Examine the reasons why some sociologists choose to use official statistics when conducting research. Firstly‚ official statistics are a source of secondary quantitative data which are gathered by the government or other official bodies. Many reasons for their use by sociologists when conducting research stems from the fact that they are a form of secondary data; meaning that they are not collected by the sociologist themselves. This makes them high in practicality‚ representativeness and reliability
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“Re-Think Rape” When three Duke Lacrosse players were accused of raping a professional stripper back in 2006‚ the community was outraged. Not at the fact that three men had allegedly raped a stripper but because the boys were suspended by the University (Bauer). With a well-known sports driven school‚ a stripper’s word held very little against that of a well-liked group of close knit teammates (Bauer). The players eventually were acquitted of all charges. Many times when a woman reports a rape
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Statistics Real Life Example #2Article: http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/10/21/us-ebola-airports.htmlMy article is covering the recent “Ebola Outbreak”. In this‚ people are direly afraid of catching the Ebola virus. They are even going as far as screening people in airports who come from‚ and travel to‚ places where Ebola is much more spread amongst the population (mostly in Africa‚ for now). The article quotes: “Some members of Congress have urged President Barack Obama to ban all travel
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Due 10/09/2010 Question 2: using research into street violence to illustrate your argument‚ identify dilemmas associated with relying on police statistics as a measure of crime. When the annual crime statistics are reported‚ they can generate many emotions within society. These feelings can be conflicting depending on whether the crime statistics show an increase or decrease in crime fields. When crime rates are down the community feels relieved‚ protected and safe‚ restoring confidence in the
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Juvenile Crime Statistics Angelenette Perham CJS/374-BSDU1B0SK0 February 3‚ 2014 Erica Williams Juvenile Crime Statistics An individual that is under the age of 18 is considered a juvenile in the eyes of the law. Therefore‚ any child under the age of 18 that commits any form of a crime they are referred to as a juvenile delinquent. In this paper I will discuss the juvenile statistics that were recorded on the 2008 juvenile arrest report. In 2008 there was a minor 3% decrease
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Statistics 1 Business Statistics LaSaundra H. – Lancaster BUS 308 Statistics for Managers Instructor Nicole Rodieck 3/2/2014 Statistics 2 When we hear about business statistics‚ when think about the decisions that a manager makes to help make his/her business successful. But do we really know what it takes to run a business on a statistical level? While some may think that business statistics is too much work because it entails a detailed decision making process
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Sample Paper Mid Term Examination All questions carry equal marks (4 Marks Each) Q.No. 1 a) i) Suppose you are an operations manager for a plant that manufactures batteries. Give an example how you could use descriptive statistics to make better managerial decisions. ii) Listed here are 30 different weekly Dow Jones industrial stock averages. 2656 2301 2975 3002 2468 2742 2830 2405 2677 2990 2200 2764 2337 2961 3010 2976 2375 2602 2670 2922 2344 2760 2555 2524 2814 2996 2437 2268 2448 2460 Construct
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Statistics in Business Katherine Wolf QNT/275 April 3‚ 2015 Barry Adkins Statistics in Business Statistics is all about collecting numerical data‚ organizing it‚ and interpreting the data to form hypothesis. While interpreting the data we are able to draw all kinds of conclusions from weather forecasts to how much money a company is projected to make over the next year. There are different types of statistics that can be used for different outcomes. You have to first identify the
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Running head: Misuses Statistics 1 Misuses Statistics Regena Kelley MAT126: Survey of Mathematical Methods Instructor: Zhimin Huang January 21‚ 2013 Misuses Statistics 2 Misuses Statistics Statistics and survey are misused and not accurate because of many factors. The types of these statistics are found suspect samples‚ asking Biased questions and misleading graphs. There are businesses that use these statistics with questions to convice people to accept
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Role of Management Paper C. Spikes RES/320 Abstract Management can use research to acquire information that will make an organization more successful. Doing research‚ formulating plans for research analysis‚ and then implementing that plan is all done by management team of a business. The type research that is done is largely based on what the data is looking to find out. The most common way to collect data from employees and customers is to conduct surveys. Management
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