Chapter 1: Introduction 1. Origin of Statistics: The word Statistics seems to have been derived from Latin word ‘Status’‚ German word ‘Statistik’ or Italian word ‘Statista’. Each of these means “Political State’. In ancient time governments used to collect the information regarding the population & the property of the State. In India an efficient system of collecting official and administrative statistics existed even more than 2000 Years ago‚ in particular‚ during the period of Chandra Gupta
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analysis‚ we compared the profits earned by 60 Crusty Dough Pizza Company restaurants to factors associated to their menu‚ amenities‚ services‚ and statistics regarding the restaurant communities. The factors that we analyzed are listed in Table 1. Table 1. List of Factors Compared to Monthly Profit We computed descriptive statistics (mean‚ median‚ mode‚ standard deviation‚ coefficient of variation‚ range‚ and outliers) for the 16 factors given in the data and for monthly profit
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Statistics is the study of the collection‚ organization‚ analysis‚ interpretation and presentation of data. It deals with all aspects of data including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments. Descriptive statistics is the discipline of quantitatively describing the main features of a collection of information‚ or the quantitative description itself. Descriptive statistics are distinguished from inferential statistics (or inductive statistics)‚ in that
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de la hipótesis Ilustración Conclusión Recomendaciones 12. Bibliografía / Referencias citadas Introduction The statistics have been used in business long time ago‚ but with the new technologies used today‚ that helps the people with software and programs to make the data collection easier. In this work we are going to present why the statistics are important in business‚ generally in big companies that need that data to help the to improve their sells and the product they make. With this
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Lecture 1. Descriptive statistics includes statistical procedures that we use to describe the population we are studying. The data could be collected from either a sample or a population‚ but the results help us organize and describe data. Descriptive statistics can only be used to describe the group that is being studying. That is‚ the results cannot be generalized to any larger group. Inferential statistics is concerned with making predictions or inferences about a population from observations
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1 1. Statistics is the science of collecting‚ organizing‚ analyzing‚ interpreting‚ and presenting data. TRUE 2. Inferential statistics refers to generalizing from a sample to a population‚ estimating unknown parameters‚ drawing conclusions‚ and making decisions. TRUE 3. Descriptive statistics refers to summarizing data rather than generalizing about the population. FALSE 4. Estimating parameters and testing hypotheses are important aspects of descriptive statistics. FALSE
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Basic Concepts 1. What is Inferential statistics? Inferential statistics uses observations of past occurrences or available data i.e. descriptive statistics to make decisions about future possibilities and/or the nature of the entire body of data. Inferential statistics draws conclusions or makes interpretations‚ predictions and inferences about a population based upon an analysis of a sample. 2. Give 2 different techniques which are used in descriptive statistics to represent the data. Tables
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value gives an actual quantity that can mean “how much”‚ or “how many”. Whereas qualitative means we are simply recording into which of the categories the element falls. (Bowerman‚ O’Connell‚ Murphree‚ Orris‚ J. B. (2012). Essentials of Business Statistics 4th ed.). A. The dollar amount on an accounts receivable invoice. This would be quantitative‚ because it is showing the actual dollar amount and is not grouping it into different categories. B. The net profit for a company in 2009
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Final Project Part II Sabrina Salas Business 308 Statistics for Managers Professor Edward Kaplan February 4‚ 2013 In today’s society‚ gas and oil prices continue to rise which has a direct impact not only on one’s household but also in the delivery service industry. As prices on gas rise‚ the impact is felt on the consumer as delivery services increase their prices. While many Americans try to conserve their savings‚ this places limits on spending. Due to the advancement
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Department of Mathematics COURSE INFORMATION SHEET |Course Code |MTHS002 | |Course Title |Descriptive and Inferential Statistics | |Prerequisite |MTHS001 (College Algebra) | |Credit/No. of Units
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