Answer the following problems showing your work and explaining (or analyzing) your results. 1. Describe the measures of central tendency. Under what condition(s) should each one be used? Mean- Works good when it comes to test scores Median- should be used when describing something like average income. Mode= is good is you want to see what is you best seeing product in a store situation. 2. Last year‚ 12 employees from a computer company retired. Their ages at retirement are listed below.First‚
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Central Tendency Measures of Central Tendency There are many ways of describing of a given set of data. A good number of descriptive measures exist in statistics whose use depends largely on the nature of data and the intended purpose of the description. This measure is the measures of position or central tendency‚ it is use to see how a large set of raw materials can be summarized so that the meaningful essential can be extracted from it. The most commonly measures of central tendency are the
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Reading #2: Adolescent Victimization and Associated Suicidal and Violent Behaviors. Summary In this study the relationship between victimization and both suicidal and violent behaviors was studied in high school students across New York State with the exception of the city of New York. It was also sought to be seen if there are differences between male and females in this area. Females were shown to have a higher prevalence of suicidal tendencies only. In general it is thought that victimization can
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Uses of Statistical Information Paper Agnes Muta HCS/438 December 11‚ 2012 Statistical Applications Uses of Statistical Information Paper According to Bennett‚ Briggs‚ & Triola‚ (2009) “Statistics is the science of collecting‚ organizing and interpreting data.” (p. 2). The purpose of statistics in healthcare is to help integrate management and health care activities. This paper will discuss the use of statistics in health care especially in skilled and Long-term care where the nurse works
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mature person but has no difficulty in relating with them. 0 = instability of the family domicile has had little effect on his favorable feeling towards them. * Attitude towards Women ( 10‚ 25‚ 40‚ 55) 2 = extremely suspicious‚ possible homosexual tendency 1 = high ideas but ambivalent feelings. 0 = only minor or superficial criticisms * Attitude towards Heterosexual Relationship (11‚26‚41‚56) 2 = appears to have given up achieving good sexual adjustment 1 = deserved sexual experiences but reservation
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Time | Contributor | Contribution | Ancient Greece | Philosophers | Ideas - no quantitative analyses | 17th Century | Graunt‚Petty Pascal‚ Bernoulli | studied affairs of state‚ vital statistics of populations studied probability through games of chance‚ gambling | 18th Century | Laplace‚ Gauss | normal curve‚ regression through study of astronomy | 19th Century | Quetelet Galton | astronomer who first applied statistical analyses to human biologystudied genetic variation in humans(used
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Data Collection BIMS‚ Ballard Integrated Managed Services‚ Inc. is a corporation specializes in the services of food and housekeeping to corporations and institutions. The general manager‚ Barbara Tucker‚ has noticed that over the last four months the turnover rate has shot up to 64%. Not only is the turnover rate higher than usual‚ but also employees seemed unmotivated to do their job. There are more employees walking around doing nothing and more employees not doing their job well enough‚ resulting
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’The Asch Studies’ were a series of experiments designed to test humans’ tendency for conformity. Asch’s work was a direct response to the work of Sherif‚ although Sherif was technically studying the process of norm formation in new groups. The reason why Asch wanted to improve on Sherif’s work is that he believed that Sherif only achieved the results he did due to the ambiguity of the task; in other words‚ the participants had no idea what the correct answer was and so considered their best bet
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The level measurement of commute is 30 min‚ 30min- 1hr‚ 1.1hr – 2hr‚ 2.1hr- 3hr. In the interest variable‚ the level of measurement is only central tendency. The two variables that will use the ratio level will be job satisfaction and stress. The level of measurement of job satisfaction will be the level of interest and for stress will be central tendency. Each of these variables has a level of measurement that will help solve the problem within the ZYX Incorporation. Phase I: Research Preparation
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Measurement and Scaling Learning objectives After reading this chapter‚ you will be able to: 1. Understand the role of measurement in marketing research 2. Explain the four basic levels of scales. 3. Describe scale development and its importance in gathering primary data. 4. Discuss comparative and non comparative scales. Fast Food‚ Side by Side‚ Restaurant Location and Loyalty Among the more important problems facing the Burger King Corporation is selecting sites for new
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