AP Statistics Semester Review Chapters 1- 16 Name___________________________________ 1) One of the reasons that the Monitoring the Future (MTF) project was started was "to study changes in the beliefs‚ attitudes‚ and behavior of young people in the United States." Data are collected from 8 th‚ 10th‚ and 12th graders each year. To get a representative nationwide sample‚ surveys are given to a randomly selected group of students. In Spring 2004‚ students were asked about alcohol‚ illegal drug‚ and
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ECMT1010 BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC STATISTICS A ASSIGNMENT Semester 1‚ 2011 This assignment is worth 10% of your total mark. It must be handed in by 4:30pm on Friday‚ 3 June in the marked drop-off boxes in the Merewether building (Level 2‚ reception area). Late assignments will not be accepted and will result in a zero mark. The assignment must be done individually and plagiarism will result in severe penalty and possibly a zero mark. The assignment will be marked out of 50. Marks
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B6014 MANAGERIAL STATISTICS Course Description: This course introduces students to basic concepts in probability and statistics of relevance to managerial decision making. Topics include basic data analysis‚ random variables and probability distributions‚ sampling distributions‚ interval estimation‚ hypothesis testing and regression. Numerous examples are chosen from quality-control applications‚ finance‚ marketing and management. Type and Length of Exam: Open book‚ 3 hours‚ calculator such as HP-12C
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Business Statistics Semester II 2008/2009 Chapter 1 Introduction of Business Statistics An important decision-making tool in business and is used in virtually every area of business. Among the more common meaning of the word are: 1) the science of gathering‚ analyzing‚ interpreting and presenting data 2) a branch of mathematics 3) a course of study 4) facts and figures 5) a death 6) sample measurement 7) type of distribution used to analyze data Statistics are broadly
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H0: µ ≤ 3‚ H1: µ > 3 C H0: µ = 3‚ H1: µ ≠ 3 D H0: µ ≠ 3‚ H1: µ = 3 E None of the above Ans: B What is (are) the critical value(s)? A -1.96 and 1.96 B -1.645 C -1.645 and 1.645 D 1.645 E None of the above Ans: D What is the calculated test statistic? A 2.12 B 1.43 C 1.78 D 1.23 E None of the above Ans: A What is your conclusion? (choose the most correct answer) A Reject Ho at the 5% level of significance. B Accept Ho at the 5% level of significance. C Not sure. D
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Statistics Test Pearson’s correlation test Correlation is a technique for investigating the relationship between two quantitative‚ continuous variables‚ for example‚ age and blood pressure. Pearson’s correlation coefficient (r) is a measure of the strength of the association between the two variables. The nearer the scatter of points is to a straight line‚ the higher the strength of association between the variables. Also‚ it does not matter what measurement units are used (URL1)
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There are three basic operational rules which help to simplify the use of the sigma notation. 1. For any integer N Operational Rules for Summation N i i N i i N i i i y x y x 1 1 1 2. If c is a constant‚ that is‚ does not depend on the index of summation i‚ then Continue... Nc c and x c cx N i N i i N i i 1 1 1 The graphical representation of data gives us the idea on the shape of the distribution
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Satoru SHIMOKAWA‚ SOSC1100‚ Fall 2013 SOSC1100 Elementary Statistics for Social Research [Common Core (QR) for 4 year program] Fall 2013 Lectures: Wed and Fri‚ 13:30-14:50 / Rm. 4620‚ Academic Building (Lift 31-32) Course Website: http://lmes2.ust.hk INSTRUCTOR: SHIMOKAWA‚ Satoru OFFICE: 3370 Academic Building EMAIL: sosatoru@ust.hk OFFICE HOURS: Fridays‚ 3:00pm – 5:00pm TEACHING ASSISTANT: Stephen Choy OFFICE: 3001 EMAIL: choyho@ust.hk OFFICE HOURS: TBA 1. Course Description: This
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1 1. Statistics is the science of collecting‚ organizing‚ analyzing‚ interpreting‚ and presenting data. TRUE 2. Inferential statistics refers to generalizing from a sample to a population‚ estimating unknown parameters‚ drawing conclusions‚ and making decisions. TRUE 3. Descriptive statistics refers to summarizing data rather than generalizing about the population. FALSE 4. Estimating parameters and testing hypotheses are important aspects of descriptive statistics. FALSE
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CHAPTER 10: TWO-SAMPLE TESTS WITH NUMERICAL DATA 1. The t test for the difference between the means of 2 independent populations assumes that the respective a) sample sizes are equal. b) sample variances are equal. c) populations are approximately normal. d) all of the above ANSWER: c TYPE: MC DIFFICULTY: Moderate KEYWORDS: pooled-variance t test‚ assumption 2. The t test for the mean difference between 2 related populations
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