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Statistics

Statistics deals with collecting, organizing, and interpreting numerical data. An important aspect of statistics is the analysis of population characteristics inferred from sampling.

36,756 Questions

How many digits is 189743558134324259910593462?

189743558134324259910593462 consists of 27 digits.

What does score mean at the end of a number?

A score is equal to twenty. "Four score and seven years" is eighty-seven years.

How do you test the normality of a random variable?

There are various goodness-of-fit tests. The chi-square and Kolmogorov-Smirnoff tests are two of the better known of these.

What do you do if none of the conditions of using a z-score or the conditions for using a t-score are met?

If we are testing a hypothesis about the population mean , if none of the conditions of using a z-score or the conditions for using a t-score are met, we may use a proper non-parametric test.

What is the probability of obtaining a sample proportion of red M and M's greater than 0.165 from a sample of size 400 from this population?

You would REALLY first need to find out what percentage of M&Ms are red. Since the sample is quite large, if this base percentage (as a ratio) is quite a bit lower than 0.165, then the probability you ask for is almost zero; if the ratio is quite a bit larger than 0.165, the probability you ask for will be almost 1 (i.e., 100%); only if the base probability is very close to 0.165 would you get more "interesting" results.

Which grid lines will never meet?

parallel lines intersecting lines will meet at some point (ha ha point! get it?)

Uses of computer in mathematics?

For years computers were used to do calculation, for example adding up columns of figures. Then tables were required and Babbage had the idea of mechanising the calculation to avoid the errors the computers made, devising the Difference Engine and the Analytical Engine.

Then in the 1940s during World War II, the first electronic computer was designed and built by Tommy Flowers to speed up the cracking of the Lorentz cypher (known as Fish) using statistical analysis.

When I was at Uni in the 80s I used the electronic computers to do numerical analysis to solve differential equations.

Electronic computers these days tend to be used to do the maths required at a much faster rate than ordinary (ie the original human) computers can for things like controlling the flight surfaces of an aeroplane.

They are also used for research and fun, eg finding the next highest prime number, finding e or π to more digits than before.

Electronic computers tend to be used for word processing and repetitive calculations (eg with encryption, such as using the RSA public key encryption which is based entirely on maths - using modulus operations on large numbers).

I'm currently studying accountancy and am just about to start a module which uses statistical methods which are made all the more easy by use of an electronic computer to do the actual calculations.

The worst use of electronic computers in maths is in the form of a pocket calculator: when I was teacher training and students were asked to do a simple sum, many (top set!) students reached for a calculator instead of doing it in their head - a skill much underrated.

How are frequency and math related?

Frequency can mean many different things. In general frequency is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit time. In statistics, it is the number of times a particular value occurs in a set . If you talk about wavelenght and waves, it is the number of times a waves that pass a fixed place in a given amount of time

What is one - hundred and fifty percent as a decimal?

150% is 1.50 as a decimal.

Remove the %-sign, and place a decimal point two places to the left of the %-signs location.

So, 45,534% would be 455.34 as a decimal

How come you do not need to have three actual coins to compute the probabilities for these outcomes?

Because the theory of coin flipping is well understood and so theoretical probabilities can be used.

What is the largest digit number without repetition?

Assuming you can use each digit only once, the logical answer has to be 9,876,543,210 (since you would want to use the largest numbers in the highest value places).

What type of graph would be needed for a mode calculation?

For discrete data, a bar chart. For continuous data a grouped frequency chart (histogram).