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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Understanding the Pearson Correlation Coefficient (r) The Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient (r) assesses the degree that quantitative variables are linearly related in a sample. Each individual or case must have scores on two quantitative variables (i.e.‚ continuous variables measured on the interval or ratio scales). The significance test for r evaluates whether there is a linear relationship between the two variables in the population. The appropriate correlation coefficient depends
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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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Teacher Good Enough? By Ester J. de Jong & Candace A. Harper Introduction More and more teachers find themselves teaching students from increasingly diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds. In a recent report (National Center for Education Statistics‚ 2002)‚ 42% of the teachers surveyed indicated that they had English Language Learners (ELLs) in their classroom‚ but only 12.5% of these teachers had received more than eight hours of professional development specifically related to ELLs (NCES
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mind is Lester Bowles Pearson. He did not shape the world’s history but he did shape Canada’s history; he made Canada to what it is today‚ he introduced Universal Medicare to all Canadians‚ and he created the United Nations peacekeeping force. To begin‚ Lester B. Pearson helped make Canada. He made it to what it is to this day‚ he is the Prime Minister “who gave Canada the identity that we have today” (thegauntlet.ca). One of the things he did was give Canada its flag. Pearson went to the House of
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them financially with an active lawsuit that will make the news. The laws should have regulations on lawsuits. Lawsuits can be dragged out for years and can affect both parties financially and mentally. For instance‚ the Chungs are being sued by Roy Pearson and the Chungs suffered and almost lost everything due to lawsuit in legal fees and the loss of business (Takruri‚ 2007). The reasons many drag the lawsuits out over years is due to the hopefulness that the lawsuit is dropped or settled out of court
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Prepare answers to the following assignments from the e-text‚ _Applied Statistics in Business and Economics_‚ by Doane and Seward: Chapter 12 CHAPTER REVIEW #1 Chapter Exercises 12.48 and 12.50 Chapter 13 Chapter Exercises 13.30 and 13.32 Chapter 14 Chapter Exercise 14.16 CHAPTER 12 CHAPTER REVIEW #1 LIST TWO LIMITATIONS OF BIVARIATE REGRESSION. Often simplistic (multiple relationships usually exist. Biased estimates‚ even if relevant predictors are omitted. WHY IS ESTIMATING A MULTIPLE
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Statistical Analysis BU 510 601 2 Credit Hours Fall 2013 Instructor: Shrikant Panwalkar Office phone: (410) 234 9456 Office Hours: By appointment panwalkar@jhu.edu Required Text and Learning Materials Business Statistics in Practice; 6th Edition‚ McGraw-Hill Higher Education‚ ISBN-13 978-0-07-340183-6 (There are other ISBN numbers) Authors: Bowerman‚ Bruce; O’Connell‚ Richard. (the cover shows a third author – Murphree) Please note: 7th edition is available‚ however
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Statistics is the study of the collection‚ organization‚ analysis‚ interpretation‚ and presentation of data. It deals with all aspects of this‚ including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments. ( according to mister Wikipedia) Statistik adalah satu bidang pengumpulan‚ pengurusan‚ pengaanalisaan‚ penerangan‚ dan pembentangan data. Ia merangkumi setiap aspect termasuklah merancang proses pengumpulan data melalui olahan kajiselidik dan eksperimen. Statistic
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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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