analysis" can be said to mean the same thing -- the study of how we describe, combine, and make inferences based on numbers. A lot of people are scared of numbers (quantiphobia), but data analysis with statistics has got less to do with numbers, and more to do with rules for arranging them. It even lets you create some of those rules yourself, so instead of looking at it like a lot of memorization, it's best to see it as an extension of the research mentality, something researchers do anyway (i.e.
Words: 4590 - Pages: 19
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT It is a real pleasure to thank the people who helped me and guided me through this study, first I would like to thank my supervisor Mr. K.D Moloi and the staff of department of statistics for your technical support. I would like to thank my mother for your firm and emotional support, my sister and brothers for encouraging me and being exemplary in everything you do. Lastly but not least I would like to thank my friends and class mates for putting up with me all through the year.
Words: 16056 - Pages: 65
but statistical significance is either lacking or not stated. The statistical procedures that are used within this article are very basic using population parameters and sample proportions. The sample size is cited as 200,000 Americans being diagnosed yearly with lung cancer, of which 15% or 30,000 are nonsmokers. Two-thirds of the 30,000 nonsmokers are women. An additional study done by Wakelee, Chang, Gomez (2007) was also cited to further validate this statement. Cancer rates ranged from
Words: 853 - Pages: 4
1948a), Sphecius wasps (Mr Norman Lin, personal communication), and crayfish (Bovbjerg 1953; Lowe 1956) aggressive behavior has been split into four or five levels. (Alexander 1961) The experimental organism in this experiment was Acheta domesticus, more commonly known as the house cricket. Acheta domesticus (Linnaeus) is a species distributed by man. It was considered native to Europe but may have come from northern Africa or Southwest Asia according to Ghouri (1961). Both Blatchley (1920) and Alexander
Words: 1230 - Pages: 5
establishing the channel through which stock markets affect economic growth in the long run. It examines the hypothesis of endogenous growth models that financial development causes higher growth through its influence on the level of investment and its productivity. The empirical part of this study exploits techniques recently developed to test for causality in VARs. The evidence obtained from a sample of four countries suggests that investment productivity is the channel through which stock market development
Words: 5672 - Pages: 23
Project proposal 1. Title of the Proposed project Study the corelates of study habits among teen agers and development of intervention program and its improvement. 2. Back ground of the study Academic qualification, normally is the initial introduction of any person. Academic process starts from 1st year of school and is further shaped during all the years of school/college education. Academic qualification is achieved by learning and education. Process of formal learning
Words: 1081 - Pages: 5
drift. The exchange rate models all use the purchasing power parity hypothesis to account for the long-term relationships between prices and the exchange rate, together with error correction models to represent any shortterm dynamics. The models are estimated for the USD/COP rate of exchange, and their forecast performance is compared to that of a simple random walk as well as to that of the random walk with a variable drift term. Two of the models are shown to outperform the simple random walk on the
Words: 13917 - Pages: 56
1.0 INTRODUCTION Office workers make up almost half of the world's working population—that is equivalent to about several hundred millions of people, sitting at desks and staring at computer screens five to six days a week. A 2006 study (Sage Software Survey, Priority 2/2007) of 2,500 white-collared American workers estimated that 80% of the employees worked between 40 to 79 hours each week. Interestingly, there is a good deal of statistics that prove that long office hours hold countless interruptions
Words: 2343 - Pages: 10
hospitals. Emotional intelligence is assuming unprecedented importance due to growing concern of people management in the hospitals. Scope of the Study The study is limited to the doctors of private hospitals in and around Chandigarh. 120 doctors from two private hospitals-Fortis Healthcare Ltd and Mukat Hospital and Health Institute were randomly
Words: 733 - Pages: 3
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY MA (Sociology) MA (Social and behavioural studies in HIV-AIDS) (Delete the one that is not applicable) A RESEARCH PROPOSAL BY: Full names: Student no: Postal address: TITLE: (See notes on page 4) Telephone number: E-mail: Date of submission: SUPERVISORS: (Fill out the details above) I declare that the work I am submitting for assessment contains no section copied in whole or in part from any other source unless explicitly identified in quotation
Words: 2248 - Pages: 9
