Deck 2: Stats in the Wild: Good Data Practices

Question 1

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

Answer 1

True

Question 2

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

Answer 2

True

Question 3

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

Answer 3

True

Question 4

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

Question 5

The statistical package R is easier to use than Stata.

Question 6

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

Question 7

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

Question 8

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

Question 9

What is the purpose of plotting the data?

Question 10

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