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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//ABISOURCE//DTD XHTML plus AWML 2.2//EN" "http://www.abisource.com/2004/xhtml-awml/xhtml-awml.mod"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:awml="http://www.abisource.com/2004/xhtml-awml/"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="application/xhtml+xml; charset=UTF-8" /> <title> Abiword HTML Document </title> </head> <body> <div> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%;border:0.00pt solid #000000;border-collapse:collapse;empty-cells:show;table-layout:fixed"> <tr> <td rowspan="" colspan="" style="padding: 0.00pt;background-color:#003399;border:0.00pt solid #000000"> <p> <span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Arial'">Histograms</span><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:'Arial'"></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:'Arial';color:#ffffff">Assignment</span> </p> </td> <td rowspan="" colspan="" style="padding: 0.00pt;background-color:#003399;border:0.00pt solid #000000"> <p> <a name="_GoBack"> </a> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="padding: 0.00pt;border:0.00pt solid #000000"> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial'">Software can be a very productive tool for statistical research and analysis. For this assignment, you are going to perform descriptive analysis using the Statdisk software.</span><a href="https://www.statdisk.org/accounts/login/?next=/">https://www.statdisk.org/accounts/login/?next=/</a> </p> <p> </p> <p> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial'">To complete this assignment, you will take screenshots of your work and paste them into this file.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial'">If you need help capturing screenshots, you can get instructions for</span><a href="http://graphicssoft.about.com/cs/general/ht/winscreenshot.htm"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial'">Windows</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial'"> and</span><a href="http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/screencapturemac/ht/macscreenshot.htm"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial'">Macintosh</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial'">. You</span><span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial'">MUST submit ALL of the screenshots described</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial'"> to get credit for this assignment.</span> </p> <p> </p> <p> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial'">Once you have started the Statdisk application, do the following:</span> </p> <p> </p> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial'">Load a dataset of your choosing into the Sample Editor. Capture a screen shot of the data set in the Sample Editor and paste it below the instructions on this page.</span> <ul awml:style="List Paragraph"> <li> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial'">Resize the Sample Editor to make sure as much of the data set as possible is visible on the screen, but it's not necessary that every value be shown.</span> </li> <li> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial'"></span><span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial'">Generate 3 histograms according to the instructions below. Capture a screen shot of each histogram and paste it below. Be sure to identify which column from the dataset you used to generate the histogram. (3 points for each histogram)</span> </li> <li> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial'">Histogram #1 – For plot options, select Auto-Fit, Frequency (Counts)</span> </li> <li> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial'">Histogram #2 – For plot options, select Auto-Fit, Relative Freq. (%)</span> </li> <li> <span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial'"></span><span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Arial'">Identify which of the 3 histograms best summarizes the data set and explain why. Also, describe in your own words what you've learned about the data set from the histograms. Include comments about the distribution and range of values. Use percentages to compare two or more columns. (8 points)</span> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </td> </tr> </table> <p> </p> </div> </body></html> ">
