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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Case As a new hire of Silver Ships‚ you have been asked to prepare an industry and company analysis for Mr. Mike McCarty‚ owner of Silver Ships. Your report should also provide specific recommendations with brilliant justifications based on your industry and competitive analysis. Rev. Confirming Pages g Silver Ships’ Strategy in the Military and Workboat Industry CASE 14 David L. Turnipseed University of South Alabama s Mike McCarty walked through the Silver Ships shipyard monitoring
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Running head: WEEK 4 ASSIGNMENT 1 Week 4 Assignment Sarah Doppelmayr Statistics for Managers BUS308 Edward Kaplan January 28‚ 2013 WEEK 4 ASSIGNMENT 2 Week 4 Assignment Chapter 9: 9.13 Recall that “very satisfied” customers give the XYZ-Box video game system a rating that is at least 42. Suppose that the manufacturer of the XYZ-Box wishes to use the random sample of 65 satisfaction ratings to provide evidence supporting the claim that the mean composite satisfaction rating for the XYZ-Box
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not = 440 Statistic 4.9 With 98% confidence Lower limit 3.05348411 Upper limit 24.7249703 With 98% confidence we cannot reject Ho since the statistic is inside the acceptance zone b) Check the same hypothesis with 95% confidence. With 95% confidence Lower limit 3.81574825 Upper limit 21.9200493 With 95% confidence we cannot reject Ho since the statistic is inside
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Today‚ 564‚708 people in the U.S. are homeless (“2016’s Shocking Homelessness Statistics”). As we speak‚ the rate of homelessness continues to rise. There are many reasons for homelessness: national debt‚ natural disasters‚ and unemployment. Although national debt and natural disasters are important factors of homelessness‚ society mainly focuses on unemployment and limited job opportunities. In fact‚ society stigmatizes homeless people as lazy and hopeless individuals. For example‚ many people think
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While Statistics can also be misused in many ways such as using not representative samples‚ small sample size‚ ambiguous averages and dispersions‚ detached facts‚ implied connections‚ wrong and misleading graphs‚ wrong use of statistical techniques‚ serious violation of assumption behind the statistical techniques and faculty surveys‚ we should also realize that Statistical literacy is not a skill that is widely accepted as necessary in education. Therefore a lot of misuse of statistics
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R=0.86434 is positive and close to 1‚ it suggests that there is a strong positive relationship between the shoe size and the height. Next‚ let’s formulate the following data (see SHOW SIZE DATA) Using Excel to get the following descriptive statistics for both variables:
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The Consumer Behavior of the Filipino Middle Class Youth As Taken From De La Salle University Students “A Market Study on Brand and Product Preferences of the Youth” In partial fulfilment of the requirements in Economic Statistics 4/16/2009 Submitted to: Dr. Cesar Rufino Samuel John Daniel B. Paculan I. BACKGROUND AND IMPORTANCE OF THE STUDY This study was done to determine the preferences of the youth toward local and imported brands‚ so as to find out the marketability of local brands
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Result In the experiment‚ Silver nanoparticles is used as it has low absorption losses‚ compared to other metals. The formation of silver nanoparticles is done by depositing of various mass thickness of uniform layer of silver at the rate approximately 2 Å/ s at 1x10−5 Torr. After this‚ the sample were annealed in nitrogen for 50 min at 200 °C. The particle coalesce together to formed island due to surface tension. In this experiment‚ four samples were used‚ a) 1.25 µm SOI Test Cells – The thickness
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Tudor Statistics In 1524‚ 2.3million people populated England and Wales only 3% of the population lived in London 6% of the population lived in urban areas CONTACT US: Contact Details - Stylist Staara’s Home Hairdos. var UA = confirm("Have you visited the ’Hair styles and Price list’ page yet? Yes/No") if (UA === true) { confirm("Good‚ I hope you enjoyed looking. Click ’Cancel’ to contiue.")
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