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BUS 308 Your world/uophelp.com

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BUS 308 Entire Course (New)

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• BUS 308 Week 1 DQ 1 Language
• BUS 308 Week 1 DQ 2 Probability
• BUS 308 Week 1 Quiz
• BUS 308 Week 1 Problem Set

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BUS 308 Week 1 DQ 1 Language

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• Discussion 1-1/Language
• Numbers and measurements are the language of
  business.
• Organizations look at results in many ways
  expenses, quality levels, efficiencies, time,
  costs, etc. What measures does your department
  keep track of?
• Are they descriptive or inferential data, and
  what i

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BUS 308 Week 1 DQ 2 Probability

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• Things vary in life virtually nothing (except
  physical standards such as the speed of light) we
  interact with is constant over time.
• Much of this variation follows somewhat

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BUS 308 Week 1 Problem Set

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• 1. For assistance with these calculations, see
  the Recommended Resources for Week One.
  Measurement issues. Data, even numerically code
  variables, can be one of 4 levels nominal,
  ordinal, interval, or ratio. It is important to
  identify which leve

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BUS 308 Week 1 Quiz (New)

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• 1. Question In statistical notation, M is to µ
  as s is to s.
• Question 2. Question A parameter refers to a
  sample characteristic.
• Question 3. Question Data on the city from
  which members of a board of directors come
  represent interval data.

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BUS 308 Week 1 Quiz

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• 1. Question Data on the city from
  which members of a board of directors come
  represent interval data.
• 2. Question Inferential
  statistics infer the characteristics of samples.
• 3. Question The mode is which of
  the following?
• 4. Question The standard error of
  the mean can be calculated by dividing µ by the
  square root of the number of values in

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BUS 308 Week 2 DQ 1 Hypotheses

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• Discussion 2-1/Hypotheses
• What is a hypothesis test? Why do we need to use
  them to make decisions about relating sample
  results to the population
• why cant we just make our decisions by the

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BUS 308 Week 2 DQ 2 Variation

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• Variation exists in virtually all parts of our
  lives.
• We often see variation in results in what we
  spend (utility costs each month, food costs,
  business supplies, etc.).
• Consider the measures and data you use (in either
  your p

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BUS 308 Week 2 Problem Set

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• Problem Set Week Two
• Complete the problems below and submit your work
  in an Excel document. Be sure to show all of your
  work and clearly label all calculations.
• All statistical calculations will use the
• Included in the Week Two tab of theEmployee
  Salary Data Set are 2 one-sample t-

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BUS 308 Week 2 Quiz (New)

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• 1. Question What is the relationship between
  the power of a statistical test and decision
  errors?
• Question 2. Question The desired sample depends
  on all of these factors except?
• Question 3. Question What question does the z
  test answer?
• Question 4. Question The desired sample size
  depends only the size of the pop

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BUS 308 Week 2 Quiz

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• . Question How is the sum of
  squares unlike either the standard deviation or
  the variance?
• 2. Question If sums of squares
  statistics are calculated for shoppers at three
  different retail outlets, what statistic will
  indicate the variability among those at each
  outlet?
• 3. Question Which is the symbol
  used for th

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BUS 308 Week 3 DQ 1 ANOVA

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• In many ways, comparing multiple sample means is
  simply an extension of what we covered last week.
  
• Just as we had 3 versions of the t-test (1
  sample, 2 sample (with and without equal
  variance), and paired
• we have several versions of ANOVA single
  factor, factorial (called 2-factor with
  replication in Excel), and within-

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BUS 308 Week 3 DQ 2 Effect Size

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• Several statistical tests have a way to measure
  effect size. What is this, and when might you
  want to use it in looking at results from these
  tests on job related data?

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BUS 308 Week 4 DQ 1 Confidence Intervals

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• Discussion 4-1/Confidence Intervals
• Many people do not like or trust single point
  estimates for things they need measured.
• Looking back at the data examples you have
  provided in the previous discussion questions on
  this issue, how might

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BUS 308 Week 4 DQ 1 Confidence Intervals

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• Discussion 4-1/Confidence Intervals
• Many people do not like or trust single point
  estimates for things they need measured.
• Looking back at the data examples you have
  provided in the previous discussion questions on
  this issue, how might

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BUS 308 Week 4 DQ 2 Chi-Square Tests

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• Discussion 4-2/Chi-Square Tests
• Chi-square tests are great to show if
  distributions differ or if two variables interact
  in producing outcomes.
• What are some examples of variables that you
  might want to check using the chi-square tests?
  What would these results tell you?

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BUS 308 Week 4 Problem Set

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• ASSIGNMENT WEEK 4
• Lets look at some other factors that might
  influence pay. Complete the problems below and
  submit your work in an Excel document. Be sure to
  show all of your work and clearly label all
  calculations. All statistical calculations will
  use the

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BUS 308 Week 4 Quiz (New)

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• 1. Question The goodness of fit test null
  hypothesis states that the sample data does not
  match an expected distribution.
• Question 2. Question Statistical significance
  in the Chi-square test means the population
  distribution (expected) is not the source of the
  sample (observed) data.
• Question 3. Question While rejecting the null
  hypothesis for the goodne

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BUS 308 Week 4 Quiz

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• 1. Question With reference to
  problem 1, what statistic determines the
  correlation of experience with productivity,
  controlling for age in experience?
• 2. Question In a problem where
  interest rates and growth of the economy are used
  to predict consumer spending, which of the
  following will increas

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BUS 308 Week 5 DQ 1 Correlation

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• Discussion 5-1/Correlation
• What results in your departments seem to be
  correlated or related to other activities?
• How could you verify this? Create a null and
  alternate hypothesis for one of these issues.
• What are the managerial implications of a
  correlation between the

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BUS 308 Week 5 DQ 2 Regression

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• Discussion 5-2/Regression
• At times we can generate a regression equation to
  explain outcomes.
• For example, an employees salary can often be
  explained by their pay grade, appraisal rating,
  education level, etc.
• What variables might explain or predict an out

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BUS 308 Week 5 Final Paper (2 Papers)

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• The final paper provides you with an opportunity
  to integrate and reflect on what you have learned
  during the class.
• The question to address is What have you
  learned about statistics? In developing your
  responses, consider at a minimum and discuss
  the application of each of the course elements in
  analyzing and making decisions about data (counts
  and/o

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BUS 308 Week 5 Problem Set

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• ASSIGNMENT WEEK 5
• 1. Create a correlation table for the variables
  in our (Use analysis ToolPak or StatPlusmac LE
  function Correlation).
• a. Reviewing the data levels from week 1, what
  variables can be used in a Pearsons Correlation
  Table (which is what Excel produces)?
• b. Place the table here.

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BUS 308 Your world/uophelp.com

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