I chose the topic of distracted driving‚ more specifically texting while driving‚ to do my speech on. I will evaluate myself on what I was most proud of‚ what I need to improve on‚ and what 2 things surprised myself. I was most proud of having a lot of content. I felt like I had done my research well and I was pretty knowledgeable about the topic. I also was passionate about not texting while driving (I will not touch my phone when I am driving) and I felt like the audience was able to tell that
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Z –Test: a statistical test used for inference (inference – is the act or process of deriving logical conclusions from evidence‚ statements‚ ideas‚ etc. known or assumed to be true) which determines if the difference between a sample mean and the population mean is large enough to be statistically significant‚ that is‚ if it is unlikely to have occurred by chance. The Z – test is used primarily with its standardized testing to determine if the test scores of a particular sample of test takers are
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given today than in the past. Due to the fact that they’re more vaccines given today and with higher doses‚ many people‚ especially parents question if vaccinating their child is even safe. Others‚ on the other hand‚ believed that vaccines should be mandatory to be given to a child. There’s a variety of types of vaccines out there that doctors believe children should have‚ but should all vaccines be given out. Should parents have a say in what their child should be ejected with? Parents that deny vaccine
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Cesar Paz COMM 253 Instructor: Corey Purcell April 5‚ 2013 Persuasive Speech Outline Why you need accident supplemental insurance INTRODUCTION: Attention getter: Introduction‚ the Center for Disease and Prevention and Prevention‚ ("Accidents or Unintentional Injuries‚" 2013‚) states that there will be 29 1/2 million people who will visit the emergency room from unintentional injuries‚ that ’s roughly 4 out of 10 people. Of those 29 1/2 million‚ 120‚859 of those accidents will result
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Assessing T-tests To clearly identify what a t-test accomplishes in descriptive statistics it is imperative to understand what a t-test represents. A “t-test is a parametric statistical test for comparing the means of two independent samples” (Plichta & Kelvin‚ 2013‚ p. 464). Gosset developed the t-test for use in quality control at the Guinness Brewery and published his works under the pen name “Student” (Plichta & Kelvin‚ 2013). T-tests use assumptions related to the underlying
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injured both me and the test proctor. Throughout the rest of the driving test I clutched the steering wheel‚ my body numb. The results of the test had already been determined. The second time I made the trek out to the DMV I made another mistake. It wasn’t as serious as the last time‚ but it was enough to fail me again. I pulled up to the penultimate intersection to turn left just before I realized how far to the right I was in a street with no lanes. I thought the test proctor wouldn’t notice
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Preventing teen abuse of prescription drugs. Partnership at Drugfree.org. http://www.drugfree.org/prevent. Accessed Nov. 14‚ 2012. 8.Six parenting practices. Partnership at Drugfree.org. http://www.drugfree.org/prevent. Accessed Nov. 14‚ 2012. 9.Drugged driving. National Institute on Drug Abuse. http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/driving.html. Accessed Oct. 26‚ 2012. 10.Preventing drug use among children and adolescents: A research-based guide for parents‚ educators‚ and community leaders. National Institute
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remember their first time driving as a teen. They remember the independence it gave them. Unfortunately the government is attempting to take that from today’s young men and women of the next generation. Many believe that this is an outrage and it is true. Driving is a privilege that many have looked forward to for a long time. Teenagers have always looked forward to their 16th birthday because it signified the day that they could finally get a license and hit the road. Since driving is a privilege many
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STUDY FINDINGS Before comparing the group means‚ assumptions for the paired sample t-test were evaluated and no violations were noted. Results from the paired sample t-test revealed statistically significant differences (p <= .05) in student competency self-assessment between the pretest and the posttest‚ and the posttest and the retrospective test on all 19 competencies (Table 2). Cohen’s effect size values ranging from 0.51 to 2.30 suggested moderate or high practical significance. These findings
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Two-Sample t-Tests Connie Tyrone Walden University August 24‚ 2013 Two Sample t-Tests With this assignment‚ we are told about Martha. Martha wants to see if her relaxing technique which involves visualization will be able to assist people suffering with mild insomnia to fall asleep faster. She randomly selects 20 insomnia patients to participate in her research. She assigns 10 from the group to participate in visualization therapy and 10 from the group receives no treatment. Martha then
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