Multifaceted Bibliography

Statistics provides us with very useful tools and techniques that aide us in dealing with real world scenarios. I have been able to learn several useful concepts by studying statistics that can aide me in making rational and informed decisions that are supported by the analysis results. Statistics as a discipline is the application and development of various processes put in place to gather, interpret, and analyse the information. The quantification of biological, social, and scientific phenomenons, design and analysis of experiments and surveys, and application of

Statistics, facts, data, and comparisons are absorbing and challenging to present in a way that is anything other than, well, boring. For purposes of an informational presentation, the statistics are unavoidable. However, in this

Overall, there was an increase in the data set. For GPA, the mean was 4.025 prior to small group counseling and increased to 4.119 after small group counseling. The median went from 3.985 to 4.005; the mode went from 4.15 to 3.95 and 4.50. The standard deviations went from 0.215 to 0.229. For SAT Math, the mean increased from 619.2 to 636.15, the median went from 623 to 643.5, and the mode went from 625 to 645. The standard deviation increased from 16.036 to 20.86. For SAT Verbal, the mean was 585.15 prior to the small group counseling and increased to 595.05, the median went from 588.5 to 598.5, and the mode was 592 to 590. The standard deviation went from 15.11 to 16.197. For the Test Anxiety Questionnaires, the mean went from 31.45 to 24.25; the median was 30.5 to 23.5, and the mode of 28 to 20 and 37. The standard deviation went from 7.95 to 8.098.

Statistics is defined as “the science that deals with the collection, classification, analysis, and numerical facts or data” (Dictionary.com,2012). Sometimes it is important to analyze statistical data in order to understand how something works or doesn’t work. In the case of American public education, there is tons of statistical data being thrown around, but what do all of these numbers really mean? How does this data help us? Although statistics provide clarity for constant scrutiny to the public education school system, they also help us to understand what were doing wrong in the classroom. In comparison of two different states, Nevada and Wisconsin lay at two very

AP Statistics is a great start to further your education in a math-related field. As this class will look impressive on your transcript and there is a possibility of college credit if you score well enough on the AP exam with accords to your college choice standards. The course will provide an in-depth overview of exploring data, sampling and experimentation, anticipating patterns, and statistical inference. You will study statistics and apply it to intricate problems.

First of all, welcome to the class. I am Sabrina who took statistics in my junior year. I will leave a few words of advice and encouragement that I learned as I stayed on the statistics train, as I wish the best luck on your journey as well.

1 Katz, L. S., Petkau, A., Beaulaurier, J., Tyler, S., Antonova, E. S., Turnsek, M. A., . . . Tarr, C. L. (2013). Evolutionary Dynamics of Vibrio cholerae O1 following a Single-Source Introduction to Haiti. MBio, 4(4). doi:10.1128/mbio.e00398-13 2 July 2013

I found it most difficult to understand the idea of how diverse the usage of statistics in an average day. The idea that probability and other statistical concepts exist in our world through real-life examples fascinates me. This created unrest in me because it is easy to fall into the trap of simply believing what one sees at first glance. This way of thinking could create problematic

What I gathered from the thoughts and facts of the 2014-2015 AP Statistics students, were explicit insights on how rigorous and demanding the class is going to expect from me. I understand my math background has not placed me at the best starting point for AP Statistics, but I also know that statistics is not like algebra. In Algebra I would spend hours after school trying to understand the material, only to receive little to no progress on the days a test. I recognize that in Statistics we will be given homework every day, but will not have it collected or graded all of the time, and acknowledge that it will take discipline, maturity, as well as self motivation to not fall behind and get it accomplished because in the end it could either set

As my transcripts reveal, I have taken substantial courses in both statistics and mathematics. Three years' painstaking study equipped me with a solid mathematical foundation and a deeper understanding of Statistics. I vividly recall the excitement of exchanging ideas with my peers and the achievement of solving questions independently. Moreover, sharing my passion, I helped some of my classmates for the preparation of final exams. I taught them the methods of regression analysis, the connection between stochastic processes and time series, and wide application of mathematical statistics, etc. Through teaching them, my devotion to Statistics became even deeper. In the final evaluation, I received scores above 90 in those statistical lessons. More importantly, my understanding was largely consolidated and

The target population for this study were forty White people from Colorado State University. The use of only white people was because they wanted to reflect the ethnic diversity of Colorado State University. In the year 2013-2014, Colorado State University undergraduates had 22,565 students and 74.36% considered them as white and 2.09% considered them as Black. In the second experiment, fifty-nine participants from Colorado State University participated in this experiment that had course credit in Introductory Psychology. This was a non-probability sample because this does not give all the individuals in the population equal chances of being selected. They only used one college and this college was not as diverse.

Source: G. C. Britz, D. W. Emerling, L. B. Hare, R. W. Hoerl, & J. E. Shade. "How to Teach Others to Apply Statistical Thinking." Quality Progress (June 1997): 67--80.

A study was conducted to determine how health orientated was a group of students in a Psychology 302 Inferential Statistics course. They also examine if those students who are high in health orientation different from those who are low in health orientation. The participant were college students who attend California State University, Los Angeles enrolled in this course. There were 25 participants both female and male from diverse nationalities. We asked the participants to fill out a 30 minute questionnaire that consisted of 12 questions regarding their health. These questions were measured using a 1-7 scale where 1 = not at all, 4 = moderately, 7 = definitely.

So many people complain about all the math, how boring it is, and how everything about it is awful. This is mostly just seems like it is because they don’t understand. Even Alan Smith reportedly was awful at statistics and computer programming, but his quiz which, changed the perspective of over 250,000 people, managed to change his mind. This is fascinating to me. Although I have never taken statistics, I have a predetermined mindset that statistics is not worth taking. I have always been told to take calculus or linguistics or anything else but statistics, because every other class is easier and has a more defined purpose, especially for my major. No one has ever mentioned the impact that statistics can have on people, however. That is what made this Ted Talk so interesting.

Initial statistical courses are exciting, as students are taught the foundations of conducting research by learning about inferential statistics. However, important topics such as power, confidence intervals and effect sizes are briefly discussed and quickly forgotten due to the large amount of new information taught in those courses. Over time, students simply learn to rely on p-values, where p < .05, the null hypothesis is rejected and p > .05, the null hypothesis is retained. Statistics are overwhelming and a lot of practice and reading are required to fully understand how it really works. I am a fourth year student and consider myself as having a higher than average knowledge of statistics compared to most fellow students in my year, but I have a lot to learn and am aware that I still do not understand most of it. That is one reason why NHST is surviving, as it is convenient and a strong statistical knowledge is not needed to apply it in research. The point is that appropriate ways to interpret statistics and ethical research practices should be taught as early as possible to avoid the use of common unethical research practices.