Measures Of Central Tendency: Mean Medium Mode Mode instead of mean… Categorical variables‚ words not numbers Measures of Dispersion: Standard Deviation‚ Range‚ and Variables Range = Largest number minus smallest number SD = Average Distance from the Mean (Most frequently used) Variance: Fat & Skinny Distributions: Skewness – measure of the lack of symmetry‚ or the lopsidedness of a distribution. One “tail” of the distribution is longer than another. Kurtosis: has to do
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Week Five Discussion | This Discussion will give you the opportunity to calculate or identify the three measures of central tendency. You will be asked to select an appropriate real life situation in which one measure would be more appropriate than the other two measures of center. 1. Select a topic of interest to you and record the topic in your posting‚ for example: “What is the average number of hours people watch TV every week?” Make sure the question you ask will be answered with a number
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Answer the following problems showing your work and explaining (or analyzing) your results. 1. Describe the measures of central tendency. Under what condition(s) should each one be used? Mean- Works good when it comes to test scores Median- should be used when describing something like average income. Mode= is good is you want to see what is you best seeing product in a store situation. 2. Last year‚ 12 employees from a computer company retired. Their ages at retirement are listed below.First‚
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Assignment on Central Tendency and Dispersion 1. A manufacturer of hand shovels is deciding what length handles to use. Studies of user preference reveal that the average‚ the median‚ mean and mode of preferred length are all different. What are the implications of using each of these values? Which value would you decide? 2. A given machine is assumed to depreciate 40 percent in value in the first year‚ 25 percent in value in the 2nd year and 10 percent in value in the next three years; each
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ON “Use of Central Tendency and Dispersion in Business Decision” Course Title: Business Statistics Course Code: STS201 Submitted To: Mr. Raihanul Hasan Senior Lecturer Submitted By: Date of submission: 26-12-12 BBA PROGRAM STATE UNIVERSITY OF BANGLADESH We can use single numbers called “Summary Statistics’ to describe characteristics of a data set. Two of these characteristics are particularly important to decision makers: 1. Central tendency 2. Dispersion
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Ana Francisco Pg. 640 1. Almost three thousand years ago‚ people who lived in the starkly beautiful part of the world we now call Greece were telling stories about a great war. 2. What are Homer’s great war stories?Iliad and the Odyssey 3. Homer’s stories can probably be traced to what and where? Historical struggles; Aegean sea to the sea of Marmara and Black sea. 4. Homer’s first epic poem and Iliad tells to story of ?Be Specific 10 year war fought outside troy. 5. Who was the Trojan
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In ‘Measure for Measure‚’ Shakespeare portrays women as a reflection of the opinion of women in society at the time - that opinion being that women are lesser in society than men. The three women with active roles in Measure for Measure are: Mistress Overdone‚ a bawd who is arrested for her occupation; Isabella‚ whose ambition is to become a nun; and Mariana‚ who was jilted by Angelo for not having a large enough dowry. Mistress Overdone is presented as a strong‚ independent character‚ which contrasts
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One of the great discoveries made by Dr. Montessori was that all humans have certain tendencies or behavior patterns. No matter where we live‚ no matter our culture or ethnicity‚ we all follow the same natural laws that lead us to act or react in a specific manner. We are all driven to: Communicate Socialize Imitate Explore (we are curious) Move Be exact/precise Concentrate Repeat Maintain/discover order Achieve independence Realize perfection/Control errors/Improve ourselves Control
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Measures used to control enslaved Africans Colonial assemblies and individual planters used and instituted many methods that ensured that the slave population was subdued and subservient. Such methods included: Economic Control a) There was severe limitation on free time for the enslaved as free time was equated to loss of production time on the estate. As a result‚ a structure of economic dependence was created whereby enslaved Africans relied on the planter for their food‚ shelter and clothing
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