Univariate Data
Central tendency
Mean
* Good for roughly symmetric distributions * Misleading in skewed distributions * Most efficient for normal distributions * Equal to expected value * GM better than AM (resistance to skewness)
Median
* Midpoint
An ordinal scale classifies data into distinct categories in which ranking is implied. Ordinal scaling is a stronger form of measurement than nominal scaling because an observed value classified into one category possesses more of a property than does an observed value classified into another category.…
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1. Suppose a researcher wants to design a new study with a power of 0.8 and a significance of 0.05 to test whether the caffeine content for a brand of coffee is really 100mg. A previous study gave a mean caffeine level for this brand of 110 mg and a standard deviation of 7 mg. Use PROC POWER to determine how many cups of coffee need testing.…
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imagine taking many random samples of size n, and computing an x-bar for each of the samples. Then we plot this set of x-bars with a histogram.…
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Sexual risk behaviors place adolescents at risk for HIV infection, other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and unintended pregnancy among U.S. school surveyed in 2011 from the Center of Diseases Control (CDC,2011). An estimated 8,300 young people aged 13–24 years in the 40 states reporting to CDC had HIV infection in 2009.Nearly half of the 19 million new STDs ( Sexually Transmitted Diseases) each year are among young people aged 15–24 years. More than 400,000 teen girls aged 15–19 years gave birth in 2009(CDC, 2009)…
Investments. Who – 48 China/India/Chindia funds listed at globeinvestor.com. What – 1 month, 1 year, and 5 year returns for each fund. When – The most recent periods of time. Where – globeinvestor.com website. Why – To compare investment returns for future investment decisions. How – globeinvestor.com uses reports from the fund companies. Variables – There are three variables, all of which are quantitative. 1 month return; 1 year return; 5 year…
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These lecture notes have been used at Basics of Statistics course held in University of Tampere, Finland. These notes are heavily based on the following…