QUANTITATIVE METHODS - STATISTICS ------------------------------------------------- (SUBJECT CODE: STA1114) ------------------------------------------------- Instructions to Students: 1. Assignment questions consist of: * Question One - 25% * Question Two - 25% 2. Assignment question must be combined into ONE (1) booklet‚ attached with “Assignment Submission Form” as the front cover‚ enclosed with the “Marking Criteria.” typed with double spacing
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Today‚ 564‚708 people in the U.S. are homeless (“2016’s Shocking Homelessness Statistics”). As we speak‚ the rate of homelessness continues to rise. There are many reasons for homelessness: national debt‚ natural disasters‚ and unemployment. Although national debt and natural disasters are important factors of homelessness‚ society mainly focuses on unemployment and limited job opportunities. In fact‚ society stigmatizes homeless people as lazy and hopeless individuals. For example‚ many people think
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International Journal of Transformations in Business Management http://www.ijtbm.com/ (IJTBM) 2012‚ Vol. No. 1‚ Issue No. 6‚ Apr-Jun ISSN: 2231-6868 MEANING OF THE TERM- DESCRIPTIVE SURVEY RESEARCH METHOD NEERU SALARIA INTRODUCTION According to Best and Kahn (2007)‚ “The term descriptive research has often been used incorrectly to describe three types of investigation that are different. Perhaps their superficial similarities have obscured their difference. Each of them employs the process of
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EXERCISE IN STATISTICS Below are hypothetical data. (1) Organize them in bivariate tables to answer the problems below. Determine the statistics to use for each. 1. Are sex and occupation associated? 2. Are age and income correlated? 3. Are educational attainment and sex associated? 4. Are civil status and occupation associated? 5. Are occupation and income related N>E> you may use data transformation (from interval data to nominal data) Respondent No. Age Sex Civil Status Educational attainment
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middle of a distribution of numbers‚ such that half the cases are higher and half lower than a value. What statistical measure should he use? A. mean B. median* C. mode D. standard deviation 3. A "codebook" is A. only used in existing statistics research. B. a document that tells the researcher where variables are located in the data file and what numbers go with variable attributes* C. the set of instructions that tell interviewers or experimenters how to treat respondents or subjects
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Standardized description of index numbers for application in generic index computation software modules 1 Photis Stavropoulos1‚ Georges Pongas2‚ Spyros Liapis1‚ George Petrakos1‚ Tonia Ieromnimon1 Agilis S.A. Statistics and Informatics‚ e-mail: Photis.Stavropoulos@agilis-sa.gr‚ Spyros.Liapis@agilis-sa.gr‚ George.Petrakos@agilis-sa.gr‚ Tonia.Ieromnimon@agilis-sa.gr 2 EUROSTAT‚ e-mail: Georges.Pongas@ec.europa.eu Abstract The aim of this paper is to present a scheme for the description of index numbers
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------------------------------------------------- Introduction: This data set we have been assigned to analyze highlights the fuel-efficiency of the mentioned cars relative to several other variables. One of the major issues most stressed upon to date is the ever-increasing threat of environmental degradation‚ global warming‚ and the need to conserve our scarce natural resources. This has led us to examine the fuel efficiency of cars. With rising gas prices‚ owning a car can become quite costly
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Descriptive Analyses of the Essays and Short Stories Narration and Description THE STRATEGIES Although the narrative and descriptive essays are often given as separate assignments in composition courses‚ they are combined in this first section so that teachers can present expressive writing and still reserve time for the many forms of informative and argumentative writing. This choice is tricky because it confirms the folk wisdom about expressive writing and rhetorical difficulty. According to
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Dani Socher Statistics Project Mr. Seufer 1/15/2013 Shooting Guards and Field Goal Percentage In the NBA‚ games are won by shooting the ball well‚ which makes sense. The more times your team’s players get the ball in the hoop‚ the more points are scored. And the more points scored‚ the more games won. Obviously‚ it is a little more complicated than that in reality‚ given how important defense is. But field goal percentage should be a solid indicator of games won. Field goal percentage is as
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30-year mortgage rate for small banks is less than 6 percent? Estimate the p-value. Chapter 11 27. A recent study focused on the number of times men and women who live alone buy take-out dinner in a month. The information is summarized below. Statistic Men Women Sample mean 24.51 22.69 Population standard deviation 4.48 3.86 Sample size 35 40 At the .01 significance level‚ is there a difference in the mean number of times men and women order take-out dinners in a month? What is the p-value
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