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ISE SUMMER PROJECT 2015 Probability, randomness, and chance should be central in any STEM pedagogical model. The concepts of randomness and chance play a very significant role in the essence of all sciences, and especially in the empirical sciences. Randomness is a critical component of biological modeling at many levels in a wide range of systems. The fundamental axioms of the quantum paradigm in physics are, by definition, essentially stochastic. Economics uses the randomness in human thought…

1997). However, it is worth noting that the application of probability or assigning of probability to the events in the effort to gratifying the axioms of probability follows some rules or basics (Grinstead et al, 1997). One of the basics is the random variable that refers to the quantity with uncertain expected future values. For instance, it is of uncertainty to determine the price of the products in the near future given the changing dynamic…

have complete control, errors do occur. Measurement error is the difference between the research value assigned and the true value. “Measurement error occurs at the time of data collection and is a type of non-sampling error” (Bavdaz, 2010, p. 25). Random error is an error that occurs without any pattern, while systematic errors are the result of bias. Systematic error occurs…

THE CONCEPTS OF NEGATIVE BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION AND ITS APPLICATIONS IN REAL LIFE. BY OWUSU BRIGHT. INTRODUCTION In centuries, human activities where outcomes are described either as success or failure, has been a concern in the history of probability and statistics. In the act of tossing a coin, throwing a die to obtain a 6, either a machine work or fails, a student passing an exam or not and so on are events whose end results are either a yes or no, good or bad, present or absent, success or…

1. What is an exact probability model for the number of automobile accidents over the past year for the 50 medical interns? (Note: The 11 reported accidents include both police-reported and non-police-reported accidents). Answer:- Fixed Proportion = .065 Number of interns involved in accident last year = total number of interns*.065. n = .065*It where n denoted interns in an accident and It denotes the total number of interns. P(n) = ItCn*.065^n*.935^(It-n)......from .binomial probability…

assessment also included measures of other potential confounds, namely Type A personality and loneliness. Using stratified random sampling, an equal number of students were assigned to one of three stress management apps, specifically Rest & Relax Guided Meditations (App 1),…

while some of these studies attempt to prove causation, it is impossible with a correlational design method. Regardless of a positive or negative correlation, it cannot be used to prove causation. In several of the studies there is a small sample size, or even a sample size that is not indicative of the entire population. Additionally there is no knowledge of whether or not the studies used a double blind technique. If a double blind technique is used there is no researcher bias. Without this…

of its production line workers. A random sample of 71 production line employees were chosen for the survey and the test data results were collected accordingly. The resulting data also includes whether each employee in the sample took a statistics course or not. Ace would like to examine this data in order to prepare analysis report to the management team. Statistical Results 1. In this study of test scores and took statistics course, each variable in the sample data is characterized by…

Call bells ringing, heart monitors beeping, patients crying out in pain, and nurses sprinting from room to room. All of these are common sights and sounds in hospitals these days: especially with the increasing numbers of hospitalized patients and a decrease in the amount of nursing staff available. While being down a nurse or two on a unit may not seem like the end of the world to some, it is a huge crisis in hospitals these days. Understaffed nurses are being forced to take on more patients…

Pre-Lab Questions 1. A population is a group of the same species that live in the same area and sometimes compete or can mutually benefit one another. A group of organisms will only be considered a population if they live in the same area in space and time. N is the true population size for a given group of organisms. This number is unlikely to be completely known. Whereas N hat is an estimate of population size. 2. There are two methods of sampling, direct and indirect. Direct sampling is an…