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2. BUS 308(ASH) Courses • BUS 308 Week 1 Assignment Problems 1.2, 1.17, 3.3 & 3.22BUS 308 Week 1 DQ 1 Performance ReportBUS 308 Week 1 DQ 2 The Empirical Rule vs. Chebyshev • BUS 308 Week 1 Problems 1.2, 1.17, 3.3 & 3.22 BUS 308 Entire Course (Ash Course) BUS 308 Week 1 Assignment Problems 1.2, 1.17, 3.3 & 3.22

3. BUS 308(ASH) Courses • You are the manager at a company and are asked to present a report on the year-to-date performance of your division. What type of statistical • The Empirical Rule vs. Chebyshev’s Theorem • Discuss how the Empirical Rule works and how it relates to the bell curve as illustrated in Figure 3.14 (a). Then, explain Chebyshev’s BUS 308 Week 1 DQ 1 Performance Report BUS 308 Week 1 DQ 2 The Empirical Rule vs. Chebyshev Theorem

4. BUS 308(ASH) Courses • 1. Question : The two types of quantitative variables are • 2. Question : As a general rule, when creating a stem-and-leaf display, there should be between ______ stem values. • BUS 308 Week 2 Assignments Problems 4.4, 4.20, 5.12, 6.22(a) BUS 308 Week 1 Quiz (10 MCQ) BUS 308 Week 2 Assignments Problems 4.4, 4.20, 5.12, 6.22(a)

5. BUS 308(ASH) Courses • Relative Frequency. Conceptually we would expect the probability of newborn males and females to be the same. However, census reports indicate that the ratios of males and females in various countries do • Applications for Probability. In what situations might you use probability as a manager to approach business-related problems? What are the advantages to using probability concepts in business decisions? Are there any disadvantages or possible pitfalls to avoid in using probability BUS 308 Week 2 Assignments Problems 4.4, 4.20, 5.12, 6.22(a) BUS 308 Week 2 DQ 2 Applications for Probability

6. BUS 308(ASH) Courses • 1. Question : In a statistical study, the random variable X = 1, if the house is colonial, and X = 0 if the house is not colonial, then it can be stated that the random variable is continuous. • 2. Question : The set of all possible experimental outcomes is called a(n) • BUS 308 Week 3 Assignments Problems 7.11, 7.30, 8.8, 8.38 BUS 308 Week 2 Quiz (10 MCQ) BUS 308 Week 3 Assignments Problems 7.11, 7.30, 8.8, 8.38

7. BUS 308(ASH) Courses • Unscientific Sampling. Consider question 7.45 from the text: A Milwaukee television station, WITI-TV, conducted a telephone call-in survey asking whether viewers liked the new newspaper, the Journal Sentinel. • Article Review. Many articles present statistical data and list margins of error (for example, reports on political opinion polls, growth BUS 308 Week 3 DQ 1 Unscientific Sampling BUS 308 Week 3 DQ 2 Article Review

8. BUS 308(ASH) Courses • 1. Question : There is little difference between the values of ta/2 and Za/2 when the sample • 2. Question : If the population proportion is .4 with a sample size of 20, then is this sample large enough so that the sampling distribution of is a normal distribution. • BUS 308 Week 4 Assignments Problems 9.13, 9.22, 12.10, 12.18(a) BUS 308 Week 3 Quiz (10 MCQ) BUS 308 Week 4 Assignments Problems 9.13, 9.22, 12.10, 12.18(a)

9. BUS 308(ASH) Courses • Give an example of a hypothesis test you could perform at work or at home. State what the Null and the Alternative hypotheses would be in your test. Explain how you would settle on a reasonable level of • Creating Hypotheses. Assume you are the manager of a paint manufacturing factory. Your company has received complaints from customers that the containers hold less than the amount printed on them. On the other hand, corporate management BUS 308 Week 4 DQ 1 Hypothesis Test BUS 308 Week 4 DQ 2 Creating Hypotheses

10. BUS 308(ASH) Courses • 1. Question : Consider using p-value to test H0 versus Ha by setting α equal to .10. We reject H0 at level α of significance if and only if the p-value is: • 2. Question : When carrying out a sample test (with ó known) of H0: µ = 10 vs. Ha: µ > 10 by using a rejection point, we reject Ho at level of significance a if and only if the calculated test statistic is • Linear Correlation. Do you think there is a correlation between CEO salaries and the degree of success of a company? If you were to take a sample of companies with comparable size, market capitalization, and product category, and plot CEO salaries BUS 308 Week 4 Quiz (10 MCQ) BUS 308 Week 5 DQ 1 Linear Correlation

11. BUS 308(ASH) Courses • Quality Control. Visit the websites on Quality Control (QC) listed in the Required Websites for this week. In addition, locate an article on the Internet or in the Library databases that describes an example of the use of statistics in Quality Control. In your • Calculate the mean yearly value using the average gas prices by month found in the "Final Project Data Set". • 2. Using the years as your x-axis and the annual mean as your y-axis, create a scatterplot and a linear regression line. Linear Correlation. Do you think there is a correlation between CEO salaries and the degree of success of a company? If you were to take a sample of companies with comparable size, market capitalization, and product category, and plot CEO salaries BUS 308 Week 5 Final Part I – Excel

12. BUS 308(ASH) Courses • Imagine that you are a manager at a delivery service and you are creating a report toproject the effects on your company of rising gas prices in the next ten years. BUS 308 Week 5 Final Part II Analysis Paper on gas prices

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