2. Descriptive Statistics Once the Data collection process has been completed the researcher must then try to make sense of the information collected. The data at this stage will be in its raw form and will generally not be suitable for presentation or interpretation The purpose of descriptive statistics, as the name suggests, is to describe a set of data. They are used to provide manageable summaries of data sets. They are the simplest and most widely used set of statistics and in many
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Danone Aqua | A Study on the Preferred Features of Bottled Water | What are the preferred features that consumers would consider in buying a certain bottled water brand? | | Maisha Chowdhury | 7/21/2014 | | 1 Introduction Consumers often buy bottled water, but what exactly are they thinking when they pick one brand over the other? We aim to conduct a study, with the aid of a questionnaire in order to find out these preferred features in a bottle of water. We will be doing this
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Valenzuela National High School A. Fernando St., Marulas, Valenzuela City THE EFFECTS OF EARLY RELATIONSHIP WITH THE OPOSITE SEX IN LIFE AND STUDIES OF STOC STUDENTS IN VNHS A Research Paper Presented By: ISIAHNA FAE BALABAG JAMEZEL ANNE SIPSIP Researchers Presented To: MRS. LEAH P. VILOG Research teacher DEDICATION We would like to dedicate this research paper to the following: STOC STUDENTS OF VNHS OUR FAMILY RESEARCHERS who are interested to know the possible effects of early relationship
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Problem 2 By calculating some ratios based on the average of opening and closing balances, we make the implicit assumption that changes in these accounts occurred uniformly throughout the year. Sometimes, however, the actual change occurs unevenly, perhaps due to an acquisition. In such cases, ratios based on averages will be distorted. Discuss how you would calculate the return on assets ratio if the growth in assets occurred: (i) At the beginning of the year (ii) At the end of the
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Please make sure that you give a COMPLETE response to all DQs asked, IN YOUR OWN WORDS (minimum 200, excluding citations), along with proper CITATIONS. If any of these are missing, you will not get full points for DQs. Your follow up posts should be at least 100 words, and MUST be in your own words. Textbook: Grove, S. K. (2007). Statistics for health care research: A practical workbook. Edinburgh: Elsevier Saunders. Topic 1 DQ 1: How can graphics and/or statistics be used to misrepresent data
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Or (this is also known as the average constituency) or So now and then quota being the number of seats each state should receive. For each state the quota is State 1: q== 2.907807 State 2: q== 6.697633 State 3: q== 18.5566 State 4: q== 16.60052 State 5: q== 0.069336 State 6: q== 16.09638 State 7: q== 8.160086 State 8: q== 15.84233 State 9: q== 10.28396 State 10: q== 4.785339 | Population | Average constituencyS=p/h | Quota | Lower quota
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Single-server model, average utilization rate. λ 8 ρ = = = 0.8 or 80% utilization µ 10 b. The probability of four or fewer documents in the system is 0.6723 as shown following. Therefore, the probability of more than four documents in the system is 1 – 0.6723 = 0.3277. Pn = (1 − ρ )( ρ ) n P4 = (1 − 0.8 )( 0.8 ) = 0.0819 4 P3 = (1 − 0.8 )( 0.8 ) = 0.1024 3 P2 = (1 − 0.8 )( 0.8 ) = 0.1280 2 P = (1 − 0.8 )( 0.8 ) = 0.1600 1 1 P0 = (1 − 0.8 )( 0.8 ) = 0.2000 0 = 0.6723 c. The average number of pages
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associated with college students’ grade point averages. Students gave the researchers permission to see their grades. The participant group was 64% female, and 88% were of traditional college age, 18 to 22 years old. The study’s findings include: During coursework, “students spent the most time using Facebook, searching for non-school-related information online, and emailing. While doing schoolwork outside of class, students reported spending an average of 60 minutes per day on Facebook, 43 minutes
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Mean- When you add up all the numbers and divide them by the number of scores. Or add up the total number of clients. Pros- You can find the exact mid-point of the data. Cons- The results can be distorted due to the atypical values. Medium- Is the middle number, i.e. the client or their views, and if there are two middle numbers then you would add up the two middle numbers and divide it by two to get the exact middle number. Pros- It is easy to calculate. Cons – Again due to the uncommon values
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Quiz 1 Status | Completed | Score | 100 out of 100 points | Instructions | This quiz is only 5 questions long. Please remember that only 8 quizzes are mandatory( I drop the lowest 4 quizzes for your overall quiz average). | | * Question 1 20 out of 20 points | | | A placebo can always be implemented in an experiment, and given to the control group.Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | b. False | Correct Answer: | b. False | Answer Feedback: | While it IS
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