Read sections 20A and 20B in our textbook (these are fairly lengthy sections), paying particular attention to the definitions of statistical terms. What’s a discrete variable? What’s a continuous variable? What’s a histogram? What does it mean to say that a distribution is positively skewed? We can discuss any questions you have about these terms in our class on Monday.
Then, complete the following questions.
Exercise 20A questions 1 and 2
Exercise 20B.1 question 2, 5, 8, 11, 12