{"id":197,"date":"2016-12-28T17:32:22","date_gmt":"2016-12-28T17:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/math502\/chapter\/why-it-matters-describing-data\/"},"modified":"2023-03-24T14:26:20","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T14:26:20","slug":"why-it-matters-describing-data","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.usnh.edu\/mth402\/chapter\/why-it-matters-describing-data\/","title":{"raw":"Why It Matters: Statistics: Describing Data","rendered":"Why It Matters: Statistics: Describing Data"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>Why learn to present, analyze, and describe data?<\/h2>\nThe following video provides many examples of how contextualized, visually beautiful numbers add meaning and relevance to our life.\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/5Zg-C8AAIGg<\/p>\nIn the following pages, we'll explore how to make information meaningful in a visual format. 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