1. INTRODUCTION TO MODULE 2
1.1 Revision 1.2 Outcomes
2. CHARACTERISTIC, VARIABLE AND MEASUREMENT
2.1. The relationship between characteristic and variable 2.1.1. Ensuring a valid relationship between a characteristic and a variable 2.1.2. Making sure variables are valid 2.1.3. Selecting an appropriate variable to measure a characteristic 2.2. Ensuring measurements are valid, reliable and unbiased 2.3. Scales of measurement 2.4. Discrete and continous variables
2.1. The relationship between characteristic and variable
2.1.1. Ensuring a valid relationship between a characteristic and a variable 2.1.2. Making sure variables are valid 2.1.3. Selecting an appropriate variable to measure a characteristic
2.2. Ensuring measurements are valid, reliable and unbiased 2.3. Scales of measurement 2.4. Discrete and continous variables
3. DATA DISPLAYS
3.1. Tables and graphic displays 3.2. The features of a good table 3.3. The features of a good graphic display 3.4. Selecting the appropriate type of graphic display 3.5. Reading a graphic display
4. SUMMARISING DATA
4.1. Measuring the centre of a distribution 4.2. Appropriate use of mean, median and mode 4.3. Identifying an outlier 4.4. Describing the spread of the distribution of data 4.5. Describing the shape of distributions
