Lecture 004

Chapter 5

Basic operation: using sum or average to summarize data

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Methods to summerize:

• sums

• percentages

• averages

• ratio

• differences

• medians

• randkings

Make graph more credible by changing into percentrage

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Chapter 9

You begin by drafting result section

• display data visualization

• write paragraphs

Text Paragraph

Textual paragraph

• Introduce: introduce data stories and visualization

• Support: calling attention to data points

• Supplement the stories

  • additional data not in the visualization
  • put data in context
  • result of prior research
  • quotations or other evidence

• Provide reason: unexpected findings

• Explain: conclusion from data

Order of Visualization

Orderings

• General to specific

• Most to least interesting or important

• Specific to general

Shape multiple visualizations: use of subheadings

• Name the type of data or measurement

• List the research question

• Summerize main data stories