Analyzing Data With Descriptive Statistics Essay

Internet Resources

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• Microsoft Corporation. (2014). Office support. Retrieved from http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/support

Suggested Resources

The following optional resources are provided to support you in completing the assessment or to provide a helpful context. For additional resources, refer to the Research Resources and Supplemental Resources in the left navigation menu of your courseroom.

Capella Resources

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• Analyzing Data With Descriptive Statistics Example (Excel).
• Analyzing Data With Descriptive Statistics Example (PDF View).

Capella Multimedia

Click the links provided below to view the following multimedia pieces:

• Statistics in Excel 2007: Basic Statistical Functions | Transcript.
  • This presentation addresses mean, median, and mode.
• Statistics in Excel 2007: Standard Deviation | Transcript.

Library Resources

The following e-books from the Capella University Library are linked directly in this course:

• Everitt, B. S. (2001). Statistics for psychologists: An intermediate course. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
  • Chapter 2, “Graphical Methods of Displaying Data,” pages 21–62.
• Naghshpour, S. (2012). Statistics for economics. New York, NY: Business Expert Press.
  • Chapter 1, “Descriptive Statistics,” pages 1–28. This chapter covers both descriptive statistics and graphs.
  • Chapter 2, “Numerical Descriptive Statistics for Quantitative Variables,” pages 29–60. This chapter covers central tendency and variation.
• Scott, I., & Mazhindu, D. (Eds.). (2005). Statistics for health care professionals. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
  • “Displaying Data,” pages 60–72.
• Spiegel, M. R., & Stephens, L. J. (1999). Schaum’s outline of theory and problems of statistics. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
  • Chapter 1, “Variables and Graphs,” page 38. Focus on the Histograms and Frequency Polygons section.
  • Chapter 3, “The Mean, Median, Mode and Other Measures of Central Tendency,” pages 58–88.
  • Chapter 4, “The Standard Deviation and Other Measures of Dispersion,” pages 89–113.
• Urdan, T. C. (2005). Statistics in plain English (2nd ed.). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
  • Chapter 2, “Measures of Central Tendency,” pages 7–11.
  • Chapter 3, “Measures of Variability,” pages 13–23.
• Weinberg, G. H. (2012). Statistics: An intuitive approach. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing.
  • Chapter 2, “The Mode, the Median, and the Mean,” pages 12–25.
  • Chapter 3, “Variability and Two Measures of Variability,” pages 26–39.
  • Chapter 5, “Grouping Data and Drawing Graphs,” pages 53–68.

Course Library Guide

A Capella University library guide has been created specifically for your use in this course. You are encouraged to refer to the resources in the MAT-FP2001 – Statistical Reasoning Library Guide to help direct your research.

Internet Resources

Access the following resources by clicking the links provided. Please note that URLs change frequently. Permissions for the following links have been either granted or deemed appropriate for educational use at the time of course publication.

• Brown, A. (2013). Unit7 assign2 [Video] | Transcript. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIDB6wZlQjE&feature=youtu.be
  • This 25-minute video provides a helpful overview of an assessment similar to what you will be completing in this assessment, analyzing your data using descriptive statistics and visual representations of the data.
• Easton, V. J., & McColl, J. H. (n.d.). Statistics glossary. Retrieved from http://www.stats.gla.ac.uk/steps/glossary/index.html
  • Presenting Data.
• Khan Academy. (2014). Retrieved from https://www.khanacademy.org
  • This Web site offers resources on a range of subjects, including probability and statistics. Search for “descriptive statistics” to find related resources.
• Lane, D. M. (n.d.). Online statistics education: A multimedia course of study. Retrieved from http://onlinestatbook.com/2/index.html
  • Graphing Distributions.
  • Summarizing Distributions.
• Microsoft Corporation. (2014). Available chart types. Retrieved from http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/available-chart-types-HA001233737.aspx
• Microsoft Corporation. (2014). Present your data in a histogram. Retrieved from http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/present-your-data-in-a-histogram-HA010342785.aspx
• StatSoft, Inc. (2013). Electronic statistics textbook. Tulsa, OK: Author. Retrieved from http://www.statsoft.com/Textbook
  • Getting Started With Statistics Concepts.
• StatTrek.com. (2014). Statistics tutorial. Retrieved from http://stattrek.com/tutorials/statistics-tutorial.aspx
  • What Are Variables?
  • The Mean and Median: Measures of Central Tendency.
  • How to Measure Variability in Statistics.
  • Measures of Position: Percentiles, Quartiles, z-Scores.

Bookstore Resources

The resource listed below is relevant to the topics and assessments in this course and is not required. Unless noted otherwise, this resource is available for purchase from the Capella University Bookstore. When searching the bookstore, be sure to look for the Course ID with the specific –FP (FlexPath) course designation.

• Bennett, J. O., Briggs, W. L., & Triola, M. F. (2014). Statistical reasoning for everyday life (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.