techniques can be used to analyze nominal level data to describe variables‚ examine relationships among variables‚ and determine differences between groups in distribution-free or non-normally distributed samples. The assumptions of nonparametric statistics are: (1) values from measurement of study variables need not be normally distributed in the sample‚ and (2) the level of measurement of study variables is usually nominal or ordinal. The mode is the only measure of central tendency that can be calculated
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How to Lie with Statistics Summary There are some people that rely heavily on the statistical information provided by the media‚ government‚ and other research groups in order to form opinions or come to a conclusion on a particular idea or product. However they fail to realize that a lot of the time the data is manipulated in such a way that leads them to believe something that is not actually the case. Statistics can lie in many ways the first way is by using a sample that has a bias. For instance
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In my thesis‚ I will analyze three websites on obesity statistics in the United States. The analysis of each website will contain how they function as sources‚ their strengths and weakness. The first source on obesity statistics is from the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL). This website is for policymakers to give them access to research‚ technical assistance and opportunities to exchange ideas on state issues. This information captures the basic overview where obesity occurred in
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WHAT IS STATISTICS? Statistics is the mathematical science involved in the application of quantitative principles to the collection‚ analysis‚ and presentation of numerical data. The practice of statistics utilizes data from some population in order to describe it meaningfully‚ to draw conclusions from it‚ and make informed decisions. The population may be a community‚ an organization‚ a production line‚ a service counter‚ or a phenomenon such as the weather. Statisticians determine which quantitative
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know about statistical ideas and techniques • The “must-know” formulas and calculations • Core topics in quick‚ focused lessons Deborah Rumsey‚ PhD Auxiliary Professor and Statistics Education Specialist‚ The Ohio State University Statistics Essentials FOR DUMmIES ‰ by Deborah Rumsey‚ PhD Statistics Essentials For Dummies® Published by Wiley Publishing‚ Inc. 111 River St. Hoboken‚ NJ 07030-5774 www.wiley.com Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing‚ Inc.‚ Indianapolis‚ Indiana
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BE01106 - BUSINESS STATISTICS ASSIGNMENT – PART I SEMESTER 2‚ 2014 _________________________________________________________________________ The complete BEO1106 assignment (all three parts) accounts for 20% of the overall assessment in the unit. This first part of the BEO1106 assignment is to be completed in your own time and must be submitted for correction in the tutorial of week 6. No time extensions will be granted although special consideration applications may be accepted from students
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Rape Statistics Working at a Historic Black College/University (HBCU) for the past three (3) years‚ I just recently came in contact with a rape victim. I’ve seen the shows but never thought‚ I would be a person to come in contact with one. Talking to the different individuals involved with the student case‚ I decided to do my research paper on rap victim. Specifically‚ I am looking at how the likelihood of being the victim of a violent crime in the United States is related to gender and
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Statistics is mathematical analysis involving the use of quantitative‚ models and summaries for a given set of tested data or observations. Statistical analysis involves the process of collecting and analyzing data and then summarizing the data into a numerical form. Today there is no social ‚commercial or even governmental activities not dependent on statistics from the beginning of the project until its end. When you start planning any new project must be the work of‚ for example‚ a study on
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coefficient R=0.86434 is positive and close to 1‚ it suggests that there is a strong positive relationship between the shoe size and the height. Next‚ let’s formulate the following data (see SHOW SIZE DATA) Using Excel to get the following descriptive statistics for both variables:
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ASSIGNMENT: Ethics in Statistics There are a number of possible ways in which unethical behavior can arise in statistics and researchers should steer clear of these. It is relatively simple to manipulate and hide data‚ projecting only what one desires and not what the numbers actually speak‚ thus giving birth to the famous phrase “Lies‚ damned lies and statistics”. However‚ this doesn’t happen all the time and there is no reason not to believe in the conclusions of a statistical analysis (Siddharth
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