Assignment 1: Data Screening

Some questions in Part A require that you access data from Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics. This data is available on the student website under the Student Test Resources link.

When Josh was asked, during a bankruptcy proceeding, whether he had ever been sued, he responded that he had not. In fact, he had once been sued for intentional infliction of emotional distress. That suit had been settled many years earlier and had no financial impact on Josh today. Josh’s debts were discharged in bankruptcy. Creditors want the discharge revoked because of Josh’s lie.

Stats 250 is one of the biggest classes at the university of Michigan. It's a class with concepts that is applicable to life, therefore stats 250 is one of the requisites for many majors at the University of Michigan. I have personal never official taken a stats course until this semester, however I never noticed how much I used stats in my logic and reasoning up until now. In the future, I plan to be apart of and hopeful conduct my own research one day. Stats will come on handy for this very purpose. For instance, in order to best interpret my data, I would need to know the basics ideas of concepts we have learned in stats. Concepts such as, testing competing theories, errors, sample size and what is statistical

The frequency count and percentage will be used to show the profile of the students in terms of gender, scholarship grant and previous mathematics performance. The composite reliability which measures internal consistency should be higher than 0.70. To determine the indicator reliability, the absolute standardized outer loadings should be higher than 0.70. The convergent validity which signifies that a set of indicators represent one and the same underlying constructs, should have an average variance extracted (AVE) higher than 0.50. The discriminant validity based on Fornell-Larcker Criterion, the AVE of each construct should be higher than the construct’s highest squared correlation with any other latent construct. CFA will test the extent to which the theoretical model, the five-factor model corresponding to the five factors of the MSEAQ, adequately represents the covariance

I believe the advice in section four is most accurate and relatable. This section talks about how advice isn't always what someone desires. Sometimes advice might come off as directions. Most people refuse to take directions from other people. Instead of trying to give advice, try to ask questions leading them in the positive direction. Asking questions leading to a positive outcome would be a phenomenal way of giving advice without actually giving them advice. People prefer to make their own decisions when they are in a difficult situation. People have their own minds and own way of thinking. Listening takes a huge part of comprehension of someone else's situation. If you can put yourself in another person’s shoes it makes it easier for you

An analysis of the key points of interest arising from the data - this should be briefly discussed in relation to the literature.

Analysis of Data: Our data did not support our hypothesis, and though that does not necessarily correlate to decreased importance of data, ours could have had several sources of error. The primary source of error would be human,

Sampling error is the chance that the differences viewed in a measure of a sample group are due to chance and randomness. To avoid sampling errors, we run a statistical test that can help us find if

One of the countermeasures to this type of network threat is by using generic service banners that do not expose configuration information or software version are also a feasible solution \parencite{gonzalez2012quantitative}.

A researcher may face threats to construct validity, which are the “quality of choices about the particular forms of the independent and dependent variables” (Packer, 2004). Accurately setting the independent and dependent variable are essential to avoid this threat. A researcher may face lack of reliability in both the independent and dependent variable, in that they vary too much from one occasion to another, and this will threaten construct validity (Packer, 2004). Reliability can also be at risk “when assessments are taken over time, performed by different people or the assessments are highly subjective” (Handley, n.d.). Researchers need to ensure that they are careful in minimizing these potential risks to reliability so that their data can be as accurate as possible (Handley,

Collecting data was and still one of the most important steps for any research or experiment. But what is more important is to understand who to read and analyze the data that the research collect and conclude.

One area of interest is gender identity. I personally became interested in gender identity in my mid-twenties. I had been told by many others that I was “gay” even before I knew what the term meant. When I was 14 or 15, I really wanted to explore my attraction to other men. I graduated high school in 1984. So HIV/AIDS was being diagnosed and talked about in the news around this time. The desire to explore was curtailed by rampant fear of contracting HIV, or, as it was termed at that time, gay-related immune deficiency (or GRID). History of HIV and AIDS overview. (2017, February 20). Retrieved July 30, 2017, from https://www.avert.org/professionals/history-hiv-aids/overview.

In this assignment, we will explore RFM segmentation, a technique used to group customers according to their aggregate purchase history with a company. We specifically look at how recently customers have purchased (R – recency), how often they have purchased

In order to assure the viability and reliability of the results of the analysis its imperative to consider what data will be collected. Once the questioning has begun any deviation from the questions posed between sources would result in skewed results. Some common areas of interest include but are not limited to the following:

3. Values Scan. Analysis is necessary to identify the deficiencies and errors that need modification.