Assignment Description You will complete a draft of the introduction and literature review for your final, signature assignment. The required elements are described in detail below. Writing a literature review is different than your annotated bibliography. You may use elements of your literature review outline and your annotated bibliography in this draft. Directions – be…
The Influence of Peers “If Johnny jumps off a cliff are you going to jump, too”? This is a cliché used often by parents wanting to convince their children that doing what “everyone else does” is not always a good idea. For example, binge drinking is an increasing problem on college campuses, often with dire…
Social Pschy Discussion 2 Social Loafing Brian, a class colleague, is someone who counts on the group’s high achievers to do the majority of the work. This behavior is known as social loafing. Social loafers thrive because they know the high achievers cannot do less than their best; that is precisely what makes them high…
Conduct an internet search on the GDP and inflation of your country over a 5-year period and record your findings in the table given. GDP (X) Inflation (Y) With the tabulated data collected: (a) Determine the linear regression equation (15 marks) (b) Interpret the slope of the regression line. (2 marks) (c) Compute and interpret…
The administration of Kaplan college has generally assumed that the average age of a student is no more than 20 years. However, lately the students have appeared to be older than before, and some administrators say that the average age could be higher than 20 years. You collected a random sample of 40 students’ ages…
A sample of 34 of a certain species of fish has a mean weight of 12 grams and a standard deviation of 2.2 grams. Construct a 99% confidence interval for the true mean weight of the species of fish.
In studying the past returns on holding DTT, a stock listed in the Stock Exchange, it is revealed that returns follow a normal distribution with a mean return of 20% and a standard deviation of 5%. (i) What is the probability of the stock providing a return of between 12% and 15%? (2 marks) (ii)…
A machine producing microchips is known to produce 20% defective items. In order to maintain a system of quality control, the manager selects a sample of 10 every hour and examine them. From a sample of 10, calculate the (i) probability that none of them are defective. (2 marks) (ii) probability that at most 2…
International students enrolment in 2019 is cross-classified by three course levels and their gender in the contingency table below: Course level Male Female TOTAL Masters 40 31 71 Post-graduate Diploma 11 12 23 Graduate Diploma 118 311 429 TOTAL 169 354 523 If a student is selected at random from this sample, what is the…
The coronavirus named COVID-19 has changed the world permanently in the way we live and work. You want to do a statistical study on how people behave now and in the future. Collect a minimum sample size of 8 to conduct your analysis. (a) Identify and describe the type of statistical study using at least…
