WHAT IS STATISTICS? Statistics is the mathematical science involved in the application of quantitative principles to the collection‚ analysis‚ and presentation of numerical data. The practice of statistics utilizes data from some population in order to describe it meaningfully‚ to draw conclusions from it‚ and make informed decisions. The population may be a community‚ an organization‚ a production line‚ a service counter‚ or a phenomenon such as the weather. Statisticians determine which quantitative
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Personal Managerial Philosophy A manager is essentially a person that gives direction‚ provides leadership and decides how to use resources to accomplish organizational goals (Daft‚ 2008). As a person having been in the workforce for almost twenty-five years‚ I can say with experience‚ that managers and the methods they use to obtain organizational goals can make the difference between success and failure of a project and even an organization. A managerial philosophy is something that all managers
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KEY CONCEPTS • managerial economics • theory of the firm • expected value maximization • value of the firm • present value • optimize • satisfice • business profit • normal rate of return • economic profit • profit margin • return on stockholders’ equity • frictional profit theory • monopoly profit theory • innovation profit theory • compensatory profit theory Managers‚ Profits‚ and Markets Chapter 1 How Is Managerial Economics Useful? • Evaluating Choice Alternatives • Identify ways
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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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Define Statistics Statistics is the practice of gathering‚ sorting‚ and categorizing numerical information in an organized format that can be used to acquire results to specific problems. According to McClave‚ Benson‚ and Sincich (2011)‚ “Statistics is the science of data. It involves collecting‚ classifying‚ summarizing‚ organizing‚ analyzing‚ and interpreting numerical information” (p. 3). Different Types and Levels of Statistics There are two types of statistics. One is descriptive which defines
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Concepts of Statistical Studies 1 Introduction s Decision makers make better decisions when they use all available information in an effective and meaningful way. The primary role of statistics is to to provide decision makers with methods for obtaining and analyzing information to help make these decisions. Statistics is used to answer long-range planning questions‚ such as when and where to locate facilities to handle future sales. 2 Definition s Statistics is defined as the science
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B U R E A U O F C R I M E S T A T I S T I C S A N D R E S E A R C H CRIME AND JUSTICE Bulletin Contemporary Issues in Crime and Justice NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research Number 54 February 2001 What Causes Crime? Don Weatherburn It is difficult to find a succinct‚ broad and non-technical discussion of the causes of crime. This bulletin provides a brief overview‚ in simple terms‚ of what we know about those causes. After presenting some basic facts about crime
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Managerial Ethics Personal Learning Paper This paper is a summary of my understanding of how ethics has helped base my belief system on a personal level as well as in the workplace as a professional. The learning process is perpetual and the recent class on Managerial ethics has given me new insightson how I can still hold onto my own values while remaining respectful to those whovalue different ethical perspectives.Ethics can be defined as a philosophical study of moral values based on the
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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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samples. The assumptions of nonparametric statistics are: (1) values from measurement of study variables need not be normally distributed in the sample‚ and (2) the level of measurement of study variables is usually nominal or ordinal. The mode is the only measure of central tendency that can be calculated for nominal data and is the most frequent occurring value in a data set. Frequencies and percentages are also used to analyze nominal data to describe the study or demographic variables. Chi square
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