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Math for Journalists: Stats you need to know
Donald's presentation discusses why the use of statistics is important for journalists, and how stats enable the reporter to say the most with the data they're using. The tipsheet talks you through some of the lingo you need to know when dealing with stats, and provide a list of helpful resources.
Tags: stats; regression; dependent variables; independent variables; data; mean; median; range; rank