INTP Discussion Forum > People and Psychology > Statistics

Posted by: Odyssey Apr 5 2004, 02:53 AM

Dear World, This essay requires so many statistical analyses that I think I'm going to lose my mind. Or, if I don't manage to lose it, it will run away from me. Trying to juggle four highly specific and interrelated facts at a time is just darn confusing - which one is of 1969 "median family income" outside the central cities in 1969? Which one is the "average household income" inside the central cities of the 72 largest metropolitan areas by region in America, 1970? What's the average percent below poverty level inside the selected cities as compared to the entire Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area % poverty level - in 1959? Does anyone else's head spin when they need to deal extensively with complicated charts and tables or similar fact databases? Or, does anyone's head not spin and why/how? ~Odyssey

Posted by: Metimbo=IMMT Apr 5 2004, 09:03 PM

I'm not sure I totally understand your predicament, but if it is juggling huge chunks of information that are all needed to come to a conclusion. What I have found handy is to "suspend" the information somehow. You figure a part out, then suspend it by either jotting a couple of abrrevations about the findings or memorizing them, then you go on to the next one. Then go back and compile all of your abbreviations for your finding. If that makes any sense whatsoever!!! LOL ~Tim

Posted by: Odyssey Apr 5 2004, 10:05 PM

I do understand! And thank goodness that's over with. I did, luckily, jot down numbers as I was using them instead of trying to think of everything at once - but still I get befuddled because statistics are too... difficult to visualize. And I know from experience and from aptitude tests that I tend to rely on mental visual-spatial manipulations to figure out all sorts of problems, so when I can't visualize easily, it's a big handicap. ~Odyssey