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    Interval level of measure classifies and order measurement, but also determine the distance between each interval on a scale that labels low to the high interval. An example is an emergency room nurse may ask her patient to tell her on a scale 1-10, which number would represent the pain they are encountering. Also, a temperature can be used as an interval level of measure in determining the distance between 94 and 96 Celsius degree is the same distance as the temperature of 100 Celsius to 102 Celsius(Statistic

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    Exercise 11 What demographic variables were measured at least at the interval level of measurement? (Grove 79) Age, income, length of labour, return to work, and number of hours per working week were the demographic variables measured at the least interval f measurement. What statistics were used to describe the length of labor in this study? Were these appropriate? (Grove 79) Mean and standard deviation were used to describe the length of labor in the study. These were appropriate because mean

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    Ordinal Level

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    The level of measurement for the variable home, would be the nominal level. There are five categories, house, duplex, trailer, apartment, and other. Nominal level data is put into categories with no certain order, and the most typical description of nominal level data is frequencies and percentages (Statistics Solution, 2018). Because the categories in home do not have to be in any certain order, the variable would be nominal.     The level of measurement for the variable arrest would be the ordinal

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    Statistics in Business

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    are nominal, ordinal, interval and ratio. In the nominal level of measurement numerical values name the attributes with no order. In the ordinal level of measurement that attributes can be ranked or ordered but the distances between them do not have meaning. In the interval level there is meaning in the distance between the attributes and this can be interpreted. Absolute zero or no number less than zero is meaningful in ratio measurements in order to construct a ratio or fraction (Stine & Foster

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    statistics used in the workplace, what is one example of descriptive statistics used in the workplace and what is one example of inferential statistics used in the workplace. Plus how is data at each of the four levels of measurement used in the workplace? If the workplace does not use all four levels, describe how such data could be used. What are the advantages of accurate interpretation of statistical information to improve decisions making in the

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    Nominal Scale Nominal scale is also known as labels. It is most commonly used for labelling variables without any quantitative values assigned to it. In this classification of data is done without any measurement. Example: We can understand the nominal scale in more detail with below example: A normal question asked to a boy that what is the colour of his hairs and below options are given to him. a.) Black b.) Brown c.) Gray d.) Blonde e.) Other If you notice in above example all the mentioned

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    such problems and what needs to be done to improve job satisfaction among the employees. All variables used in this study are important because each variable will allow one to see the different outcomes. The variables used in this study are at the level of education, gender, position, commute time, as well

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    the independent variable and dependent variable. Step 2: establishing the level of significance. Step 3: selecting a one-tailed or two-tailed test. Step 4: conducting the test and excel and providing the results as an excel output. Step 5: calculating the degree of freedom. Step 6: stating the critical value to exceed by the calculated test statistic. Lastly, Step 7: comparing the calculated test statistic and to the level of significance and making a decision about the results. The following steps

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    prefers to use process level alignment to get different perspective. However, this method might deliver result which illustrate not only in process level but also in corporate level view. As comparison, alignment study by Raymond and Bergeron (2008) examines technology capabilities specifically related to e-business. Meanwhile,

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    Presented to: Dennis Natali Faculty for BUS 226-125 Index Abstract……………………………………………………………...1 Background Information…………………………………………….2 Types of Statistical methods Employed……………………………..2 Description of data Types of Variables, Levels of Measurement……………………3-4 Histogram……………………………………………………….4-5 Numerical Measures………………………………………….....6 Probability Box Plot………………………………………………………...7 Contingency table………………………………………………8 Distribution………………………………………………………..9 Confidence Interval………………………………………………

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