Editing Statistics and Statistical Programming (Fall 2020)/pset1
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Consider the results of PC2. | Consider the results of PC2.4 and PC2.5. Do the mean and standard deviation seem likely to provide good representations of the central tendency and spread of this variable? Why or why not? If not, what alternative measures could you use to characterize the central tendency and spread respectively? | ||
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Briefly discuss any differences you observe between the untransformed/uncleaned version of the variable you summarized in PC2. | Briefly discuss any differences you observe between the untransformed/uncleaned version of the variable you summarized in PC2.4 and PC2.5 and the transformed/cleaned version you summarized in PC2.7. Which summary should you prefer and why? |