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//Statistics is the art of distilling meaning from data. Statistics is a whole that is made up of many parts, and each of those parts has its own meaning and its own story to tell.//

Details for reporting stats within the text.
 * Formatting specific statistical measures in papers using APA style.**

[|Reporting Statistics in APA Style.docx] [|Reporting statistics in APA.pdf]


 * Course Topics and Textbook Chapters**


 * ===**Suzanne's Journal **===
 * === **Lisa's Journal** ===

Data value needs context Habit of data analysis Defining Variables Important points || Chapter 3, Display/Describe Categorical Data Goal Display options Important points || Symbols to copy and paste in our journals (I hope this helps):
 * Lisa's Notes:**
 * Chapter 2, DeVeaux:
 * 1) xbar //x//
 * 2) Sum Σ
 * 3) Standard deviation of population σ
 * 4) Standard deviation of sample Sx
 * 5) variance of populationσ2
 * 6) variance of sample Sx2
 * 7) Is this mean? ϻ || ............................................ ||   ||

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//Question: How should we consider the level of measurement in Likert scales?//
I have been struggling with this after reading Kinnear and the textbook, and found this article that provides some additional background.