Foundations of Descriptive Statistics introduces participants to the key concepts and calculations needed to summarize and describe higher education data. You explore measures of distribution, central tendency, dispersion, and position, and learn how to create and interpret graphs to visualize data.

This course is ideal for institutional researchers, assessment professionals, administrators, and anyone who uses data to inform decisions—whether you are new to descriptive statistics or seeking a structured refresher.

Learning Outcomes:

• Articulate what a distribution is and perform distribution-related calculations
• Use percentiles to describe datasets and perform related calculations
• Differentiate between measures of central tendency and apply appropriate calculations
• Differentiate between measures of dispersion and apply appropriate calculations