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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Statistics and Psychology Paper There are numerous applications of statistical reasoning and research methods in the field of psychology. From simple aspects of reading and interpreting psychology articles‚ to completing personal research‚ statistics is a necessary concept to understand. The scientific method is essential to research‚ and many of the concepts cross the lines into statistics. It is also imperative for us to compare and contrast the characteristics of primary and secondary data
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Subject Areas Use of Statistics 1. World of Sports • Enter results from the different tournaments around the world • Research projects to improve the quality of the game and keep the fans interested • provide analysis on players and team strategy‚ as well as tackle larger research projects • statistical t tools include basic regression analysis‚ logistic regression‚ Monte Carlo simulation‚ classification‚ and hierarchical regression 2. Education • Statistics provides simple yet instant information
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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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HYPOTHESIS A hypothesis is a formal tentative statement of the expected relationship between two or more variables under study. Definition: A hypothesis is an assumption statement about the relationship between two or more variables that suggest an answer to the research question. OR Good & Hatt define hypothesis as shrewd guess or inference that is formulated and provisionally adopted to explain observed facts or conditions and
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and Target Aggregate: Nurse and MSW Outpatient Case Managers working with Medicare patients Topic: The Elderly‚ Secondary Prevention and Screenings for a Vulnerable Population Epidemiological Rationale for Topic (statistics related to topic): According to U.S. Census statistics‚ as of 2007‚ there were 70.6 million adults in the U.S. over age 55 with individuals over age 65 expected to exceed 80 billion by 2030. Many issues affect whether or not an elderly person will obtain preventive screenings
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Nov. 21‚ 2012 (Gandeza Honelyn) Ecology 2:30-5:30 The Gaia Hypothesis A Goddess of the earth: "The Gaia hypothesis says that the temperature‚ oxidation state‚ acidity‚ and certain aspects of the rocks and waters are kept constant‚ and that this homeostasis is maintained by active feedback processes operated automatically and unconsciously by the biota." - James Lovelock‚ The Ages of Gaia It often seems obvious that life on earth lives at the mercy
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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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good-genes and sexy-sons hypotheses focus on direct benefits associated with female choice. The good-genes hypothesis proposes that a female will choose to mate with males that they believe will produce better offspring. Typically this decision is based off a phenotypic trait that is an sign of higher genetic fitness‚ however sometimes these traits are not good indicators. The sexy-sons hypothesis is similar however it posits that females will choose the most attractive males to mate with so that those
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Acheson ’s suggestion (10 July‚ p. 107) of a method which would test the Poskanzer hypothesis ’ that multiple sclerosis with clinical poliomyelitis represents the occasional neurological manifestation of a widespread subclinical enteric infection. Dr. Acheson believes: " In order to demonstrate that the epidemiology of poliomyelitis and multiple sclerosis in Australasia are consistent with Poskanzer ’s hypothesis it is necessary to show that where multiple sclerosis is thought to be rare (Queensland
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