MAT 273 Tiffin University Wk 2 Data Application Analysis

describe your educational career path/interest. Next, either collect your own data set by asking a sample group your unbiased research question, use an applicable data set from the internet, or choose one from the library link at Sage Stats which can be cut and pasted in an EXCEL file. (Also see the Tiffin library Sage Stats User Guide for help using website). Remember that this topic should align with your degree so that the knowledge that you gain is practical and helpful in your future career.

Upload the EXCEL data set related to a topic of interest to you. It may be a data set you found or one that you created by doing an experiment. Then, answer each of the following in a separate word document:

MAT273 Initial data analysis
Name:
Upload the EXCEL data set that you will be using for the rest of the project.
1. Describe the nature of the data set: Where and how did you get it?
List any citations necessary. What do the column(s) of numbers
represent?
2. From the uploaded data set, identify the variables of interest
3. Find the Mean
4. Find the Median
5. Find the Mode
6. Which measure of central tendency best fits the data? Why do you
think so?
7. Compute and explain the meaning of your standard deviation
8. Cut and paste a normal bell curve below. List out the six sigma limits
specific to your data set beneath the appropriate space in the curve.
Paste your data set and descriptive statistics from EXCEL below