Review
For a scatterplot | For a barchart |
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Choose x and y | Same! |
Label x, y, and give a title | Same! (except x usually has no units) |
Decide minimum and maximum values for x and y | Only for y -- and include the error bars |
Decide distance for ticks | Only for y |
Make a legend | Same |
Add data, using dots | Use rectangles, not dots |
Choosing between SD and SE
SD | SE |
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Measures how far members of the population deviate from the average | Measures how far your estimate of the mean (from a sample) probably deviates from the population mean |
Quantifies the population | Quantifies your experiment |
Does NOT depend on sample size | DOES depend on sample size (a lot!) |
Use to characterize the population | Use to test your results |
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