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WF ED 540, Data Analysis, Fall 2017
This document discusses tidy data principles for data analysis: 1. Each variable must have its own column. 2. Each observation must have its own row. 3. Each value must have its own cell. It also discusses different measurement levels for variables including nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio scales and provides examples of each.
WF ED 540, Data Analysis, Fall 2017
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- 4. 1. Each variable musthave its own column:
- 5. 1. Each variable musthave its own column: 2. Each observation must have its own row:
- 6. 1. Each variable musthave its own column: 2. Each observation must have its own row: 3. Each value must have its own cell:
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- 10. YES, forunderstanding (transformation, visualization, and modeling)
- 11. YES, forunderstanding (transformation, visualization, and modeling) NO, for communication
- 13. An entity thathas two or more mutually exclusive values
- 14. An entity thathas two or more mutually exclusive values
- 15. An entity thathas two or more mutually exclusive values
- 16. An entity thathas two or more mutually exclusive values Some examples?
- 17. Measurement is aprocess of assigning values to variables based on rules
- 18. Type Level Example NominalUnordered categories Gender is either male or female Ordinal Ordered categories Size is small, medium or, large Interval No true zero, but equal intervals % items correct on achievement test as a measure of ability Ratio True zero and equal intervals % items correct on achievement test
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