Module 4: Lesson 3¶

Introduction to Descriptive Statistics¶

The third lesson introduces descriptive (or summary) statistics, which can provide insight into a (potentially large) data set by using only a few quantitative measurements. Many of these statistics are likely familiar, but this lesson focuses on calculating and using them within a Python script

Objectives¶

By the end of this lesson, you will be be able to

compute basic descriptive statistics by using Python, and
describe the difference between these different statistics.

Time Estimate¶

Approximately 2 hours.

Activities¶

Video: Watch the Introduction to Descriptive Statistics video, which will demonstrate how to compute and interpret descriptive statistics for a data set.

Notebook: Read and complete the student exercises in the Introduction to Descriptive Statistics notebook.

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