Describing Research Findings

Researchers take many steps to prepare, organize, and analyze research data. In this activity, you'll examine the importance of taking a systematic approach to describing research findings. Be sure to address the following in your main post:

• What is the purpose of computing descriptive statistics and exploratory analyses?
• Why should researchers graph their data? What are the benefits of graphing?
• How might you assess the distribution of data?
• What does the "spread" of data tell us?
• What does Pearsonr tell us about two variables?