Applications of statistics typically involve the analysis of data in an attempt to glean some understanding. What are the data telling us? Are the data themselves any good? If not, where are the problems? All of these are great questions but they all require that you not only have the data in hand but also that you have it in a form that you can analyze with the tools available to you.
In this lab you will look at several useful techniques for coaxing data from various sources into DataDesk. You will then take a quick look at some of the exploratory tools which DataDesk provides. It is intended as a set of examples and quick reference rather than an assignment to be handed in.
As the course continues however, you will need to know how to do these things, so view the items below as a checklist of skills to develop. In particular, you shall see how to: