MATH 399N All Discussions Week 1 - 8

Initial Post Instructions Topic: Poisson Probability Distribution The Poisson Distribution is a discrete probability distribution where the number of occurrences in one interval (time or area) is independent of the number of occurrences in other intervals. April Showers bring May Flowers!! Researc...

Initial Post Instructions Medical professionals can find relationships between variables. The more you drink alcohol, the less functionality of your liver. The less carbohydrates a person intakes, the lower their Body Mass Index. Data can be collected and organized as an ordered pair (x, y). The d...

Initial Post Instructions Log onto website where you can observe your service bill for the last 12 months (electric bill, cell phone bill, water bill, etc.). If you do NOT feel comfortable sharing this data, you can make up values. 1. In excel, list the values of your bill for the last 12 months o...

Initial Post Instructions Topic: Poisson Probability Distribution The Poisson Distribution is a discrete probability distribution where the number of occurrences in one interval (time or area) is independent of the number of occurrences in other intervals. April Showers bring May Flowers!! Researc...

Initial Post Instructions After reviewing data from a sample, an inference can be made about the population. For example, Find a data set on the internet. Some suggested search terms: Free Data Sets, Medical Data Sets, Education Data Sets. 1. Introduce your Data Set and Cite the Source. 2. What t...

Initial Post Instructions Keep your eyes and ears open as you read or listen to the news this week. Find/discover an example of statistics & probability in the news to discuss the following statement that represents one of the objectives of statistics analysis: "Statistics and Probability helps us...

Initial Post Instructions When data is collected, the most common calculations computed are the Measures of Central Tendency, mean, median and mode. It is important to know how to compute these values and it is also extremely important to know what these values mean in context of the data set. U...

Initial Post Instructions After exploring different types of graphs this week, it is unfortunate to learn that there are sometimes misleading graphs used in the news, politics, medicine, etc. in order to sway a decision or belief. Some items to watch out for in graphs area. 1. Is there a title tha...

Initial Post Instructions Keep your eyes and ears open as you read or listen to the news this week. Find/discover an example of statistics & probability in the news to discuss the following statement that represents one of the objectives of statistics analysis: "Statistics and Probability helps us...

Initial Post Instructions Medical professionals can find relationships between variables. The more you drink alcohol, the less functionality of your liver. The less carbohydrates a person intakes, the lower their Body Mass Index. Data can be collected and organized as an ordered pair (x, y). The d...