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    Statistics Business Paper

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    Statistic Report for UNITE AUTOMOBILE ENTERPRISE Lecturer:- Dr Haslindar Ibrahim Prepared by:- Zalifah Che Embee (DL1010195) Habibah Kadir (DL1013072) Zahari Sehak (DL1016065) Mohd Aswad Abd Karim (DL1018773) Shahrul Asmadi Shahmarudin(DL1010501) Introduction Unite Automobile Enterprise was established in January 2009. The company is involved in selling various types of domestic and import cars. Unite Automobile Enterprise sales have been particularly slow this past year. Unite

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    In Joyce Carol Oates’ “‘Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?’ and Smooth Talk: Short Story into Film‚” Oates writes that Connie “An innocent young girl is seduced by way of her own vanity” and that “she confuses death for erotic romance” (419). Oates clearly defines her point when Connie first discovers Arnold Friend at the drive in diner. She catches Friend staring at her with a big smile and Connie “slit her eyes at him and turned away‚ but she couldn’t help looking back” (409). The fact

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     Answers   AP Statistics Quiz A – Chapter – Key   A statistics professor asked her students whether or not they were registered to vote. In a sample of 50 of her students (randomly sampled from her 700 students)‚ 35 said they were registered to vote. 1. Find a 95% confidence interval for the true proportion of the professor’s students who were registered to vote. (Make sure to check any necessary conditions and to state a conclusion in the context of the problem.) We have a random sample of

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    IN REVIEW The t-test is a parametric analysis technique used to determine significant differences between the scores obtained from two groups. The t-test uses the standard deviation to estimate the standard error of the sampling distribution and examines the differences between the means of the two groups. Since the t-test is considered fairly easy to calculate‚ researchers often use it in determining differences between two groups. When interpreting the results of t-tests‚ the larger the calculated

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    like most of the communication skills sounds too familiar as a result of which we take them for granted. Apart from reading and writing presentations‚ reports and speeches are a part of school curriculum. This has been introduced in schools and colleges for the overall development of the students. This makes expressive skills and managing skills also important for us. It is also important to develop communication skills in relationships. What deserves more attention is that most of us do not

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     used  to test hypotheses concerning variances  for test concerning frequency distributions  to test the independence of two variables  The chi-square variable cannot be negative and the distributions are positively skewed. At about 100 d.f.‚ the distribution becomes symmetrical. The area under each chi-square distribution is equal to 1 or 100%. BUSSTAT prepared by CSANDIEGO A portion of 2 distribution BUSSTAT prepared by CSANDIEGO Test for a Single Variance  Used to test

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    especially with the social media. In today’s modern world‚ everyone that you have ever known in your lifetime is called a “Friend”. But a true meaning of friendship is totally different. A true friend is someone who is able to lend a hand when you’re in need. He is always there for you and has an open heart to listen to your problems. He deeply cares for you and is looking for your wellbeing He is honest to you and is able to stop you from making mistakes. There are so many other characteristics of a

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    9 screws was selected at random from a large consignment and found to have the following information. 8.02 8.00 8.01 8.01 7.99 8.00 7.99 8.03 8.01 Construct a 95% confidence interval to estimate the true average length of the screws for the whole consignment. From a second large consignment‚ another 16 screws are selected at random and their mean and standard deviation found to be 7.992 mm and 0.01mm. Can you conclude at 5% level of significance that the first batch of screws has

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    What Motivates You?

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    What Motivates You? Everyday we pursue things. We move from one place to another; one goal from another. This is to satisfy our needs‚ wants‚ things that could pleasure and please us. So‚ what drives us? What motivates us to do such things? The answer is simple: the need to be satisfied and superior. As what was stated in the hierarchy of needs‚ one must satisfy the lower level needs before climbing one step higher in the hierarchy. This is rational because as one is contented with his

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    Wildlife & Conservation Statistics Extinction of Species • Every 20 minutes‚ the world adds another 3‚500 human lives but loses one or more entire species of animal or plant life - at least 27‚000 species per year. (Source: PBS) • At the present rates of extinction‚ as many as 20% of the world’s 7-15 million species could be gone in the next 30 years. This rate of extinction has been unprecedented since the disappearance of dinosaurs 65 million years ago (Source: WWF). Habitat Destruction (Source:

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