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Statistics Concepts and Descriptive Measures Grading Guide

QNT/561 Version 9

Applied Business Research and Statistics

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Individual Assignment: Statistics Concepts and Descriptive Measures

Purpose of Assignment

The purpose of this assignment to orient students to the key concepts in statistics. This assignment will introduce students to the language of statistics. Students will also get a chance to warm-up on evaluating some basic descriptive statistics using Excel prior to the course start.

Resources Required

• Microsoft Excel®

• Statistics Concepts and Descriptive Measures Data Set

Grading Guide

|Content |Met |Partially Met |Not Met |Comments: |

|Download the Consumer Food, Financial, or Hospital Excel® Data | | | | |

|Set. | | | | |

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|Note: you have to work on only ONE dataset and not ALL. | | | | |

|Answer each of the following in a total 90 words: | | | | |

|For each column, identify whether the data is qualitative or | | | | |

|quantitative. | | | | |

|Identify the level of measurement for the data in each column. | | | | |

|For each column containing quantitative data: | | | | |

|Evaluate the mean and median | | | | |

|Interpret the mean and median in plain non-technical terms | | | | |

|Use the Excel =AVERAGE function to find the mean | | | | |

|Use the Excel =MEDIAN function to find the median | | | | |

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|For each column containing quantitative data: | | | | |

|Evaluate the standard deviation and range | | | | |

|Interpret the standard deviation and range in plain | | | | |

|non-technical terms | | | | |

|Use the Excel =STDEV.S function to find the standard deviation | | | | |

|For range (maximum value minus the minimum value), find the | | | | |

|maximum value using the Excel =MAX function and find the | | | | |

|minimum value using the Excel’s =MIN function | | | | |

| | |Total Available |Total Earned | |

| | | | | |

| | |85 |#/85 | |

|Writing Guidelines |Met |Partially Met |Not Met |Comments: |

|Intellectual property is recognized with in-text citations and | | | | |

|a reference page. | | | | |

|Paragraph and sentence transitions are present, logical, and | | | | |

|maintain the flow throughout the paper. | | | | |

|Sentences are complete, clear, and concise. | | | | |

|Rules of grammar and usage are followed including spelling and | | | | |

|punctuation. | | | | |

| | |Total Available |Total Earned | |

|  | |35 |#/35 | |

|Assignment Total |

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