Session 7 — Statistics knowledge check
Day 2 · 60 minutes
- Reading: The ten required IMS sections, studied between the two days
- Material: Quiz and IMS self-study notes
- Output: Quiz and correction notes
In class
Day 2 starts with a short multiple-choice quiz on the required IMS sections. The quiz checks observations, variables, variable types, population and sample, bar plots, scatterplots, mean, histograms, median, quartiles, and box plots.
We go through the quiz slides together. Each question starts with a case from everyday life. The next slide gives the answer and the reason.
We correct the quiz together. We then connect the formal statistical language to Day 1: before we can analyze observations and variables, someone must decide what counts as an observation and a variable.
Prepare
Read the ten required sections of Çetinkaya-Rundel and Hardin (2024), listed in the assignments. Use the statistics cheat sheet while you read.
Output
The corrected quiz and your correction notes.
Next
Session 8 — Models of local practice I returns to the core text.