{"id":240094,"date":"2022-04-10T04:13:48","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T04:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nursingstudy.org\/statistics-concepts-and-descriptive-measures"},"modified":"2026-10-13T22:49:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T22:49:43","slug":"statistics-concepts-and-descriptive-measures","status":"publish","type":"paper_example","link":"https:\/\/nursingstudy.org\/examples\/statistics-concepts-and-descriptive-measures\/","title":{"rendered":"Statistics Concepts and Descriptive Measures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> I need help with a Statistics question. All explanations and answers will be used to help me learn. <\/p>\n<p><!--googleon: index--> <\/p>\n<h2>Assignment Content<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<section>\n<fieldset>\n<p>      <strong>Purpose of Assignment <\/strong>The purpose of this assignment to orient students to the key concepts in statistics. This assignment will introduce students to the language of statistics. Students will also get a chance to warm-up on evaluating some basic descriptive statistics using Excel\u00ae prior to the course start.<br \/>\n      <strong> <\/strong><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <strong>Assignment Steps<\/strong>This assignment has an Excel\u00ae dataset spreadsheet attached. You will be required to only do one of the three datasets.<br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <strong>Resource:<\/strong> Microsoft Excel\u00ae, Statistics Concepts and Descriptive Measures Data Set<br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <strong>Download<\/strong> the Statistics Concepts and Descriptive Measures Data Set.<br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <strong>Choose<\/strong> one of the following datasets to complete this assignment:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Consumer Food<\/li>\n<li>Financial<\/li>\n<li>Hospital<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n      <strong>Answer<\/strong> each of the following in a total of 90 words:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For each column, identify whether the data is qualitative or quantitative.<\/li>\n<li>Identify the level of measurement for the data in each column.<\/li>\n<li>For each column containing quantitative data:<\/li>\n<li>Evaluate the mean and median<\/li>\n<li>Interpret the mean and median in plain non-technical terms<\/li>\n<li>Use the Excel =AVERAGE function to find the mean<\/li>\n<li>Use the Excel =MEDIAN function to find the median<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>For each column containing quantitative data:<\/li>\n<li>Evaluate the standard deviation and range<\/li>\n<li>Interpret the standard deviation and range in plain non-technical terms<\/li>\n<li>Use the Excel =STDEV.S function to find the standard deviation<\/li>\n<li>For range (maximum value minus the minimum value), find the maximum value using the Excel =MAX function and find the minimum value using the Excel&#8217;s =MIN function<strong> <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n      <strong>Submit<\/strong> your assignment.<br \/>\n      <br \/>Materials:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Statistics Concepts and Descriptive Measures Grading Guide<\/li>\n<li>Statistics Concepts and Descriptive Measures Data Set<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h6>Resources<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Statistics Concepts and Descriptive Measures Grading Guide<\/li>\n<li>Center for Writing Excellence<\/li>\n<li>Reference and Citation Generator<\/li>\n<li>Grammar and Writing Guides<\/li>\n<li>Learning Team Toolkit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/fieldset>\n<\/section>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I need help with a Statistics question. 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