Descriptive statistics information Descriptive statistics organize‚ summarize‚ and communicate a group of numerical observations and describe large amounts of data in a single number or in just a few numbers Inferential statistics Use samples to draw conclusions about a population Inferential statistical use sample data to make general estimates about the larger population‚ and infer or make an intelligence guess about‚ the population Sample: a set of observations drawn from the population
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Outline and assess the usefulness of official statistics in measuring crime (50 marks) Crime is behaviour that breaks the law. Crime itself is deviant. Deviance refers to the behaviour that most people see as differing from acceptable social norms or standards of society – as abnormal or immoral. Official statistics is crime reported by the public and recorded by the police (or detected by the police themselves). Records are published every three months. The process involves the witness discovering
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08 ETHE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND APPLIED STATISTICS First Semester Examination 2010 QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS (STAT1008) Writing Period: 3 hours duration Study Period: 15 minutes duration Permitted Material: Non-programmable calculator‚ dictionary and 1 A4 page with notes on both sides Instructions to Candidates: • Attempt ALL questions. • Each question is of equal mark value. • Start your solution to each question on a new page. • To ensure full marks
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Problems on Regression and Correlation Prepared by: Dr. Elias Dabeet Q1. Dr. Green (a pediatrician) wanted to test if there is a correlation between the number of meals consumed by a child per day (X) and the child weight (Y). Included you will find a table containing the information on 5 of the children. Use the table to answer the following: Child Number of meals consumed per day (X) child weight (Y) X² Y² XY Ahmad 11 8 121 64 88 Ali 16 11 256 121 176 Osama 12 9 144
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Chapter 12 Simple Linear Regression Case Problem 1: Measuring Stock Market Risk a. Selected descriptive statistics follow: Variable N Mean StDev Minimum Median Maximum Microsoft 36 0.00503 0.04537 -0.08201 0.00400 0.08883 Exxon Mobil 36 0.01664 0.05534 -0.11646 0.01279 0.23217 Caterpillar 36 0.03010 0.06860 -0.10060 0.04080 0.21850 Johnson & Johnson 36 0.00530 0.03487 -0.05917 -0.00148 0.10334
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phenomena of crime what about rape‚ homicide etc. that would be adding more variables to the set so that you can measure all different types of crime and get the actual rate of crime. 2. Differentiate between descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. a. Descriptive statistics summarizes and describe the data on cases included in the study. You are only describing what’s going on with the data from the case at hand. For example‚ you interviewed 100 people about which fast food restaurant had
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SECTION A (You should attempt all 10 questions) A1. Regression analysis is ____________________________________. A) describes the strength of this linear relationship. B) describes the mathematical relationship between two variables. C) describes the pattern of the data. D) describes the characteristic of independent variable. A2. __________________ is used to illustrate any relationship between two variables. A) Histogram B) Pie chart C) Scatter diagram D) Frequency
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Name Assignment QNT/561 Date Descriptive Statistics Sales (in USD) The distribution is normally distributed. Central Tendency: Mean = 42.84 dollars. Dispersion: Standard deviation = 9.073 dollars. Count: 100 Min/Max: Min is $23.00; Max is $64.00 Confidence Interval (alpha = 0.05): $41.06 to $44.62 The histogram is present in Appendix A; the descriptive statistics are present in Appendix B. Age The distribution is not normally distributed. Central Tendency: Median = 35 years Dispersion:
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perspective of need fulfilment – that is‚ whether or not the job met the employee’s physical and psychological needs for the things provided by work (Cote S.‚ and Morgan LM‚ 2002). In a report on job satisfaction by the National Center for Education Statistics (2003) revealed many factors that contributed to higher teacher job satisfaction. Among them were the involvement of a supportive administrative staff‚ instructional leadership‚ better student behaviour‚ more teaching autonomy‚ and a safer‚ supportive
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Constructing a Qualitative FDT Ie. Table 1: Attributes most of the respondents consider in choosing an entertainment hub. Attributes | Frequency | RF | Accessibility | 6 | 27.3 | Affordability | 6 | 27.3 | Parking Space | 5 | 22.7 | Crowd | 5 | 22.7 | Total | 22 | | Note: The first two tables are always given. Frequency (second table) will be the number of times the stubs/classes (from the example‚ attributes) appeared in the given information. RF is computed by dividing the frequency
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