Chapter 3. Systematic Organization and Display of Data

  1. Michael R. Chernick1,
  2. Robert H. Friis2

Published Online: 11 APR 2003

DOI: 10.1002/0471458716.ch3

Book Title

Introductory Biostatistics for the Health Sciences: Modern Applications Including Bootstrap

Introductory Biostatistics for the Health Sciences: Modern Applications Including Bootstrap

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How to Cite

Chernick, M. R. and Friis, R. H. (2003) Systematic Organization and Display of Data, in Introductory Biostatistics for the Health Sciences: Modern Applications Including Bootstrap, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. doi: 10.1002/0471458716.ch3

Author Information

  1. 1

    Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Princeton, New Jersey, USA

  2. 2

    California State University, Long Beach, California, USA

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 11 APR 2003
  2. Published Print: 21 FEB 2003

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780471411376

Online ISBN: 9780471458715

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Keywords:

  • qualitative data;
  • quantitative data;
  • discrete data;
  • continuous data;
  • frequency tables;
  • frequency histograms;
  • frequency polygons;
  • stem-and-leaf displays;
  • box-and-whisker plots;
  • pie charts

Summary

Chapter 3 covers methods for organizing and displaying data.

  • Types of data: Quantitative versus qualitative

  • Tables for summarizing data

  • Graphical display of data and types of displays

  • Guidelines for creating frequency distributions

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