AtlasSession 4L11: Graphical representation of data and measures of associationp.3, 6–8
Summary measures by data type
- What is data?
- Data and types of variables
- Summary statistics
- Summary measures by data type
- Next: Tables
Fig. 1
200 burns patients treated with cultured epidermal autograft: the type and summary measure of each variable
Fig. 1, Four kinds of variable and how to sum them up (First look): 4 cards dealt; 0 sorted right, 4 still to sort. Bins: Yes / no 0; Ordered 0; Count 0; Measured 0.
- Right so far
- 0 of 4
- Still to sort
- 4
Variable Sorter · First look
Level 1 · First look · Lecture 11 · p.3, 6–8
Sort variables into four kinds and say how each is usually summed up.
Pick the right summary measure for nominal, ordinal, discrete and continuous variables, and compute a proportion with its 95% CI and an odds.
Describing a class (the step you are on)
Glasses yes/no, shirt size S/M/L, number of siblings, height in cm.
Describe a class: glasses yes or no, shirt size S, M or L, number of brothers and sisters, height in cm. These graft-study cards are the same four kinds: 4 to sort.