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  • Summer_Olympics_2016 Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Center, Data Display, Display Quantitative Variable, Shape, Spread, Summaries
  • Source: https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=olympic+medals+by+country+2016&spell=1&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjAwPXqgNvOAhWFHB4KHcxYDF8QvwUIGygA&biw=1370&bih=902
  • Number of Cases: 59
  • Excerpt: Fifty nine countries won gold medals in the 2016 Summer Olympics. The dataset lists them, along with the total number of gold medals each won. It can be a challenge to find a good display for data like these.














  • Swim the lake 2024 Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods:
  • Source: http://www.soloswims.com/swims.htm
  • Number of Cases: 74
  • Excerpt: People swim across Lake Ontario from Niagara on the Lake to Toronto–a distance of 52 km (32.3 miles). The lake is fresh water, so this swim is considered more difficult than ocean swims of similar length because salt water provides more boyancy than fresh water. (For comparison, the English Channel is 21 miles across and, […]


  • Swim_the_lake_2016 Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Regression, Test for Difference between Two Groups
  • Source: http://www.soloswims.com/swims.htm
  • Number of Cases: 62
  • Excerpt: People swim across Lake Ontario from Niagara on the Lake to Toronto–a distance of 52 km (32,3 miles). Because the lake is fresh water, this swim is considered more difficult than ocean swims of similar length because salt water provides more boyancy than fresh water. (For comparison, the English Channel is 21 miles across and, […]


  • Swim_the_lake_2019 Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Comparing Groups, Outliers, Re-expression, Regression, Residuals
  • Source: http://www.soloswims.com/swims.htm
  • Number of Cases: 65
  • Excerpt: People swim across Lake Ontario from Niagara on the Lake to Toronto–a distance of 52 km (32,3 miles). Because the lake is fresh water, this swim is considered more difficult than ocean swims of similar length because salt water provides more boyancy than fresh water. (For comparison, the English Channel is 21 miles across and, […]


  • Swimming_heats_2016 Download .TXT file Open in Data Desk ?
  • Methods: Comparing Groups, Comparing Two Groups
  • Source: https://www.olympic.org/rio-2016/swimming/200m-freestyle-women
  • Number of Cases: 15
  • Excerpt: Unlike track events, swimming heats are not determined at random. Instead, swimmers are seeded so that better swimmers are placed in later heats. Here are the times (in seconds) for the women’s 400-m freestyle for two heats in the 2016 Olympics.