Unit 2: Some Basics
Text reading and review exercises:
Review Chapters 3 and 4 of FPP and do the following review exercises:
Chapter 3 [pages 50-55]: 2, 4, 6, 9, 12
Chapter 4 [pages 74-76]: 4 [see pages 37 and 39], 6, 7, 8, 10, 11
Reading:
"The median isn't the message" by Stephen Jay Gould, Discover,
June 1985.
Document source: The
Cancer Guide website
Possible essay questions:
- Summarize the statistical issues discussed in Gould's article.
- Explain why Gould feels that his knowledge of statistics played a major
role in saving his life.
- What is the message in Gould's article for people with a serious disease?
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