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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 7
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Cleaning Data: Guess the Olympian
Richards, Kate; Davies, Neville
Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, v34 n1 p31-37 Spr 2012
This article tackles the problem of what should be done with real textual data that are contaminated by errors of recording, particularly when the data contain words that are misspelt, unintentionally or otherwise. (Contains 5 tables and 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Error Analysis (Language), Error of Measurement, Research Problems, Statistics, Statistical Data, Statistical Studies, Problem Solving, Error Correction, Educational Strategies, Teaching Methods
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Secondary Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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