Week 3 of 540

Whereas there wasn't a lot on the agenda for this week, it was enough to keep me busy, along with further my knowledge of statistics and data collection.  The first assignment that I completed this week was the technology survey.  It was nice to be able to answer questions with confidence this time around, specifically seeing where I have gained knowledge.  The next assignment was that of the third week guided practice.  Even though the assignment was mostly review of mean, range, and standard deviation, we had to do a much more thorough job of analyzing the samples.  The assignment did a great job of illustrating how it can be dangerous to label two as the same or different; such a label often depends on how the data are analyzed.  Finally, I found the article that dealt with how to conduct a proper survery to quite interesting.  I honestly never that about using such a thought out approach, but it makes perfect sense.  How could one properly form helpful questions if you have no clearly defined purpose?