In my thesis‚ I will analyze three websites on obesity statistics in the United States. The analysis of each website will contain how they function as sources‚ their strengths and weakness. The first source on obesity statistics is from the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL). This website is for policymakers to give them access to research‚ technical assistance and opportunities to exchange ideas on state issues. This information captures the basic overview where obesity occurred in
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How to Lie with Statistics Summary There are some people that rely heavily on the statistical information provided by the media‚ government‚ and other research groups in order to form opinions or come to a conclusion on a particular idea or product. However they fail to realize that a lot of the time the data is manipulated in such a way that leads them to believe something that is not actually the case. Statistics can lie in many ways the first way is by using a sample that has a bias. For instance
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QM2 Project Case Study 1- Consumer Characteristics Index Sno Title Page.no 0 | Introduction | 3 | 1 | Summarizing data using Descriptive Statistics | 4-6 | 2 2.1 2.2 | Estimated regression equations. Independent Variable- Annual Income. Independent Variable- Household Size | 7 8 9 | 3 | Better predictor of annual credit card charges | 10 | 4 | Independent variables- Annual income and Household size | 11 |
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Uses of Statistics HCS/438 August 2‚ 2011 Mike Janson Uses of Statistics The use of statistics has been proven to assist the understanding of information‚ data‚ in many ways. Statistical information is not just collected‚ but it is also organized and quantified‚ providing a clearer picture for further study. This writer will explain how statistics are used in my personal workplace‚ and describe aspects of the statistics used. Statistics in Personal Workplace My personal workplace is what
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Upon my observation at Tice Elementary I noticed that the physical and social environment that was given in the classroom was one that prevented cultural deficit and cultural mismatch. The school had some grade levels that were English-only approach‚ while other grade levels used the dual language program. This means that the students learned content in English and Spanish. With the dual language program the school is able to meet the needs of the student’s native language and culture. They learn
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eliminated‚ that is‚ . This statistic ranges from -1 to +1. Absolute values above 0.2 indicate great skewness (Hildebrand‚ 1986). Skewness has also been defined with respect to the third moment about the mean: ‚ which is simply the expected value of the distribution of cubed z scores. Skewness measured in this way is sometimes referred to as “Fisher’s skewness.” When the deviations from the mean are greater in one direction than in the other direction‚ this statistic will deviate from zero in
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The word ’Statistics’ is derived from the Latin word ’Statis’ which means a "political state." Clearly‚ statistics is closely linked with the administrative affairs of a state such as facts and figures regarding defense force‚ population‚ housing‚ food‚ financial resources etc. What is true about a government is also true about industrial administration units‚ and even one’s personal life. The word statistics has several meanings. In the first place‚ it is a plural noun which describes a collection
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Research and statistics for managerial decision making Assignment 1 Mohammed Ahmed Ali 0170026 1.1 Four different beverages are sold at a fast food restaurant: soft drinks‚ tea‚ coffee‚ and bottled water. Explain why
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plan describes how to use sample data to evaluate the null hypothesis. The evaluation often focuses around a single test statistic. Analyze sample data. Find the value of the test statistic (mean score‚ proportion‚ t-score‚ z-score‚ etc.) described in the analysis plan. Interpret results. Apply the decision rule described in the analysis plan. If the value of the test statistic is unlikely‚ based on the null hypothesis‚ reject the null hypothesis. Decision Errors Two types of errors can result
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ASSIGNMENT: Ethics in Statistics There are a number of possible ways in which unethical behavior can arise in statistics and researchers should steer clear of these. It is relatively simple to manipulate and hide data‚ projecting only what one desires and not what the numbers actually speak‚ thus giving birth to the famous phrase “Lies‚ damned lies and statistics”. However‚ this doesn’t happen all the time and there is no reason not to believe in the conclusions of a statistical analysis (Siddharth
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