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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Running head: [M1A BUS210] [M1A BUS210] Anthony Johnson Allied American University Author Note This paper was prepared for [Business Statistics I]‚ [M1A] taught by [John Hannon]. PART I: APPLICATION Directions: Please answer each of the following questions (responses should be at least two paragraphs in length and be written in complete sentences‚ if applicable). Show essential calculations‚ if applicable. 1. Describe the difference between a population and a sample. A population
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Chapter Self Review page 3 3-4 71 The monthly sales for a sample of HiTec Electronic supply stores were organized into a frequency distribution. The mean of weekly sales was computed to be $ 3‚219‚360‚ the median $3‚192‚000‚ and the mode $3‚176‚800. a. Sketch the sales in the form of a smoothed frequency polygon. Note the location of the mean‚ median‚ and mode on the x-axis. - Mode 3‚176‚800 < Median 3‚192‚000 < Mean 3‚219‚360 Therefore‚ b. Is the distribution symmetrical
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Epidemiological Rationale for Topic: 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
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I. INTRODUCTION II. A. Collection of Data We encounter some difficulties upon choosing our topic; because of we have to limit our ideas and to consider the topics of the other researchers. We have to consult our selected ideas to our professor first before doing such steps like making questionnaire‚ choosing our respondents etc. When our professor approved our topic‚ we started making forms that to be answered by our respondents. The respondents‚ which are freshmen‚ stated their answers
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1. Exercises 1.57 & 1.58. Stock performance. Page 46 How well have stocks done over the past generation? The Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index describes the average performance of the stocks of 500 leading companies. Because each return is weighted by the total market value of each companys stock‚ the index emphasizes larger companies. The file ex01 57.txt contains the real (that is‚ adjusted for the changing buying power of the dollar) returns on the S&P 500 for the years from 1971 to 2003. (a)
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Chapter 8 29. The travel-to-work time for residents of the 15 largest cities in the United States is reported in the 2003 Information Please Almanac. Suppose that a preliminary simple random sample of residents of San Francisco is used to develop a planning value of 6.25 minutes for the population standard deviation. If we want to estimate the population mean travel-to-work time for San Francisco residents with a margin of error of 2 minutes‚ what sample size should be used? Assume 95% confidence
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Alexander College Comm 291 Assignment 1 Instructor: Alfred Kong Due date: 26th May 2014 The assignment is due at the beginning of the class. Late assignment will not be accepted. For this assignment‚ complete all of the following questions. Question 1 A manufacturer of cat food was planning to survey households in the US to determine purchasing habits of cat owners. Among the questions to be included are those that relate to 1. Where cat fat is primarily purchased. 2. Whether
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BICOL STATE COLLEGE OF APPLIED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY NAGA CITY HISTORY OF STATISTICS Group 3 Members: Tricia Mae Berja Michelle Lee Desiree Basmayor Mica Rubio Gian Perucho Ivan Ricafort Ms. Donnalyn Matamorosa Dominic Bobis Teacher Alex Obligado Ancient Times (3000 BC – 27 BC) * Pictorial representation and other symbols were used for Statistics back in the days. (To record numbers of people‚ animals‚ etc.) * In Babylonia and China‚ population is
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