Describe several strategies for organizing a data set in order to reveal
possible patterns within the data.
Describe several ways in which the nature of the data partly determines
the kinds of statistics that can be used in data analysis.
Distinguish between descriptive statistics and inferential statistics, and
describe various purposes that each of these two categories of statistics
can serve, including
(a) estimating central tendency, variability, and cor-
relation;
(b) estimating population parameters;
(c) testing hypotheses;
and
(d) conducting a meta-analysis.
Describe several ways in which you might use the results of
statistical analyses to help you interpret a data set
