1 LANGLEY HIGH SCHOOL 2013 AP STATISTICS SUMMER ASSIGNMENT Welcome to AP Statistics! You have selected a course unlike any other math course. The purpose of this Summer Assignment is to: 1. Give you information on what to expect‚ and how this course is different from other math courses. 2. Refresh your knowledge on statistics topics that you should know prior to this course. 3. Give you a chance to demonstrate your ability to analyze data and write conclusions. The Assignment is divided
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The Mean and Median: Measures of Central Tendency The Mean and the Median The difference between the mean and median can be illustrated with an example. Suppose we draw a sample of five women and measure their weights. They weigh 100 pounds‚ 100 pounds‚ 130 pounds‚ 140 pounds‚ and 150 pounds. To find the median‚ we arrange the observations in order from smallest to largest value. If there is an odd number of observations‚ the median is the middle value. If there is an even number of observations
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Unit 1 - Fundamentals of Statistics Veronica Chavis American InterContinental University In this paper I will examine and analyze the data regarding employee’s job satisfaction as it relates to gender. I have provided an interpretation of the extrinsic results for the three age groups‚ as well as I have given the results of the surveys regarding both qualitative measurement and quantitative measurement. I have discussed the results based the graphs that included in the paper; I have all so
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The study discussed in “A Comparison of Financial Performance‚ Organizational Characteristics‚ and Management Strategy Among Rural and Urban Nursing Facilities” was conducted to understand the influence of patient care amongst beds‚ in-patient days‚ patient days‚ patient care revenue‚ nursing salaries‚ and facilities expenditures between the rural and non-rural nursing homes/facilities in New Mexico. The main hypothesis that was tested among the dataset was does rural homes have a lower average of
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plagiarism (copying) or any other attempt to gain an academic advantage in a dishonest or unfair manner. Breaches of the Academic Honesty Policy will result in dismissal from HCT Project Objectives: To estimate the population parameters from sample statistics‚ using interval estimate (90%‚ 95% and 99% levels). The project consists of three parts as listed below. You should carefully read the instructions. This project is Group based (2 – 3) and each Group will have different results based on the initial
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How many standard deviations is my hypothesis (sample mean) is away from the actual (null hypothesis population mean) T – statistic Rejecting the null may be a mistake = p –value ONE SAMPLE 3 formulas T.Dist.rt (t‚ sample size - 1 “df”) -> alternative that mu is bigger than a 1 – T.Dist.rt (t‚ sample size – 1) -> mu is less than a T.Dist.2t(t‚samplesize - 1) -> not equal to p < significant level reject the null NEVER accept null TWO SAMPLE directly get the p-value
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. Population arithmetic mean ‐ The population arithmetic mean‚ µ‚ is computed using all the individuals in a population and is a parameter. Sample arithmetic mean ‐ The sample arithmetic mean‚ x ‚ is computed using sample data and is a statistic. Mean – Although other types of means exist‚ the arithmetic mean is generally referred to as the mean. Median ‐ The median of a variable is the value that lies in the middle of the data when arranged in ascending order. Resistant ‐ A
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Defining Statistics Daniel Toirac QNT/351 July 23‚ 2012 Professor Gustavo Diaz Defining Statistics Statistics is defined as the science of data‚ which involves capturing‚ analyzing‚ classifying‚ summarizing‚ organizing‚ and interpreting numerical data. Statistics are used in nearly every business‚ government‚ sports‚ and finance field. Statistics are the basis of how individuals collect data and make informed decisions based on fact‚ not hunches or emotion. Statistics have grown
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A statistics practitioner took a random sample of 50 observations from a population with a standard deviation of 25 and computed the sample mean to be 100. a.Use an interval estimate to estimate the population mean with 90% confidence.[mu-1.64*SD/√n‚mu+1.64*SD/√n] [100-1.64*25/√50‚100+1.64*25/√50][94.2017‚105.7983]-90% Confidence b.95% confidence. [mu-1.96*SD/√n‚mu+1.96*SD/√n] [100-1.96*25/√50‚100+1.96*25/√50][93.0704‚106.9296]-95% Confidence c.99% confidence. [mu-2.57*SD/√n‚mu+2.57*SD/√n] [100-2
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Statistics should be interpreted with caution as they can be misleading; they can both lie and tell the truth.Discuss. AS we all known that statistics plays a very important role in the social development. People use statistics in each field of science‚ such as physical sciences‚ humanities‚ especially the biological sciences. Statistics as a series of methods which used to summarize or describe our observations tell the person who made the statistics relative objective results or truth‚ at the
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