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    Assignment4 Statistics

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    MBA 501A – [STATISTICS] ASSIGNMENT 4 INSTRUCTIONS: You are to work independently on this assignment. The total number of points possible is 50. Please note that point allocation varies per question. Use the Help feature in MINITAB 16 to read descriptions for the data sets so that you can make meaningful comments. [10 pts] 1. Use the data set OPENHOUSE.MTW in the Student14 folder. Perform the Chi Square test for independence to determine whether style of home and location are are related.

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    Coursework This handout provides information about the module’s second coursework. Below‚ you will find the coursework as well as information about the marking scheme. * The coursework requires you to engage with regression analysis by performing various regressions in Eviews and by commenting on the main results. * The aim of the coursework is to test your ability to handle datasets with the use of a specialist software and to provide critical and informative comments on the outcome of

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    Statistics Assignment

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    United States in 2005. e. The advertising medium (radio‚ television‚ or print) used to promote a product. 2. Classify each of the following qualitative variables as ordinal or nominative. Explain your answers. Qualitative Variables Categories Statistics course letter grade A B C D F Door choice on Let’s Make A Deal Door﹟1 Door﹟2 Personal computer ownership Yes No Restaurant rating ***** **** *** ** * Incoming tax filing status Married filing jointly; Married filing separately; Single;

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    Assignment Cover Sheet RESULT STUDENT NAME PROGRAMME MODULE TITLE MODULE TUTOR MODULE CREDITS ASSIGNMENT TITLE HANDOUT DATE 15/11/2012 PENALTIES FOR LATE SUBMISSION Kostas Papanikos Master In Business Administration Managing accounting and Statistics Dr Kounis Leo 15 Assignment SUBMISSION DATE 15/12/2012 CONTRIBUTION TO OVERALL MODULE 50% Up to one week late: Pass maximum grade awarded. Over one week late: Fail grade awarded University of Wales 1 City Unity College YOU MUST TYPE

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    DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS

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    ECO 72 ­ INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMIC STATISTICS Topic 2 Measures of Central Tendency These slides are copyright © 2003 by Tavis Barr.   This material may be distributed only subject  to the terms and conditions set forth in the Open Publication License‚ v1.0 or later (the latest  version is presently available at http://www.opencontent.org/openpub/). Measures of Central Tendency This chapter looks at three different concepts of how we  describe a “typical” element of a data set. Mean

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    Introduction The current state of the world economy is quite uncertain. Economic statistics that governments and other financial institutions use to project the economy imply that the world economy is shrinking. Since 2008‚ the state of the American economy has not been attractive. For instance‚ the United States economy has not registered any significant growth for the last three years. The 2011 second quarter results indicated that gross domestic product improved by 1%. At the same time‚ there

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    Chapters 1-3:In order to control costs‚ a company wishes to study the amount of money its sales force spends entertaining clients. The following is a random sample of six entertainment expenses (dinner costs for four people) from expense reports submitted by members of the sales force. $157‚ $132‚ $109‚ $145‚ $125‚ $139. Calculate the mean and sample variance(s^2) and standard deviation. Mean = 807/6 = 134.5. Sample Variance = (109925 – (807^2/6)/6-1 = (109925 – 108541)/5 = 1384/5 = 276.8.

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    1. The three components of leadership are: 1.) influencing others‚ 2.) providing direction‚ and: ***getting voluntary acceptance 2. Comparing an organization’s strengths and weaknesses with its competitors is part of: PG 435 Not Self Assessment ***Competitor Analysis 3. Staff scheduling using information technology is only applicable to large organizations. ***False 4. When compared to public relations‚ marketing is: PG 430 Not Broader in scope 5. Which of the following types of

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    Statistics Analysis

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    Hypothesis: Ho: P = .10 (Mr. Plex and consortium will seriously consider settlement) H1: P < .10 (Mr. Plex and consortium will rigorously defend any lawsuit by Tommy) Analysis: For this case‚ we use 0.01 as the significance level. In a hypothesis test‚ a Type I Error occurs when the null hypothesis is rejected when it is in fact true. That means if the consortium decides to consider a settlement when greater than 10% of the patrons resented ads/commercials is true and we reject the null hypothesis

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    Practice Problems 1-KEY 1. The closing stock price of Ahmadi‚ Inc. for a sample of 10 trading days is shown below. Day Stock Price 1 84 2 87 3 84 4 88 5 85 6 90 7 91 8 83 9 82 10 86 For the above sample‚ compute the following measures. a. b. c. The mean = ∑X/n = 860/10 = 86 The median = (85+86)/2 = 85.5 The variance = ∑ X - X 2/ n-1 = {(84-86)2 + (87-86)2 + (84-86)2 + (88-86)2 + (85-86)2 + (90-86)2 + (91-86)2 + (83The standard deviation = √8.89 = 2.98 The coefficient of variation = 2.98/86 * 100%

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