The Final Paper is 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/or measurements).
The course elements MUSTinclude
• Descriptive statistics.
• Inferential statistics.
• Hypothesis development and testing.
• Selection of appropriate statistical tests.
• Evaluating statistical results.
The Final Paper
• Must be three (3)at minimum double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style
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• Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
• Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
• Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
• Must use at least three scholarly sources in addition to the course lectures provided
o The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types.
Please see attachment for definition of Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources
• Must document all sources in APA style
• Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style
Additional resources to consider:
Statistics for Managers
Articles
• Burnside, K. (2013, June 8). How to use multiple regression in Excel. Techwalla. Retrieved from https://www.techwalla.com/articles/how-to-use-multiple-regression-in-excel
• Weedmark, D. (2015, August 14). How to perform linear regression in an Excel spreadsheet . Techwalla. Retrieved from https://www.techwalla.com/articles/how-to-perform-linear-regression-in-an-excel-spreadsheet
Multimedia
• Donnelly, P. (2005, July). Peter Donnelly: How juries are fooled by statistics [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.ted.com/talks/peter_donnelly_shows_how_stats_fool_juries.html
• Drinking and driving: A crash course [Video file]. (2001). Retrieved from https://fod.infobase.com/OnDemandEmbed.aspx?token=25232&wID=100753&plt=FOD&loid=0&w=640&h=480&fWidth=660&fHeight=530
• Reich, J. M. (Director), & Rubenstein, B. (Producer). (2000). Introduction to statistics and the relative frequency histogram [Video file]. Retrieved from https://fod.infobase.com/OnDemandEmbed.aspx?token=10253&wID=100753&plt=FOD&loid=0&w=640&h=480&fWidth=660&fHeight=530
• Reich, J. M. (Director), & Rubenstein, B. (Producer). (2000). Measures of variability and relative standing [Video file]. Retrieved from https://fod.infobase.com/OnDemandEmbed.aspx?token=10255&wID=100753&plt=FOD&loid=0&w=640&h=480&fWidth=660&fHeight=530
• Reich, J. M. (Director), & Rubenstein, B. (Producer). (2000). Other graphical methods and numerical methods [Video file]. Retrieved from https://fod.infobase.com/OnDemandEmbed.aspx?token=10254&wID=100753&plt=FOD&loid=0&w=640&h=480&fWidth=660&fHeight=530
• Reich, J. M. (Director), & Rubenstein, B. (Producer). (2000). Probability distributions for continuous random variables [Video file]. Retrieved from https://fod.infobase.com/OnDemandEmbed.aspx?token=10260&wID=100753&plt=FOD&loid=0&w=640&h=480&fWidth=660&fHeight=530
• Rosling, H. (Writer). (2006). TEDTalks: Hans Rosling—Debunking third-world myths with the best stats you’ve ever seen [Video file]. Retrieved from https://fod.infobase.com/OnDemandEmbed.aspx?token=48045&wID=100753&plt=FOD&loid=0&w=640&h=480&fWidth=660&fHeight=530
• Forbes Insights. (2015, April 9). The role of data & analytics today [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxroi4beKhE
• Walko, D. S. (Producer). (2010). Deadly driving distractions: Texting, cell phones, and other killers [Video file]. Retrieved from https://fod.infobase.com/OnDemandEmbed.aspx?token=41308&wID=100753&plt=FOD&loid=0&w=640&h=480&fWidth=660&fHeight=530
Web Pages
• Addintools. (2013). Where is Help button in Microsoft Excel 2007, 2010, 2013 and 2016. Retrieved from http://www.addintools.com/documents/excel/where-help.html
• Excel Easy. (2016). Descriptive statistics. Retrieved from http://www.excel-easy.com/examples/descriptive-statistics.html
• Khan Academy. (n.d.). Describing relationships in quantitative data. Retrieved from https://www.khanacademy.org/math/statistics-probability/describing-relationships-quantitative-data
• Khan Academy. (n.d.). Displaying and describing data. Retrieved from https://www.khanacademy.org/math/statistics-probability/displaying-describing-data
• Khan Academy. (n.d.). Statistics and probability. Retrieved from https://www.khanacademy.org/math/statistics-probability
• Microsoft. (2010). Load the analysis ToolPak. Retrieved from https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Load-the-Analysis-ToolPak-6a63e598-cd6d-42e3-9317-6b40ba1a66b4?CorrelationId=89cb420c-6dcf-4bcd-adad-7c86ed5e0e13&ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US&ocmsassetID=HP010021569