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Count Distributions

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Lesson 3: Non-Normal Distributions

In this lesson, we’ll take a brief look at some other distributions of data. We’ll also explore the differences between “discrete” and “continuous” data.

Lab: Count Data

Data come in different flavors. Two of the major types of numerical data are discrete and continuous. In this lab, we’ll examine the same coffee data from the previous labs and identify some of their characteristics.

The lab instructions can be downloaded as a PDF file here.

The data set for this lab can be viewed here. From the link, copy and paste all the data into a new worksheet in Excel Online.

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