Misuse of statistics

Investigating the effect of cannibalism on light tolerance In this experiment, these people tested whether light tolerance could be transferred through chemical compounds in a species of flatworms. This idea was based off the fact that flatworms could apparently still have memories even if cut in two. What these people wanted to investigate was whether certain "memories" or acquired traits could be retained in a dead worm cut in half and transferred to another worm without the trait being lost.…

Brachialis muscle was seen uniformly to be consisting of 2 heads, superficial and deep. The superficial head forming the main bulk of the muscle originated from the anteromedial and anterolateral surface of the middle third of humerus ,embracing the deltoid insertion. In addition it also had attachement to the adjoining part of the lateral intermuscular septum. Its fibers ran vertically and terminated in a thick tendon to be inserted onto the ulnar tuberosity. Fibers of…

Does Strength Training Exercises Help to Reduce Stress Among College Students? How stress is experienced and tolerated varies by all individuals. The purpose of this study was to assess if engaging in 2 days or more of strength training exercises results in lower stress levels among college students at the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO). After a careful review of the data the hypothesis was that those who engage in 2 days or more of strength training exercises would experience lower…

An 10X12 IR was used to produce the image and the SID was set at 40”. The Right Phantom foot was placed in the center of the IR. The CR was aligned perpendicular to IR to medial malleoli. A 4-sided collimation was created that included outer margins of the foot and ankle. A 68kVp, a 3.2mAs and a small FS was selected. The right marker was placed in IR. PACER Patient in a lateral recumbent position, affected side down. Flex affected limb 45°. Center and align ankle joint to CR. The plantar…

Analysis BASE-6 Analysis Jacobson-Truax Classifications. The first step in analysis was to classify each participant according to the Jacobson-Truax framework. Descriptive statistics resulting from this process can be seen in Table 5. According to this framework, the majority of clients either recovered or did not significantly change. Those in the improved class began on average with the highest score (representing most severe symptoms) but also improved the most on average, even slightly more…

To complement these findings, a by-item analysis was conducted to investigate the relationship between the dependent measures. The relationships worthy of noting are the following. The mean proportion of involuntary subvocalizations of an object was positively correlated to the mean proportion of perceived immediacy associated with that object name, r = ##, a coefficient that was significant given the number of observations (n = 60), Fisher's r to z, p <.## (all subsequent p values for…

In order to discuss the differences between clinical and statistical significance, it is important to understand what each means separately. According to Polit & Beck, statistical significance refers to "the results from an analysis of sample data are unlikely to have been caused by chance, at a specific level of probability" (2018). On the other hand, Polit & Beck define clinical significance as “the practical importance of research results in terms of whether they have genuine, palpable…

of 54,555 square miles. While in Wyoming, 2,207 police officers are employed for a land area of 97,813 square miles (U.S. Department of Justice 2011 and U.S. Census- Geography Product Branch 2012). The importance of the differences in these two statistics is that in New York there are roughly 1.5 police officers per square mile while in Wyoming there is not even one police officer per square mile. This idea is furthered when considering that in New York technically speaking a police officer only…

The Queensland government commissioned this report to evaluate the needs of the 4034 postcode in the coming 10-15 years. The postcode of 4034 includes various suburbs such as Carseldine, Zillmere, Boondall, Geebung and Aspley. The postcode of 4034 has the total population of 20,150 people. This report will state the needs of the postcode that will be required by citizens to in the suburbs to increase the liveability of the area in the coming 10-15 years. The services that will be outlined in…

The “Summary of Assessment Items” that is listed on pages 158 and 159, contain the percentage score for each of the seven categories (Fisher, 2004). The scores are compiled from the homeland security assessment that was performed by the designated assessment teams. These assessment scores are derived from information outlined, and based on the Baldrige Criteria for homeland security. The focus of the scores from the Summary of Assessment Items is to determine where an organization’s strengths…