Week 3: Descriptives

Learning objectives

• Understand the different types of variables that can be measured
• Think about variables in terms of central tendency or location
• Think about variables in terms of dispersion or spread
• Start to think about variable distributions and plots

Before class: Lecture

• Lecture 3
• Lecture survey: Complete by Wednesday, May 15 at 8pm
• Slides (html)

During class: Lab

• Lab 3 (html with link to code)

After class: Assignment

• No homework this week