Foundational Podcasts
These Podcasts of Slide Shows define and illustrate many concepts and terms used in later materials and identify common basic mistakes and recommended solutions that carry over to advanced topics and skills. It is best to view these materials before progressing to the more advanced ones.
| Presenting numbers as evidence—expository writing | PC1.1 |
| Choosing tools to present numeric information—tables, charts and prose | PC2.1 |
| Reporting one number | PC2.2 |
| Comparing two numbers or a series of numbers | PC2.3 |
| Summarizing a pattern—the “generalization, example, exception” technique | PC2.4 |
| Differentiating between substantive importance and statistical significance | PC3.1 |
| Types of quantitative comparisons | PC5.1 |
| Creating effective tables and charts | PC6_7.1 |
| Organizing data in tables and charts | PC6_7.2 |
| Presenting an exhibit ‘live’—the “Vanna White” technique | PC12.3 |
