Step 1- Identify the problem Develop a problem statement- What are you going to investigate (use the 6 characteristics of a good problem statement) 1. Be interested in the problem 2. Have a manageable scope 3. Be comfortable in terms of the knowledge‚ time‚ and resources needed to investigate the problem 4. Be able to collect and analyze numerical data 5. Must be a practical or theoretical reason for you to research the problem 6. It must be ethical for you to investigate the problem
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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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Stem-and-leaf displays You also should know how to construct those with an * beside them Know the definition of percentile rank Be able to identify and/or describe different shapes of distributions: Normal‚ symmetrical‚ skewed‚ unimodal‚ & bimodal distributions Central Tendency (chapter 2 – Munro e-book) Understand conceptually each of the 3 measures of central tendency: Mode‚ Median & Mean Know how to compute the mean‚ median‚ & mode Be sure to know
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Executive summary The following report aims to analyse and interpret the data set of 200 records regarding the CCResort. The given information includes booking identification number‚ income‚ number of people per booking‚ length of stay‚ age and overall expenditure. From the booking ID it can be assumed that the selection of data is random‚ however as it is only partial information and not the population‚ the period of time in which the data is selected from would affect the end results of analysis
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Exam One Study Guide GEA 2000 Chapter 1: Geography What is geography? What do geographers study? How is geography interdisciplinary? What is cartography and GIS? What is the grid system and its parts? What are map projections‚ and how do they distort the Earth? What is a region and how are they determined? What is a transition zone? What are interregional linkages? What are the internal forces and external forces that shape the physical environment? What is plate tectonics‚ and how does
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Learning vocabulary through authentic video and subtitles (English language) Content Introduction …………………………………………………………….……..3 Chapter I. Learning English vocabulary with the help of authentic video and subtitles …………….................................................................................................5 1.1 Classification of authentic video..................................................................5 1.2 The role of subtitles................
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Mark scheme June 2002 GCE Biology B Unit BYB4 Copyright © 2002 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. The Assessment and Qualifications Alliance (AQA) is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales 3644723 and a registered charity number 1073334 Registered address: Addleshaw Booth & Co.‚ Sovereign House‚ PO Box 8‚ Sovereign Street‚ Leeds LS1 1HQ Kathleen Tattersall: Director General klm SECTION A Question 1 (a) GCE: Biology B – BYB4 June 2002 X = grana/lamellae/thylakoid
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Statistics – Lab Week 2 Name:Michael Jacks Math221 Statistical Concepts: * Using MINITAB * Graphics * Shapes of Distributions * Descriptive Statistics * Empirical Rule Data in MINITAB * MINITAB is a powerful‚ yet user-friendly‚ data analysis software package. You can launch MINITAB by finding the icon and double clicking on it. After a moment you will see two windows‚ the Session Window in the top half of the screen and the Worksheet or Data Window in the bottom
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Language Learning & Technology http://llt.msu.edu/vol14num1/winkegasssydorenko.pdf February 2010‚ Volume 14‚ Number 1 pp. 65–86 THE EFFECTS OF CAPTIONING VIDEOS USED FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE LISTENING ACTIVITIES1 Paula Winke‚ Susan Gass‚ and Tetyana Sydorenko Michigan State University This study investigated the effects of captioning during video-based listening activities. Second- and fourth-year learners of Arabic‚ Chinese‚ Spanish‚ and Russian watched three short videos with and without captioning
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Week 2 Lesson 3 will discuss the appropriate use of measures of central tendency and variability in describing ungrouped set of data. Topics this Week Organization of Data Measures of Central Tendency Measures of Variability Key Concepts Organization of Data Measures of Central Tendency and Variability The Mean The Median The Mode Skewed Distributions and Measures of Central Tendency Read pages 44-52 of your textbook. Activity 1 With the assigned topic/s to your group‚ find at least one very
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