Lecture 1. Descriptive statistics includes statistical procedures that we use to describe the population we are studying. The data could be collected from either a sample or a population‚ but the results help us organize and describe data. Descriptive statistics can only be used to describe the group that is being studying. That is‚ the results cannot be generalized to any larger group. Inferential statistics is concerned with making predictions or inferences about a population from observations
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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
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I. INTRODUCTION A. Statement of the problem What are the common problems encountered by different small business enterprises? B. Importance of the study By determining the common problems or difficult situations encountered by different small business enterprises‚ we can also determine the possible solutions or alternative in solving such business problem and to find or create actions to prevent in copping which such difficulties. Also we can take necessary actions for the problem will
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Kamlesh‚ Mathur‚ Daniel Solow. Management Science - The Art of Decision Making. Prentice Hall‚ 1994. 4 Jon Curwin and Roger Slater. Quantitative Methods for Business Decisions. Thomson‚ fifth edition‚ 2002. 5 Steyn‚ Smit‚ Du Toit‚ Strasheim. Modern Statistics in Practice. Van Schaik Publishers‚ 1994. 295
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Concepts 1. What is Inferential statistics? Inferential statistics uses observations of past occurrences or available data i.e. descriptive statistics to make decisions about future possibilities and/or the nature of the entire body of data. Inferential statistics draws conclusions or makes interpretations‚ predictions and inferences about a population based upon an analysis of a sample. 2. Give 2 different techniques which are used in descriptive statistics to represent the data. Tables or
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BUSINESS FUNCTIONS “A mission statement describes an organisations basic purpose”. Using examples illustrate your answer; explore the idea that mission statements should reflect an organisations purpose. Introduction This essay is aimed at understanding what a mission statement is‚ why they are made and whether or not it reflects an organisations purpose. The essay will start by defining mission statements it will also be describing
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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
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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
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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
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