Collect some data from your daily life, at least 30 points of data. It could be the number of emails you receive each day, your daily footsteps, minutes spent at the gym, calories consumed, commute time, time spent on the phone, body temperature, weather data – or come up with a survey question (“Do you like dogs?” “How many cousins do you have?” “What color is your car?”) and go ask some people! …the possibilities are endless.Choose some visual way to display your data, and calculate descriptive statistics to describe the center of the data and its spread. Describe the method you used to collect your data. If it was a sampling method try to classify it as one of the methods described in chapter 1. Post your data set and your visualization as well as the descriptive statistics. Explain why you chose this particular visualization, and why you think it is effective. What pattern emerges, and what story does the picture tell? Also please explain why you chose the statistics you did to measure center and spread.Week 2 Responses (100+ words, x2):Choose two of your classmates posts from week 1. Discuss the pros and cons of the sampling methodology they used. Create an alternative data visualization and post it. What are the benefits or drawbacks of this new visualization?

Central Tendency and Variability Understanding descriptive statistics and their variability is a fundamental aspect of statistical analysis. On their own, descriptive statistics tell us how frequently an observation occurs, what is considered “average”, and how far data in our sample deviate from being “average.” With descriptive statistics, we are able to provide a summary of characteristics from both large and small datasets. In addition to the valuable information they provide on their own, measures of central tendency and variability become important components in many of the statistical tests that we will cover. Therefore, we can think about central tendency and variability as the cornerstone to the quantitative structure we are building. For this Discussion, you will examine central tendency and variability based on two separate variables. You will also explore the implications for positive social change based on the results of the data. Post, present, and report a descriptive analysis for your variables, specifically noting the following: For your continuous variable: From the General Social Survey dataset Report the mean, median, and mode.What might be the better measure for central tendency? (i.e., mean, median, or mode) and why?Report the standard deviation.How variable are the data?How would you describe this data?What sort of research question would this variable help answer that might inform social change? Post the following information for your categorical variable: A frequency distribution.An appropriate measure of variation.How variable are the data?How would you describe this data?What sort of research question would this variable help answer that might inform social change?