Visualizing and Describing Univariate Data
The chapters in this section will introduce methods for visualizing and describing univariate distributions (i.e., single attribute). In 4 Visualizing and Describing Quantitative Attributes you will learn how to create and describe visualizations of quantitative attributes and in 5 Visualizing and Describing Categorical Attributes you will learn how to create and describe visualizations of categorical attributes.
College Scorecard Data
Throughout the chapters in this section we will use the College Scorecard data to illustrate the methods of data exploration. These data were collected and made available by the U.S. Department of Education (DOE). The DOE publishes data on institutions of higher education in their College Scorecard to facilitate transparency and provide information for interested stakeholders (e.g., parents, students, educators). A subset of this data is provided in the file college-scorecard.csv.