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[Australian_Idol]

1(20+1)
---------- = 5.25
4

that doesnt = 5.25 lol

it equals 5.5.... so thats prolli y ur wrong and excel is right

and FUCK this thread has scared the shit out of me :|

What the.........? How does 21/4 = 5.5? It equals 5.25.

 

[Australian_Idol]

Hey, I'm really confused with Question 4 part b)? I've found the positioning points but I don't know how to find the quartile values. When I calculate it myself, I get a different answer to what I get when I use Excel. Please help. Ok, for Central Office 1, I got 5.25 for the positioning point of the first Quartile. What am I supposed to do after that? Do I average the values on the sides of the positioning point? Like 0.93 + 0.97/2. Or do I work it out the way it is worked out in Thinking Challenge in our lecture notes? Which is; 0.93 +.25 *(0.97 -0.93).
Or do I work it out using one of the ways that is shown in the textbook on page 92. Which is I round the positioning point to the nearest integer and select the numerical value of the corresponding observation.

 

[stazi]

Hey, I'm really confused with Question 4 part b)? I've found the positioning points but I don't know how to find the quartile values. When I calculate it myself, I get a different answer to what I get when I use Excel. Please help. Ok, for Central Office 1, I got 5.25 for the positioning point of the first Quartile. What am I supposed to do after that? Do I average the values on the sides of the positioning point? Like 0.93 + 0.97/2. Or do I work it out the way it is worked out in Thinking Challenge in our lecture notes? Which is; 0.93 +.25 *(0.97 -0.93).
Or do I work it out using one of the ways that is shown in the textbook on page 92. Which is I round the positioning point to the nearest integer and select the numerical value of the corresponding observation.

thats what happens to me too. I've written about this

 

[ToO LaZy ^*]

what the hell are outliers?
eg in Q2 f)
Draw histog...Are there any outliers?

and Q3 b)
How does Australia compare? Does it look as if australia might be an outlier?

 

[stazi]

what the hell are outliers?
eg in Q2 f)
Draw histog...Are there any outliers?

and Q3 b)
How does Australia compare? Does it look as if australia might be an outlier?

countries whose politicians lie a lot. The US from memory is the biggest outlier

 

[ToO LaZy ^*]

you're not very helpful for a uni nerd that you are.

 

[stazi]

you're not very helpful for a uni nerd that you are.

I LOVE UNI!!!! Especially maths. Well not really the latter. I do love tig though.

Outliers are explained in the text book. I really can't remember the exact way to calculate them. Look them up under the emperical rule

 

[s.m.i.t.h]

my week has been packed
and i havent started the assignment yet
can someone just tell me if its hard and/or time consuming?
thanks

 

[stazi]

its easy but time consuming. There are some unclear questions though.

 

[s.m.i.t.h]

can question one be hand writen? cos ive already jotted down my answers on paper

also how do we paraphrase lines of info from the website?
thanks

 

[spin spin sugar]

can someone else who has an 8am monday wkshop email their tutor and ask if the workshop is on monday, mine said its not but i dont trust him

 

[absolution*]

its not on poopoobrains

 

[stazi]

poopoobrains has a name. gracey gracey arsey facey

 

[Soaphiae]

can someone else who has an 8am monday wkshop email their tutor and ask if the workshop is on monday, mine said its not but i dont trust him

I emailed mine, and he said next workshop is on the 11th.

 

[stazi]

you lucky lucky people. I hope you all explode.

 

[s.m.i.t.h]

for question 1
how do u work out standard deviation?
after clicking on stdv what do u put in the pop ups?

 

[Komit]

just press data analysis >descriptive statistics and it does all of them. delete whatever you don't need.

What the fuck is with 2(b) is it that simple or is it some trick question that has something to do with Tig and his legal case with those optometrists?

 

[QuaCk]

shouldn't they have notified us on blackboard or something about cancelled 8am workshops for monday?
i'm guessing a lot of people won't hear about it ...

suckers hehe

 

[s.m.i.t.h]

for question 1f)
what are u meant to end up with?
i ended up with a number 0.221280026
is that correct? i dont know how to answer second part of the question?

 

[Komit]

I got that too. It basically means that there is a weak linear relationship. Expand on that.....

For question 2 do we have to show if we have worked out the descriptive stats manually or is it solely Excel work?