Statistics: Distributions – The Empirical Rule In my Distribution Shapes article, I discussed the different shapes most distributions of data would visually utilized, with symmetrical being the most common. These bell-shaped distributions demonstrate the “empirical rule” which demonstrates a relationship between data points and standard deviations placement in relation to the mean. The distribution below…
Understanding Causes of Skewed Distribution Shapes In my Distribution Shapes article I illustrates the three most common shapes founds with distributions – symmetrical, left-skewed, and right-skewed. Symmetrical distributions display data points equally on both sides because most of the values reside near the mean (average). This near-uniformity of data points with the average prevents the…
Isolating Patterns Based on Conditions In my Marginal Distributions article, I illustrated how to leverage a data set to isolate two marginal distributions in comparison with the grand total of all distributions, to arrive at specific distributions. This concept illustrates the concept of a conditional distribution in that a distribution is isolated based on a…
Isolating a Distribution’s Subset In my Joint Distributions article, I illustrated how to provide a data set using two (joint) distributions, with the Age Groups and Years distributions complementing each other. In this article I will demonstrate how to create a marginal distribution, which isolates one of the available distributions and measures it against the…
Please see my other Statistics articles. Delivering Multidimensional Understanding In this article I will demonstrate how to use a data set to communicate joint (or two) distributions of data. First, I will convert the table into a relative cumulative table, beginning with the first age group (0-8). In this formula, I’m instructing Excel to divide…
Understanding Distribution Shapes and Central Tendency In many of my BI articles I discuss data and its measurements, one of the most commonly used being the mean (link) or average of all values within a data set. A data set contains many data points, their arrangement around the mean and their probably of occurrence is…
Please see me my other Excel articles. Histogram: Quickly Illustrate Relative Frequency In my Relative Frequency Histogram article I demonstrated how to transform a histogram to show each category’s value in comparison to the grand total of all diagnosis. In this article, I will show how to begin with a relative frequency histogram and replace…
Please see me my other Excel articles. Histogram: Comparing Distributions with Relative Frequency In my Histogram article I introduce a different version of the bar chart where instead of simply displaying ranges of values in each bar, you can display groups or categories of values (age groups and their diagnosis rates). In this article I…
Using Foreknowledge of Data Set Changes to Understand the Effects In most data studies, the original data set is modified to tease-out certain patterns. Knowing how certain changes affect metrics may prove a very useful tool when communicating results to clients. In this example, I will begin with a simple data set illustrating disease diagnoses…
Visually Illustrating Relationships Venn Diagrams provide a very intuitive method for communicating relationships among categories in data. In this article I will demonstrate how to use a Venn diagram to illustrate an intersection of categories. I will begin with a simple data set consisting of simple survey results of respondents asked which luxury automobiles they…
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