Use of Spreadsheets in Business and Technology Marty Montgomery August 25‚ 2013 Many corporations depend on spreadsheets as a fundamental (Institute of Corporate Auditors‚ 2006) device in their financial reporting and operational processes. As a result‚ the use of spreadsheets is an essential part of the information and decision-making structure for these organizations. In developing and using spreadsheets‚ organizations need to balance their ease and flexibility against the value of reliable
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Course: Applied Statistics 3.00 Credit Hours‚ fall 2014‚ ADP (Accounting and finance) Instructor: Sonia Iqbal Email: Sonia.iqbal@uogsialkot.edu.pk INTRODUCTION 1.1 Meaning of Statistics:- Statistics is a subject consisting of rules‚ methods and techniques of collecting data and presenting large amount of numerical information. It is also used to draw inference about the population on the basis of sample For example‚ to check the performance of a student is being studied. Data will be collected
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The Hewlett-Packard and Compaq Merger Introduction HP (Hewlett-Packard) In 1938‚ two Stanford graduates in electrical engineering‚ William Hewlett and David Packard‚ started their own business in a garage behind Packard’s Palo Alto home. One year later‚ Hewlett and Packard formalized their business into a partnership called Hewlett-Packard. During the 1940s‚ HP’s products rapidly gained acceptance among engineers and scientists. HP’s growth was aided by heavy purchases made by the US government
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Statistics can be defined as “ the science that deals with the collection‚ classification‚ analysis‚ and interpretation of numerical facts of data‚ and that‚ by use of mathematical theories of probability‚ imposes order and regularity on aggregates of more or less disparate elements” (Dictionary.com‚ LLC‚ 2008). Yet how do we use these specific elements in our everyday working lives? Many don’t realize the extent to which we as a culture base our decisions on statistics. We us them in something
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bacterial cellular metabolism. I think antibiotics should be restricted because some people take antibiotics just to make sure that they kill the infection that they think is there. Bacteria eventually become resistant to the antibiotic making the use of a different antibiotic necessary. People make drugs from antibiotics and they can also be addictive and misuse can cause serious illness. There are people that are taking antibiotics when they are not needed. Also‚ a lot of people don’t take
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Statistics For Management 1. Introduction 2. Statistical Survey 3. Classification‚ Tabulation & Presentation of data 4. Measures used to summarise data 5. Probabilities 6. Theoretical Distributions 7. Sampling & Sampling Distributions 8. Estimation 9. Testing of Hypothesis in case of large & small samples 10. Chi-Square 11. F-Distribution and Analysis of variance (ANOVA) 12. Simple correlation and Regression 13. Business Forecasting 14. Time Series Analysis 15 . Index Numbers Indian
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Introduction Statistics is a set of tools used to organize and analyze data. Data must either be numeric in origin or transformed by researchers into numbers. For instance‚ statistics could be used to analyze percentage scores English students receive on a grammar test: the percentage scores ranging from 0 to 100 are already in numeric form. Statistics could also be used to analyze grades on an essay by assigning numeric values to the letter grades‚ e.g.‚ A=4‚ B=3‚ C=2‚ D=1‚ and F=0. Employing
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estimate the difference between the mean and the mode as being three times the difference between the mean and the median (Stuart & Ord‚ 1994)‚ leading to the following estimate of skewness: . Many statisticians use this measure but with the ‘3’ eliminated‚ that is‚ . This statistic ranges from -1 to +1. Absolute values above 0.2 indicate great skewness (Hildebrand‚ 1986). Skewness has also been defined with respect to the third moment about the mean: ‚ which is simply the expected value of
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Statistics: The Applications of Statistics Kashaf Bakali 201105803 Qatar University Post Foundation English 203 – 106 December 17‚ 2012 Dr. James Scotland What is statistics? Statistics is a study which includes the collection‚ analysis‚ organization‚ interpretation and presentation of data. The collection‚ organization‚ analysis‚ interpretation and presentation of data help people in numerous ways; from prediction of diseases and weather up to being useful in business. These
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my bed. It’s metallic and black‚ nothing special. I use it to hang things wich I don’t know where to put‚ like hats‚ scarves‚ belts ... On the bed there are two very comfortable pillows‚ although I’d like to have many more. Beside the bed there’s a bedside table with a lamp and many more things. That’s where I put the cell that I use as a clock all the mornings. And I can only say that a little further down there’s the mini hi-fi‚ which I use to listen to music and you can also watch TV. There’s
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