From the course: Statistics Foundations 1: The Basics
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Introduction to data and charts - Microsoft Excel Tutorial
From the course: Statistics Foundations 1: The Basics
Introduction to data and charts
- We live in a world of data. It's everywhere, and new data are generated every second. Every time we buy a product, Google something, vote in an election, or watch a show on Netflix, we create data. All of that data is collected and stored, but what does it look like? For many people, data looks like an intimidating, if not meaningless jumble of numbers, but with the use of charts, graphs, and tables, the meaning of the data becomes more clear and the data begins to tell a story. Your favorite stories might be in novels, comic books, or movies. In the world of statistics, stories are illustrated with charts, graphs, and tables. They illustrate dominance. They reveal change. They help us organize. More importantly, they can educate and empower us. And the more we know, the more curious we become, and this is what drives us to look more deeply at the data we have, or it might motivate us to gather better data sets in the…
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