Using carbon emissions data to 'heat up' descriptive statistics

Robert Brooks

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9639.2011.00479.x

Using carbon emissions data to 'heat up' descriptive statistics

Robert Brooks

Econometrics & Business Statistics

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This article illustrates using carbon emissions data in an introductory statistics assignment. The carbon emissions data has desirable characteristics including: choice of measure; skewness; and outliers. These complexities allow research and public policy debate to be introduced.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	25-30
Number of pages	6
Journal	Teaching Statistics
Volume	34
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9639.2011.00479.x
Publication status	Published - Mar 2012

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Carbon emissions
Descriptive statistics
Teaching

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