754103-3