Essays and Research Papers on Mathematics

A 6 page paper finding the design shortcomings of a test of tire longevity and discussing appropriate statistical measures that should be used. Winston Tire Company claims its new tires last for 40,000 miles. This is presented not as a guarantee of minimum mileage purchasers can expect, but rather as an average. ...

A 6 page paper offering a study design for assessing the claims of the manufacturer of a gas additive that users will achieve a minimum of 25 percent increased fuel efficiency with the use of its product. The purpose here is to identify appropriate statistical tests of data, including ANOVA, Chi-square and similar statistical ...

This 4 page paper looks at probability and how it is used in society. Gambling, the insurance industry and politics are areas referenced. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 5-page paper undertakes various cost analysis regression of Lincoln Community Hospital in New York to determine its financial problems. The regressions are also analyzed here.

A 6 page paper discussing application of descriptive statistics to incomes in New York and Texas as reported by the US Census Bureau. The paper does not provide figures beyond mean and standard deviation, but it discusses those two values in addition to median, mode, range, confidence interval, t-test and ANOVA. The paper ...

This 5 page paper examines the Wassily Leontief Input Output Models, looks at the assumption and the way in this is calculated with example calculations throughout. The bibliography cites 4 sources.

A 10 page paper presenting a business statistics exercise. Acme Doors manufactures garage doors that have been found to vary widely in final weight in the plant, a matter that can affect long-term performance and customers’ views of the level of quality of the product. A tenet of TQM is that quality increases ...

This 3 page report discusses the practical application of certain statistical concepts: Mean, mode, and median; frequency distribution, and; sampling. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 6 page paper discussing the concept of integer factorization, providing examples and listing several shortcuts. Integer factorization can be difficult to grasp at first, but it becomes quite easy with practice and with assimilation of the shortcuts common in finding factors of a number. The factor tree is useful for identifying the ...

A 4 page paper analyzing a study and suggesting descriptive statistics that could have been used in data analysis. Thomson (2001) sought to determine whether the existence of community networks enhances the social capital in rural Scotland. She chose to study a single community network site, assessing the qualities of the site and ...

A 5 page paper discussing reliability and validity. The paper begins with defining the terms; how they relate to each other; and why they are important in statistics. It then identifies statistical tests, and concludes with an example. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

The 7-page paper focuses on statistical evaluation methods, qualitative and quantitative techniques for collecting data and methods of how to present data once it is collected. Particular focus on is placed on the Kirkpatrick and Phillips models of data collection.

This 5-page paper discusses the doomed ship, the S.S. Titanic in terms of stastical analysis of passengers. Conclusions to be drawn were that those saved on the lifeboats tended to be of the wealthy, more privileged class. Bibliography lists 1 source. (available in French translation).

This 3 page papers shows the student how to perform calculations to convert imperial to metric conversion and exchange rate calculations. The student asks specific questions and these are shown in a step by step manner so that a student could follow the same steps with other questions. The bibliography cites 3 sources.

This 8-page paper determines if it's good business sense for a fiberglass door manufacturing company to enter China. The case study also includes two statistical tools to determine if this is a good idea. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A paper which looks at the common perception in Western civilisation that the Greeks were responsible for the origins of science and rationality, with reference to pre-Hellenistic theories and the ways in which science can be defined. Bibliography lists 10 sources

This 6-page paper discusses some statistical terms and when they are used such as bivariate and univariate analysis and regression versus crosstabulation. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 12 page overview of stem cell research and the potentially wonderful applications that research could be applied to in the future. The author emphasizes, however, that stem cell utilization requires the harvest of cells. The primary donors are aborted fetuses. The contention is presented that until that limitation can be overcome, ...

This 7 page paper shows the student how to carry out an hypothesis test using chi squared to ascertain if there is a relationship between depression and pain in reflex sympathetic dystrophy patients. The paper demonstrates the process of hypothesis testing and shows the calculation for the chi squared test. The bibliography cites 7 sources. ...

A 7 page paper answering six general statistics questions, such as “When should you use an ANOVA (analysis of variance) and when should you use linear regression?” and “What are the appropriate univariate, analytical and inferential statistics to use with data measured at the nominal and ordinal levels?” Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 5 page paper uses SPSS to show the student how to perform specific calculations, the paper shows the result, but does mot give instructions.

This 9 page paper looks at how division may be taught to children, looking at the different ways a rectangles may be divided, the use of tables to identify a pattern, and how these can be used to show a student how maths and division works. The bibliography cites 4 sources.

This 6 page paper uses results generated by SPSS following a survey undertaken by the student and gives an analysis of the results, giving figures such as mean, median, mode, range and standard deviation, and looks at frequencies and then interprets the figures. The survey concerned child welfare, specifically poverty and abuse. The bibliography cites ...

A 7 page paper responding to the Week 4 simulation for University of Phoenix course QNT/530 - Statistics and Research Methods for Managerial Decision-Making. Six questions pose various points about Coffee Time’s decisions for maintaining and stocking two coffee kiosks during an Asian Sales festival. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 4 page paper analyzing a study and suggesting descriptive statistics that could have been used in data analysis. Thomson (2001) sought to determine whether the existence of community networks enhances the social capital in rural Scotland. She chose to study a single community network site, assessing the qualities of the site and ...