Effective communication

STAT 20: Introduction to Probability and Statistics

Agenda

• Concept Questions
• Communication Critique
• Practice Problems

Concept Questions

TikTok algorithm

The TikTok recommendation algorithm is an example of which principle of communication?

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Adapt to your audience! The algorithm learns what you like and shows you more.

Which formatting is the most readable?

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There is no right or wrong answer here. Personally I find snake case to be the most readable.

In programming we often avoid the - and . in variable names because they take special names in certain languages. In R these are ok to use in variable names.

Not an example of hierarchy

Which of the following is NOT an example of hierarchical organization.

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A: words in a sentence

These must be read sequentially to make sense.

Communication Critique

Critique

• Discuss how the the principles and strategies for effective communication are or are not used.

• Are there ways to improve how the content was communicated?

Pick your favorite website, app, data visualization, etc.

Practice Problems