Management Philosophy
Statistical Behavioral
Methods Tools
•Descriptive Statistics
Collecting and describing data.
•Inferential Statistics
Making decisions based on sample data.
A Characteristic of a:
Population is a Parameter
Sample is a Statistic.
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Inferential Statistics
•Estimation
•Hypothesis
Testing
Data
Categorical Numerical
Discrete Continuous
Print or Electronic
Observation Survey
Experimentation
Probability Samples
Simple
Systematic Stratified Cluster
Random
N = 64
n=8 First Group
k=8
Population
divided into
4 clusters.
Follow up on
•Non Response Error non
responses.
Numerical Data 41, 24, 32, 26, 27, 27, 30, 24, 38, 21
Frequency Distributions
Ordered Array
21, 24, 24, 26, 27, 27, 30, 32, 38, 41 Cumulative Distributions
4 1
Numerical Data 41, 24, 32, 26, 27, 27, 30, 24, 38, 21
120
21, 24, 24, 26, 27, 27, 30, 32, 38, 41 Cumulative Distributions 100
80
60
40
20
0
10 20 30 40 50 60
Display 2 144677
5
Polygons
Tables 0
10 20 30 40 50 60
3 028
4 1
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Tabulating Numerical Data:
•Sort Raw Data in Ascending Order:
12, 13, 17, 21, 24, 24, 26, 27, 27, 30, 32, 35, 37, 38, 41, 43, 44, 46, 53, 58
•Find Range: 58 - 12 = 46
Relative
Class Frequency Frequency Percentage
10 but under 20 3 .15 15
20 but under 30 6 .30 30
30 but under 40 5 .25 25
40 but under 50 4 .20 20
50 but under 60 2 .10 10
Total 20 1 100
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Graphing Numerical Data:
The Histogram
Data in ordered array:
12, 13, 17, 21, 24, 24, 26, 27, 27, 30, 32, 35, 37, 38, 41, 43, 44, 46, 53, 58
H is t o g r a m
7 6
6
Fr e q u e n c y
5
5 4
4 3
No Gaps
3 2 Between
2
1
Bars
0 0
0
5 15 25 36 45 55 M ore
4
3
0
5 15 25 36 45 55 M ore
Class Midpoints
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Tabulating Numerical Data:
Cumulative Frequency
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
10 20 30 40 50 60
Class Boundaries
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Organizing Categorical Data
Univariate Data:
Categorical Data
Graphing Data
Tabulating Data
The Summary Table
Pie Charts
Graphing Data
Tabulating Data
The Summary Table
Pie Charts
In v e s t o r ' s P o r f o lio
S a vi n g s
CD
B onds
S to c k s
0 10 20 30 40 50
A m o u n t in K $
Amount Invested in K$
Savings
15%
Stocks
CD 42%
14%
Percentages are
rounded to the
Bonds
nearest percent.
29%
•Contingency Tables
•Side by Side Charts
CD
B onds
S toc k s
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
100 25
0 0
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Mean Mode
Median Range Coefficient of
Variation
Midrange Variance
Standard Deviation
Midhinge
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Measures of Central Tendency
Central Tendency
Midhinge
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The Mean (Arithmetic Average)
•It is the Arithmetic Average of data values:
x
n
xi xi x2 xn
i 1
Sample Mean n n
•The Most Common Measure of Central Tendency
•Affected by Extreme Values (Outliers)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 14
Mean = 5 Mean = 6
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The Median
•Important Measure of Central Tendency
•In an ordered array, the median is the
“middle” number.
•If n is odd, the median is the middle number.
•If n is even, the median is the average of the 2
middle numbers.
•Not Affected by Extreme Values
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 14
Median = 5 Median = 5
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The Mode
•A Measure of Central Tendency
•Value that Occurs Most Often
•Not Affected by Extreme Values
•There May Not be a Mode
•There May be Several Modes
•Used for Either Numerical or Categorical Data
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
No Mode
Mode = 9
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Midrange
•A Measure of Central Tendency
•Average of Smallest and Largest
Observation:
x l arg est x smallest
Midrange
2
•Affected by Extreme Value
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Midrange = 5 Midrange = 5
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Quartiles
• Not a Measure of Central Tendency
• Split Ordered Data into 4 Quarters
•Data
Not Affected
in Ordered by11Extreme
Array: 12 13 16Values
16 17 18 21 22
Q1 Q 3 12 .5 19 .5
Midhinge = 16
2 2
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Summary Measures
x i x
2
Summary Measures s
2
n 1
Mean Mode
n Median Range Coefficient of
xi Variation
i 1
n Variance
Midrange
Midhinge Standard Deviation
7 8 9 10 11 12 7 8 9 10 11 12
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Interquartile Range
• Measure of Variation
• Also Known as Midspread:
Spread in the Middle 50%
X i X 2
•For the Sample: s
n 1
X i X
2
For the Sample : use n - 1
s in the denominator.
n1
Data: Xi : 10 12 14 15 17 18 18 24
s= (10 16)2 (12 16)2 (14 16)2 (15 16)2 (17 16)2 (18 16)2 (24 16)2
81
= 4.2426
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Comparing Standard Deviations
Data : X i : 10 12 14 15 17 18 18 24
N= 8 Mean =16
X i X
2
s = = 4.2426
n 1
X i
2
= 3.9686
N
Value for the Standard Deviation is larger for data considered as a Sample.
Data B
Mean = 15.5
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 s = .9258
Data C
Mean = 15.5
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 s = 4.57
4 6 8 10 12