What Local Signs in the Natural World Can You Look

question 44

Essay

What local signs in the natural world can you look to to predict the weather?​

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Definitions:

Scatterplot

A type of graphical representation that displays values for typically two variables for a set of data, using Cartesian coordinates to display the values.

Outlier

An outlier is an observation in a data set that is distant from other observations, often indicating variability in measurement or a potential error.

Categorical Variable

A type of variable that can take on one of a limited, and usually fixed, number of possible values, assigning each individual or other unit of analysis to a particular group or nominal category.

Cubed-Root Transformation

A statistical technique used to stabilize variance, make the data more closely conform to a normal distribution, or improve the interpretability of data with skewed distributions.