Each discussion has a preparation section that contains statistical software exercises. You must complete these exercises before beginning the discussions each week.
This week, you will be working through the following exercises:
Enter the data from Table 2.5 in your Statistics for the Health Sciences textbook in an Excel file.
Save the Excel file as a .csv file and open the .csv file in JASP.
Generate a histogram and boxplot for each variable.
Generate a scatterplot.
Additionally, generate the following:
Mean.
Median.
Mode.
Range.
Standard deviation.
Variance.
Quartiles.
File Submissions
Every time you generate outputs in a statistical software exercise, you will be required to interpret and report the results. Both the Word document and the output files must be uploaded to your discussion post.
Upload the .jasp file. Make sure you have saved your .jasp file after running your procedures to save the outputs.
Include a separate Word document in which you interpret and report the results of the graphs or tables (summary statistics, scattergram, box-plot, and histogram) you generated. Format your document using APA style.
Discussion Post
For the purposes of contributing to this week’s scholarly discussion, complete the following:
Post an example of how you might use descriptive statistics in your professional setting.
Describe one or two of the challenges, knowledge gaps, or unanswered questions you found while completing these exercises.
Finally, cite, in APA format, at least one non-Capella resource (for example, a YouTube video, website, or article) that you found useful for this topic.
