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Empirical Research and Statistical Analysis course

Thomas Quettier PhD

📝 Exercise: Exploring Anscombe’s Quartet

“Anscombe’s Quartet”

is a classic illustration of the importance of visually inspecting data. It consists of four datasets, each with two variables, X and Y. Despite having nearly identical statistical properties, these datasets reveal very different relationships when plotted. Follow the steps outlined below and, as the saying goes, let’s put the elephant in the fridge! 🐘


Dataset Location

Navigate to: Data Library > lsj-data > Anscombe


Instructions

1️⃣ Check the Data


2️⃣ Write the Hypotheses


3️⃣ Provide the Correlation Coefficients


4️⃣ Report the Results


5️⃣ Graphical Representation of the Data


🔙 Return to Day 4