IMPORTANCE OF STATISTICS In today’s world we are faced with situations everyday where statistics can be applied. Statistics can be used to determine the potential outcome of thousands of things where the human mind alone wouldn’t be able to. Statistics benefits all of us because we are able to predict the future based on data we have previously gathered. Being able to predict the future not only changes our lifestyle but also helps us be more efficient and effective. Statistics is the science of
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Could Have World War II Been Avoided What good did World War II accomplish? It was the biggest‚ most deadliest and bloodiest war in history. World War II did not have to exist and could have been avoided. The war was a build up over time before the actual outbreak of the World War. There were many opportunities of prevention that could have taken place against Germany to stop the outbreak. It was a lead up from ending of World War I and the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. If the Treaty
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Elementary Concepts in Statistics Overview of Elementary Concepts in Statistics. In this introduction‚ we will briefly discuss those elementary statistical concepts that provide the necessary foundations for more specialized expertise in any area of statistical data analysis. The selected topics illustrate the basic assumptions of most statistical methods and/or have been demonstrated in research to be necessary components of one’s general understanding of the "quantitative nature" of reality
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Statistical Description of Data The word ‘Statistics’ has been derived from the Latin word ‘Status’ which means a political state. It has also it’s either to the Italian word ‘Statista’ or the German word ‘Statistik’ each one of which means a political state. Statistics is defined as “the collection‚ presentation‚ analysis and interpretation of numerical data”. In olden days‚ the data that was collected and maintained for the welfare of the people belonging to the state. We are thankful
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Statistics in Business Statistics is a mathematical science pertaining to the collection‚ analysis‚ interpretation or explanation‚ and presentation of data. It also provides tools for prediction and forecasting based on data. It is applicable to a wide variety of academic disciplines‚ from the natural and social sciences to the humanities‚ government and business ("Statanalysis Consulting"‚ 2013). Statistics is used in decision making that affects our everyday lives. The study of statistics
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English 102 4 May 2013 Graphic Novels in Education Graphic novels and comic books have been some of the most debated topics recently in many different areas. Many people think that they could be helpful in education‚ while some others completely disagree. Some people think they are childish‚ and some think they require just as much comprehension as long‚ fictional novels. However‚ despite all the criticism graphic novels often get‚ the genre is growing recently. Many things have led to this rise
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Introduction Statistics is a set of tools used to organize and analyze data. Data must either be numeric in origin or transformed by researchers into numbers. For instance‚ statistics could be used to analyze percentage scores English students receive on a grammar test: the percentage scores ranging from 0 to 100 are already in numeric form. Statistics could also be used to analyze grades on an essay by assigning numeric values to the letter grades‚ e.g.‚ A=4‚ B=3‚ C=2‚ D=1‚ and F=0. Employing
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of measurement are at the lowest level and must follow three rules: (1) the data categories must be exhaustive (each datum will fit into at least one category identified by the researcher)‚ (2) the data categories must be exclusive (each datum will fit into only one category)‚ and (3) the data cannot be rank ordered. Nominal data differ from ordinal data in that ordinal data can be rank ordered. Examples of nominal data include gender‚ ethnicity‚ marital status‚ medical diagnoses‚ and primary language
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college students showed a mean of 174.5 centimeters. Assume the standard deviation is 6.9 cm. What can we assert with 98% confidence about the possible size of our error if we estimate the mean height of all college students to be 174.5? 3. How large a sample is needed in #1 above is we wish to be 95% confident that our sample mean will be within 0.3 dl of the true mean? 4. A random sample of 1000 recorded deaths in the United States during the past year showed an average life
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Statistics: The Applications of Statistics Kashaf Bakali 201105803 Qatar University Post Foundation English 203 – 106 December 17‚ 2012 Dr. James Scotland What is statistics? Statistics is a study which includes the collection‚ analysis‚ organization‚ interpretation and presentation of data. The collection‚ organization‚ analysis‚ interpretation and presentation of data help people in numerous ways; from prediction of diseases and weather up to being useful in business. These
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