Statistics: • Science of gathering‚ analyzing‚ interpreting‚ and presenting data • Measurement taken on a sample • Type of distribution being used to analyze data Descriptive statistics: Using data gathered on a group to describe or reach conclusions about that same group only. Descriptive statistics are the tabular‚ graphical‚ and numerical methods used to summarize data. Collect‚ organize‚ summarize‚ display‚ analyze Eg: According to Consumer Reports‚ General Electric washing machine
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The Collier Encyclopedia’s definition for probability is the concern for events that are not certain and the reasonableness of one expectation over another. These expectations are usually based on some facts about past events or what is known as statistics. Collier describes statistics to be the science of the classification and manipulation of data in order to draw inferences. Inferences here can be read to mean expectations‚ leading to the conclusion that the two go hand in hand in accomplishing
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14. If x has the probability distribution f(x) = 12x for x = 1‚2‚3‚…‚ show that E(2X) does not exist. This is famous Petersburg paradox‚ according to which a player’s expectation is infinite (does not exist) if he is to receive 2x dollars when‚ in a series of flips of a balanced coin‚ the first head appears on the xth flip. 17. The manager of a bakery knows that the number of chocolate cakes he can sell on any given day is a random variable having the probability distribution f(x) = 16 for x =
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Explain how and why Agrippina the younger was killed Julia Agrippina or known better as Agrippina Minor or most famously Agrippina the younger was one of the most powerful and inferential women in the entire roman empire. Her power and her influence was one of her most remarketing features and it is also those features which become her demise and the main cause of her murder. Agrippina the younger who has been portrayed as the most controversial woman in all of roman history has been seen is mainly
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“Show me Yours” by Richard Van Camp narrates the promising and apparent upturned in life experienced by Richard‚ a middle-aged man who at the beginning has experienced a nadir in his life caused by addiction issues and harmful friendships. After a bad night‚ by mere randomness‚ he decides to glue a found baby picture of him to his grandparent saint’s necklace and wears it under his shirt. Abruptly‚ the baby picture necklace becomes a trend in his community and seems to encourage care and positivism
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At this point in the novel‚ the monster has already been created. Frankenstein has not quite realized what he has really created‚ but will soon make the discovery. After Justine’s death‚ Frankenstein’s spirits turn sorrowful. This prompts him to eventually travel to the summit of Montanvert with hope that it will restore his spirits. In his journey‚ the monster follows him and this provokes Frankenstein to curse at him and threaten him. Eventually the monster convinces Frankenstein to come into a
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Manage personal work priorities and professional development When planning and organising your work‚ what qualities do you need to demonstrate in order to serve as a positive role model to others in the workplace? To serve as a positive role model‚ you need to have the following attributes: Uncompromising Integrity
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the minority world. In the majority world children often work from an early age and are expected to fulfil adult Responsibilities because children are thought of as competent from a young age‚ thus these children tend to have a more interdependent relationship with adults. This kind of childhood is at odds with minority world ideals of childhood in which children are segregated from the adult world‚ indulged and controlled. Boyden explains that minority world childhoods are so different because in
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Explain how technology was a stimuli to the Age of Discovery? There were many technological advances in the Age of discovery. The development of the cannon‚ which was able shoot iron or stone balls. This device could take down city walls or fortresses. A western technician built 56 small cannon’s and gigantic gun that could hurl stone balls weighing 800 lbs. The gun could only be loaded and fired only by about a hundred men working together‚ and reloading took 2 hours. Although the cannon had serious
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Explain how and why Muhammad was opposed in Makkah (30 marks) The prophet Muhammad preached in Makkah to bring people in the right path and to believe in one god. However‚ he was opposed in many ways possible by many people mainly the Quraish. There were many reasons why people opposed the prophet Muhammad in Makkah and many were due to selfish needs such as wealth and power. The prophet Muhammad was opposed in many ways such as verbal and physical abuse. The Quraish were the main people
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