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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GM 03 Business Statistics Assignment II Assignment Code: 2012 GM03 B2 Last Date of Submission: 15th November 2012 Maximum Marks: 100 Attempt all the questions. All questions are compulsory and carry equal marks. SECTION – A 1. a) Explain the need for different forecasting techniques. How can we evaluate as to how good is our forecast. b) Collect data on the amount of expenditure you do each day for the next 25 days and
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Skewness‚ Kurtosis‚ and the Normal Curve Skewness In everyday language‚ the terms “skewed” and “askew” are used to refer to something that is out of line or distorted on one side. When referring to the shape of frequency or probability distributions‚ “skewness” refers to asymmetry of the distribution. A distribution with an asymmetric tail extending out to the right is referred to as “positively skewed” or “skewed to the right‚” while a distribution with an asymmetric tail extending out to
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Prevention and Management of Workplace Violence Submitted by Your name Course title Instructor name Date of submission University name • Define workplace violence • What type of strategies or interventions should HR management adopt to protect employees while at work? Prevention and Management of Workplace Violence Work place violence can be described as threatening‚ abusing‚ and physically harm to employees at the workplace. For example a Spanish teacher who came with Ak-47 in a guitar
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STAT 600 Statistics and Quantitative Analysis PROJECT: Stock return estimation The project must be done by 6-15 a.m. October‚ 16th. You should submit your projects before the class begins. This is a group project. Read the course outline for general guidelines. Good luck! The project is closely related to Lectures 1-5 of the class. Today is September 15‚ 2013 and you have just started your new job with a financial planning firm. In addition to studying for all your license exams‚ you have
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Descripitive Statistics Paper Descriptive Statistics Paper Laura L. Mason‚ Becky Matlock‚ and Nichole Noble RES/341 June 15‚ 2011 David Morrisson Descriptive Statistics Paper Major League Baseball is known as America’s favorite pastime‚ and MLB teams spend an extensive amount of money in the excess of a billion dollars with the ultimate goal to win the World Series. This learning team’s focus throughout this descriptive statistics paper is the MLB players’ performances‚ salaries‚ salary
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Question 1 How can graphics and/or statistics be used to misrepresent data? Where have you seen this done? Answer: It is a well known fact that statistics can be misleading. They are often used to prove a point and an easily be twisted in favor of that point. Statistics‚ graphics and database are used in medical field to approve‚ prove or disapprove theories‚ analysis and interpretation of ailments‚ medications and its impact and treatment and its effectiveness. As noted by Nursing Research (2011)/
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Introduction Statistics is a set of tools used to organize and analyze data. Data must either be numeric in origin or transformed by researchers into numbers. For instance‚ statistics could be used to analyze percentage scores English students receive on a grammar test: the percentage scores ranging from 0 to 100 are already in numeric form. Statistics could also be used to analyze grades on an essay by assigning numeric values to the letter grades‚ e.g.‚ A=4‚ B=3‚ C=2‚ D=1‚ and F=0. Employing
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IMPORTANCE OF STATISTICS In today’s world we are faced with situations everyday where statistics can be applied. Statistics can be used to determine the potential outcome of thousands of things where the human mind alone wouldn’t be able to. Statistics benefits all of us because we are able to predict the future based on data we have previously gathered. Being able to predict the future not only changes our lifestyle but also helps us be more efficient and effective. Statistics is the science of
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better decisions when they use all available information in an effective and meaningful way. The primary role of statistics is to to provide decision makers with methods for obtaining and analyzing information to help make these decisions. Statistics is used to answer long-range planning questions‚ such as when and where to locate facilities to handle future sales. 2 Definition s Statistics is defined as the science of collecting‚ organizing‚ presenting‚ analyzing and interpreting numerical data
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