Math 534 week 1 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Week1:StudyandSampleDesign A company makes men's button-up dress shirts and is considering changes to its design. Howmight the company go about finding a good sample of individuals? These decisions wouldincludemethodofsampling,locationofsampling,populationtoconsider,andnumberinsample,in additionto any other considerations.

1. Question: Is each item below an example of descriptive or inferential statistics? 2. Question: In each case, identify the type of data (or level of data): 3. Question: For the following frequency distribution: 4. Question: Assuming that the dataset 17, 15, 3, 22, 11, 7, 9 is a sample. 5. Question: The amount of time it takes a person to get ready for work has a bell shaped distribution. The average is 45 minutes and the standard deviation is 10 minutes. 6. Question: The range of a given ...

1. Question: Suppose you are an operations manager for a plant that manufactures batteries. Give an example of how you could use descriptive statistics to make better managerial decisions. Give an example of how you could use inferential statistics to make better managerial decisions.Say whether this or that example describes the use of descriptive or inferential statistics. 2. Question: Classify each of the following as nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio data. 3. Question: For the following...

1. Question: Suppose you are an operations manager for a plant that manufactures batteries. Give an example of how you could use descriptive statistics to make better managerial decisions. Give an example of how you could use inferential statistics to make better managerial decisions.Say whether this or that example describes the use of descriptive or inferential statistics. 2. Question: Classify each of the following as nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio data. 3. Question: For the following...

MATH534WEEK1HOMEWORK Supposeyouareanoperationsmanagerforaplantthatmanufacturesbatteries.Giveanexampleofhowyoucouldusedescriptivestatisticsto make better managerial decisions. Give an example of how youcoulduseinferentialstatisticsto makebetter managerialdecisions.

Week 1 Addendum: Homework/Quiz Review 1. Is each item below an example of descriptive or inferential statistics?  Take a sample of cars and test them to determine how many miles per gallon (mpg) they give. Use this sample to estimate the mpg of all cars. Answer: Inferential  To get an idea of student performance on a test, analyze the data in the gradebook about the test. Answer: Descriptive 2. In each case, identify the type of data (or level of data):  The dollar sales at t...

MATH 534 Week 1 Quiz

A company makes men's button-up dress shirts and is considering changes to its design. Howmight the company go about finding a good sample of individuals? These decisions wouldincludemethodofsampling,locationofsampling,populationtoconsider,andnumberinsample,in additionto any other considerations.

A company makes men's button-up dress shirts and is considering changes to its design. Howmight the company go about finding a good sample of individuals? These decisions wouldincludemethodofsampling,locationofsampling,populationtoconsider,andnumberinsample,in additionto any other considerations.

1. Question: Is each item below an example of descriptive or inferential statistics? 2. Question: In each case, identify the type of data (or level of data): 3. Question: For the following frequency distribution: 4. Question: Assuming that the dataset 17, 15, 3, 22, 11, 7, 9 is a sample. 5. Question: The amount of time it takes a person to get ready for work has a bell shaped distribution. The average is 45 minutes and the standard deviation is 10 minutes. 6. Question: The range of a given ...