Dispersion of a continuous variable and the U.S. Statistical Abstracts (2012) : male smoking rates across the U.S.
This dataset example introduces researchers to evaluating the dispersion, or spread, of observations for a continuous variable, which provides knowledge of the range of values a variable takes on, which values are most common, and whether or not there are any values that could be considered outliers...
| Format: | eBook |
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| Language: | English |
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London
SAGE Publications,
2015.
SAGE Publications Ltd. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of the electronic book |
| Summary: | This dataset example introduces researchers to evaluating the dispersion, or spread, of observations for a continuous variable, which provides knowledge of the range of values a variable takes on, which values are most common, and whether or not there are any values that could be considered outliers. This example uses a subset of data looking specifically at smoking rates for men and women across the 50 U.S. states plus Washington DC. Understanding the dispersion of smoking rates across the states is important for evaluating health behaviour and possible health policies in the U.S. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour) |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| ISBN: | 1473947391 9781473947399 |