(SY16C) -INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS FOR THE BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES SUMMER SCHOOL 2012/2013- COURSE OUTLINE Lecturer: Ayesha Facey Office: Room 46‚ Faculty of Social Sciences Office #: 970-6324 E-mail: ayeshafcy@yahoo.com COURSE OBJECTIVE This course aims to introduce students to basic univariate and bivariate statistics. A student who successfully completes this course will possess a reasonable level of knowledge of basic statistics and their interpretations
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CI for pop mean: x±z*(σn) n=(z*σME)2 Reduce ME 1. Lower confidence 2. reduce σ ------------------------------------------------- 3. increase n HT for pop mean ------------------------------------------------- z=x-μσ√n Errors I=P(reject H0/H0 true)=α II=P(accept H0/H0 wrong) Power=1-β Increase pow 1. increase α 2. consider alternative µ that is farther than hypothesized µ 3.increase n ------------------------------------------------- 4.decrease σ One sample t CI x±t*s√n One
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Certain crimes are more prevalent than others‚ depending on the area. Many factors such as the population‚ ethnicity‚ and inequality between a group of individuals may contribute to the conflict perspective on crime rates. Crime rate can either increase or decrease on the scale. Therefore‚ even the number of crimes which are reported by the media‚ do not show competency and thus deemed inaccurate. According to Highfield (2014) "Those numbers‚ however‚ are not entirely accurate" (par. 2).
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Mitchell Swim Mrs. Miller Period 1 Money Ball Statistics When you think of the word statistics‚ what is the first thing you think of? If this is Mrs. Miller reading this than you are probably thinking about math. However‚ most sports fans would think about baseball. They cannot have a conversation about baseball without mentioning someone’s statistics. The player’s stats tell all about what he has done is his time playing the sport. It can even tell who is better at each category like hitting
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Statistics Unit 9 Lincoln College Online Staci Morris Statistics Unit 9 Page 581-584 #4‚ 5‚ 7‚ 15‚ and 18 4.) Describe the hypotheses for a two way ANOVA test. Two way ANOVA Test will have three null hypotheses. One hypothesis will represent the independent variable‚ and its effects on the second hypothesis which is the dependent variable (main effect). The third null hypothesis is the interaction effect on both independent variables on the dependent variable
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Police brutality has been one of the major issues in America for decades and should be resolved immediately. Statistics say that In May of 2015‚ it has been analyzed the 385 fatal police shootings in the United States have occurred so far in 2015. The number‚ which came out to two officer-involved shooting deaths per day‚ was more than twice the rate that the government had recorded over the past decade. That same report found blacks to be killed at three times the rate of whites or other minorities
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Global Supply Chain Survey 2013 This year’s global supply chain survey by PwC shows how Leaders are moving ahead of the pack. They’re tailoring their supply chains to customer needs and investing in next-generation capabilities while keeping the focus on supply chains that are both fast and efficient. Next-generation supply chains Efficient‚ fast and tailored www.pwc.com/GlobalSupplyChainSurvey2013 Contents Executive summary Executive summary Introduction Detailed survey findings
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Descriptive Statistics Paper By September 27‚ 2010 In this paper Team B will examine the data that we have collected and we will draw a conclusion based on your findings‚ to get to the conclusion we will analyze the data using descriptive statistics‚ we will calculate the measures of central tendency‚ and dispersion‚ we will also show all the information with graphics and tables for a better understanding of the date‚ after all these steps are executed we will draw our conclusion. Data Analysis
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United States. Housing‚ which was the way our economy made the majority of their money‚ is now contributing less to the economic expansion. The decline in the housing market has raised many concerns throughout the entire country. This paper provides statistics on the United States population housing market‚ economy‚ demographical characteristics‚ demographical area and the large amount vacant property. Included in this research document are analysis of data sets‚ charts and graph to help interpret the
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TEST REVIEW – We will work these problems in class. Data Files for these problems will be disclosed in class during the review. On TEST 3‚ you will be asked to perform hypothesis tests‚ find confidence intervals‚ and conduct regression analyses. Be prepared to also interpret information on any Excel print-outs. Test 3 will be a multiple-choice test. 1. A federal agency responsible for enforcing laws governing weights and measures n=1 routinely inspects packages to determine whether the
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