AtlasFoundations · start here
What is data?
Fig. 1
Six collagen gels: diameter (mm) and whether each contracted
Fig. 1, What was measured, what was written down (First look): 6 cards dealt; 0 sorted right, 6 still to sort. Bins: What was measured 0; What was written down 0.
- Right so far
- 0 of 6
- Still to sort
- 6
Variable Sorter · First look
nothing missed this round
Level 1 · First look · Foundations (ext)
Tell the name of what was measured (the variable) from what was written down (the value).
Say what data, a variable and a value are, and lay out lab measurements as a table with one row per item measured.
ext A Foundations primer: written for beginners, not from the slides.
Everyday data (the step you are on)
On a football team sheet each player is a row; 'goals' and 'position' are columns.
Like a team sheet, a gel’s notebook names what was measured and records what each gel gave: 6 chips to sort.