Tasks for Week 6
1. Download the data regarding Kittown. Download it in either xls or cvs
2. Look over Tables 3.1 and 3.2 and answer questions 1-3.
[When you have completed the answers, click here to get an idea on how to do it and whether you were correct in your description.]
3. Now do the Homeritis Assignment this page.
4. Now, click here to download the AIDS data in either .pdf (recommended) or .xls
Review it and come up with three facts that best represent the data in this table. One of those facts should be distorted (in otherwords lie). Be prepared to present this to class. As noted, I am teaching you to lie with statistics, but rather to be aware of the potential of abuses.
Check back...more to come...the St. Louis Drip will soon be discussed.