"Misuse of statistics" Essays and Research Papers

Sort By:
Satisfactory Essays
Good Essays
Better Essays
Powerful Essays
Best Essays
Page 7 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Statistics

    • 335 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Master of Business Administration – MBA Semester I Subject code – MB0040 Subject Name – Statistics For Management Assignment Set – 1 Q.1. Why it is necessary to summarise date? Explain the approaches available to summarize the data distributions? Q.2. Explain the purpose of tabular presentation of statistical data. Draft a form of tabulation t show the distribution of population according to i) Community by age‚ ii) Literacy‚ iii) Sex‚ and iv) Marital status. Q.3. Give a brief note of the

    Premium Statistics Arithmetic mean Weighted mean

    • 335 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    Statistics

    • 1216 Words
    • 5 Pages

    Statistical Analysis BU 510 601 2 Credit Hours Fall 2013 Instructor: Shrikant Panwalkar Office phone: (410) 234 9456 Office Hours: By appointment panwalkar@jhu.edu Required Text and Learning Materials Business Statistics in Practice; 6th Edition‚ McGraw-Hill Higher Education‚ ISBN-13 978-0-07-340183-6 (There are other ISBN numbers) Authors: Bowerman‚ Bruce; O’Connell‚ Richard. (the cover shows a third author – Murphree) Please note: 7th edition is available‚ however

    Premium Arithmetic mean Probability theory Statistics

    • 1216 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    STATISTICS

    • 626 Words
    • 3 Pages

    universally. The scale is chosen depending on the information that the data is intending to represent. The four scales of measurement of data are nominal‚ ordinal‚ interval‚ and ratio. Each plays a different‚ yet very important role in the world of statistic a) Nominal scale Is the lowest level in scales of measurement? Is a way of grouping behavior‚ where actual numbers are simply labels or identifiers. -they do not put subjects in any particular order: no logical basis for the answers in each

    Premium Probability theory Poisson distribution Normal distribution

    • 626 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Statistics

    • 615 Words
    • 3 Pages

    GM 03 Business Statistics Assignment II Assignment Code: 2012 GM03 B2 Last Date of Submission: 15th November 2012 Maximum Marks: 100 Attempt all the questions. All questions are compulsory and carry equal marks. SECTION – A 1. a) Explain the need for different forecasting techniques. How can we evaluate as to how good is our forecast. b) Collect data on the amount of expenditure you do each day for the next 25 days and

    Premium Statistics Regression analysis Forecasting

    • 615 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Statistics

    • 2822 Words
    • 12 Pages

    MB0040 – Statistics for Management - 4 Credits (Book ID: B1129) Assignment Set - 1 (60 Marks) Q1. Define “Statistics”. What are the functions of Statistics? Distinguish between Primary data and Secondary data. Answer: Statistics is usually and loosely defined as: 1. A collection of numerical data that measure something. 2. The science of recording‚ organizing‚ analyzing and reporting quantitative information. Professor A.L. Bowley gave several definitions of Statistics. He defined

    Premium Statistics

    • 2822 Words
    • 12 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Statistics

    • 6021 Words
    • 25 Pages

    Chapter 2 Charts and Graphs Statistics is the science of data. A first step in the study of statistics is the examination of data. Chapters 2 and 3 present several techniques for reducing data so that it is more manageable. In addition‚ graphic displays are essential to understand and interpret complex sets of data in order to be able to make business decisions easier. Chapter 2 discusses and displays several graphical tools including the histogram‚ frequency polygon‚ ogive‚ dot plot‚ bar

    Premium Bar chart Chart Pie chart

    • 6021 Words
    • 25 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Statistics

    • 677 Words
    • 3 Pages

    s |COLLEGE OF THE BAHAMAS | |BUSINESS STATISTICS | |FIRST INTERM EXAM | |COURSE: STAT201

    Premium Frequency distribution Summary statistics Standard deviation

    • 677 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Statistics

    • 1276 Words
    • 4 Pages

    distribution function for 100 normal random numbers. The K-S test is based on the maximum distance between these two curves. Characteristics and Limitations of the K-S TestAn attractive feature of this test is that the distribution of the K-S test statistic itself does not depend on the underlying cumulative distribution function being tested. Another advantage is that it is an exact test (the chi-square goodness-of-fit test depends on an adequate sample size for the approximations to be valid). Despite

    Premium Normal distribution

    • 1276 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    Statistics

    • 927 Words
    • 3 Pages

    STAT 600 Statistics and Quantitative Analysis PROJECT: Stock return estimation The project must be done by 6-15 a.m. October‚ 16th. You should submit your projects before the class begins. This is a group project. Read the course outline for general guidelines. Good luck! The project is closely related to Lectures 1-5 of the class. Today is September 15‚ 2013 and you have just started your new job with a financial planning firm. In addition to studying for all your license exams‚ you have

    Premium Standard deviation Arithmetic mean Statistics

    • 927 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    Statistics

    • 6221 Words
    • 25 Pages

    Major Statistics Assignment Mary Grace Rivero 050853639 CNUR860-011 Vaska Micevski Friday‚ March 30‚ 2012 Major Statistics Assignment This major statistics assignment will finally pull together everything that was learned in this course. The application of all content within this course will be incorporated to three different research scenarios. Within each scenario‚ hypothesis testing will be done‚ followed by a discussion of relevant descriptive statistics and finally‚ a discussion

    Premium Statistical hypothesis testing Variance Standard deviation

    • 6221 Words
    • 25 Pages
    Better Essays
Page 1 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 50