{"id":1130,"date":"2023-06-22T01:56:34","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T01:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.one.lumenlearning.com\/introstatstest\/chapter\/inference-basics-background-youll-need-2\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T02:32:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T02:32:44","slug":"inference-basics-background-youll-need-2","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/content.one.lumenlearning.com\/introstatstest\/chapter\/inference-basics-background-youll-need-2\/","title":{"raw":"Module 8: Background You'll Need 2","rendered":"Module 8: Background You&#8217;ll Need 2"},"content":{"raw":"<section class=\"textbox learningGoals\">\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Calculate mean and standard deviation using technology.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/section>\r\n<h2>Means and Standard Deviations<\/h2>\r\n<p>Let's explore the <a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Statistics+Exemplar\/Data+Set+Files\/School_Diversity_FINAL.xlsx\">School_Diversity<\/a> data set.<\/p>\r\n<p>The spreadsheet contains school diversity data from [latex]28[\/latex] school districts in Nebraska. The data make up a subset of the larger data set about school diversity.<\/p>\r\n<p>[reveal-answer q=\"582443\"]Variables in the data set[\/reveal-answer]<br \/>\r\n[hidden-answer a=\"582443\"]<\/p>\r\n<p>The [latex]11[\/latex] variables in the data set are defined as:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><em>State<\/em>: NE<\/li>\r\n\t<li><em>Location Type: <\/em>Type of school district location: \u201ctown-distant,\u201d \u201ccity-small,\u201d \u201ctown-fringe,\u201d \u201csuburban-large,\u201d or \u201ccity-large\u201d<\/li>\r\n\t<li><em>School Year<\/em><\/li>\r\n\t<li><em>AIAN<\/em>: American Indian and Alaska native proportion of student population<\/li>\r\n\t<li><em>Asian<\/em>: Asian proportion of student population<\/li>\r\n\t<li><em>Black<\/em>: Black proportion of student population<\/li>\r\n\t<li><em>Hispanic<\/em>: Hispanic proportion of student population<\/li>\r\n\t<li><em>White<\/em>: White proportion of student population<\/li>\r\n\t<li><em>Multi<\/em>: Multi-ethnic proportion of student population<\/li>\r\n\t<li><em>Total<\/em>: Total student body count<\/li>\r\n\t<li><em>Diverse<\/em>: Diversity rating (diverse, undiverse, or extremely undiverse)[\/hidden-answer]<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/lumen-learning.shinyapps.io\/eda_quantitative\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"850\"><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n<p>[<a href=\"https:\/\/lumen-learning.shinyapps.io\/eda_quantitative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trouble viewing? 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The data make up a subset of the larger data set about school diversity.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"qa-wrapper\" style=\"display: block\"><button class=\"show-answer show-answer-button collapsed\" data-target=\"q582443\">Variables in the data set<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"q582443\" class=\"hidden-answer\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p>The [latex]11[\/latex] variables in the data set are defined as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>State<\/em>: NE<\/li>\n<li><em>Location Type: <\/em>Type of school district location: \u201ctown-distant,\u201d \u201ccity-small,\u201d \u201ctown-fringe,\u201d \u201csuburban-large,\u201d or \u201ccity-large\u201d<\/li>\n<li><em>School Year<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>AIAN<\/em>: American Indian and Alaska native proportion of student population<\/li>\n<li><em>Asian<\/em>: Asian proportion of student population<\/li>\n<li><em>Black<\/em>: Black proportion of student population<\/li>\n<li><em>Hispanic<\/em>: Hispanic proportion of student population<\/li>\n<li><em>White<\/em>: White proportion of student population<\/li>\n<li><em>Multi<\/em>: Multi-ethnic proportion of student population<\/li>\n<li><em>Total<\/em>: Total student body count<\/li>\n<li><em>Diverse<\/em>: Diversity rating (diverse, undiverse, or extremely undiverse)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/lumen-learning.shinyapps.io\/eda_quantitative\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"850\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"https:\/\/lumen-learning.shinyapps.io\/eda_quantitative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trouble viewing? 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