Statistics for Managers (Article Review)
Not what you're looking for?
Many articles present statistical data and list margins of error (for example, reports on political opinion polls, growth or decline of the housing markets, manufacturing sectors, etc.). Find one such article from a reliable source that includes a construction of confidence intervals for the data studied, and give a summary of the topic and the statistical results presented. In particular, discuss whether there is enough information presented in the article to arrive at the same conclusion as reported.
Purchase this Solution
Solution Summary
The expert examines statistics for managers article reviews.
Solution Preview
Below is your study guide.
In the middle of all the coverage for the recently concluded Republican National Convention and the Democratic National Convention, I think it is fitting to discuss an article related to these events.
First, let's define what a confidence interval means. This statistical measure provides an estimated range of values which is likely to include an unknown population parameter, the estimated range being calculated from a given set of sample data. (Definition taken from Valerie J. Easton and John H. McColl's Statistics Glossary v1.1).
What this basically mean is that for ...
Purchase this Solution
Free BrainMass Quizzes
Organizational Leadership Quiz
This quiz prepares a person to do well when it comes to studying organizational leadership in their studies.
Lean your Process
This quiz will help you understand the basic concepts of Lean.
Academic Reading and Writing: Critical Thinking
Importance of Critical Thinking
Team Development Strategies
This quiz will assess your knowledge of team-building processes, learning styles, and leadership methods. Team development is essential to creating and maintaining high performing teams.
MS Word 2010-Tricky Features
These questions are based on features of the previous word versions that were easy to figure out, but now seem more hidden to me.