Essays and Research Papers on Mathematics

This 3 page paper answers 12 short questions set by the student concerning statistical data given in a table looking 4 sample groups asking about at the eating habits of male and female students and non students. The bibliography cites 2 sources.

This 5 page paper provides an overview of the geometry of a ship's mast. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 4 page paper provides an overview of the central elements of Pascal's triangle. Bibliography lists 4 sources

A three page address of two specific questions. The first questions regards the usefulness of probability distributions in terms of statistical analysis. The second question asks for the delineation of three specific tools that are useful in the collection of qualitative data. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 11 page paper looks at the work of the ancient mathematician Euclid and his work The Elements. The paper looks briefly at the life of Euclid and then at the work The Elements, including some of the contents of the work and how it may be used. The bibliography cites 7 sources.

A 6 page paper reviewing and discussing this study of why nurses chose to leave their jobs in the mid-1990s. The paper discusses the general focus of the study but concentrates on assessing the authors' use of statistical analyses for appropriate tests, reliability and validity. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 4 page paper explores the idea that there are lower fuel or gas prices just before an election. The paper performs an hypothesis test using primary data of gasoline (petrol) process in the US in election years to try prove, or disprove, that there is a correlation. The paper shows the data and the ...

This 3 page paper uses various statistical methods to predict an advertising budget for Blues, Inc., a company that sells denim wear. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 4 page paper comparing the graphs of raw sales data and three- and five-day moving averages of that data. ABC Floral Shop has data on the number of geraniums it sold over a two-week period and wishes to use that data to forecast demand for other periods. It chooses to assess demand ...

A 7 page paper discussing a report of an assessment of hate crime incidence in the US. "Hate Crime Reported by Victims and Police" (Harlow, 2005) is the report of the statistical analysis of data collected through both quantitative and qualitative methods. It has limitations, but it does provide insight into the degree ...

This 3 page paper uses data already supplied to undertake a regression analysis looking at the level of fatalities that may be excepted in future years as a result of driving with different blood alcohol levels. The bibliography cites 2 sources.

A 5 page paper on the life and works of Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper looks at how and why different types and charts should and can be used. The paper gives a broad overview of the use of graphical tools in communication and the discusses the use of different types of charts including pie charts, vertical and horizontal bar charts, line charts, Gantt charts and ...

This 4 page paper uses a article examining the influences on obesity to look at the way variables are used, identifying the dependant and independent variables and looking at the way the variables are clustered together. The paper also presents a conceptual map of the different variables. The bibliography cites 4 sources.

This 5 page paper provides an overivew of the Turing Test and the views of Alan Turing in regards to the nature of human reasoning. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 3 page paper that begins by briefly explaining what statistics is and the purpose of statistics. The essay discusses how easily it is to misuse statistics, using the example of national teacher salary averages. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This page paper is an example of how to use scientific method to prove or disprove a theory or hypothesis. The paper uses the example of proving that grass which is watered will grow more rapidly that grass which is not watered. The paper demonstrated the use of an hypothesis test using a Chi Squared ...

This 3 page paper uses a basic statistical analysis to examine research results supplied by the student using mean, median, mode, skewness and standard deviation when comparing a new medical treatment with an existing treatment. The bibliography cites 5 sources.

This 7 page paper looks at an article which collects data and then uses the data in an analysis. The article used concerns the influences on maternal mortality in Burkina Faso between 1997 and 2001. The different variables are examined and the way they are clustered is discussed. The paper also presents a conceptual map. ...

This 3 page paper is written in three parts. The first part outlines a general strategy for factoring. The second part of the paper discusses why a lowest common denominator (LCD) is needed when adding and subtracting with rational expressions, the last part of the paper looks at how the common factor may be determined. ...

This 6 page paper examines the role and importance of prime numbers, or prime factors, in cryptology. The paper looks at public key cryptography (PKC) and the RSA algorithm demonstrating the way in which public and private keys are calculated with the use of prime numbers. The bibliography cites 5 sources.

A 3 page memo to Piggy Bank's product development team explaining the process of selecting hypotheses and the rationale of including a null hypothesis. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 7 page paper uses data supplied by the student to assess whether or not there is a link between the length of job experience and the level of wages earned. The paper uses statistical analysis to look at the data and performs an hypothesis test.

This 3-page paper examines the use of Bayesian Theory to determine whether a passenger should purchase hurricane insurance for an October Gulf of Mexico cruise. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 4 page paper undertakes 3 statistics exercises set by the student, using Chi Squared, Mann Whitney, Kruskall-Wallis One Way Analysis of Variance, ANOVA and t-tests based on data supplied by the student.