Measurement error and summary statistics#
Learning objectives#
After working through this topic, you should be able to:
explain when mean-zero measurement error preserves the mean and why other summaries, including medians and variances, can change
explain why systematic measurement error potentially impacts all statistics
Materials#
Video with English subtitles:
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Video with German subtitles:
(turn subtitles on in the bottom right corner of the video)