Exam 2: Stats in the Wild: Good Data Practices

Statistical projects should document both the data and the methods used to arrive at the conclusion.

The standard deviation measures how widely dispersed the values of the observations are.

The statistical package R is easier to use than Stata.

Replication files are used by researches to verify another researcher's projects results.

Compare and contrasts the basic benefits/drawbacks of Stata and R.

Please list the descriptive statistics that are used to better understand the data.

Explain the importance of keeping replication files and properly documenting the data/research.

Describe/list some of the information that generally goes into a codebook.

What is the purpose of plotting the data?

If an analysis cannot be replicated, it cannot be trusted.