Statistics Hypothesis: According to Heathline.com say that men older than 19 years must drink an average 13 cups of water per day. I believe that the actual mean is less than that. Data collection: The population is students from Johnson and Wales and the sample is the 50 Johnson and Wales students. Ratio: Ratio because it is highest level of measurement and has a true zero. Skewness is a measure of asymmetry of a data set relative to the mean. A data set in which the mean is greater than the median is skewed to the right while a data set in which the mean is less than the median is said to be skewed to the left. We can also determine the skewness of a data set by observing its graph or by calculating the skewness coefficient. For the data set of the number of glasses of water drank per day, we can determine the skewness by first generating a histogram using Excel. From the shape of the histogram generated by Excel, it seems that the data is slightly skewed to the right. We also compare the mean and the median, and notice that the mean is 8.2, which is greater than the median which is 8.0, and therefore indicating a slight skewness to the right. We can also determine the skewness by observing the skewness coefficient in the Descriptive Statistics table generated by Excel’s Data Analysis Tool Pak. The coefficient of skewness is 0.5444 (to 4 decimal places). We notice that the value of the skewness coefficient. We determine if this skewness coefficient is statistically significant for the distribution. Data is generally said to be highly skewed if it has a coefficient of skewness that is outside the range of -1 to +1 (Ekstrom, 2012; Rayner, 1995). Significantly right-skewed data have coefficient of skewness values more than +1 while significantly less-skewed data have coefficient of skewness less than -1. (Rayner, 1995). The coefficient of skewed data in this case is within the range for a data set that is not skewed. The value of the coefficient of skewness in this case is not statistically significant. Since the coefficient is a positive value but less than +1, the conclusion we can make is that the data is not skewed and is approximately normal. If we became stricter with our conclusion, then we can say that the data is only slightly skewed to the right (slightly positively skewed). References Ekstrom, M. (2012). A general measure of skewness. Statistics & Probability Letters, 82(8), 1559-1568. Rayner, J.C.W. (1995). Interpreting the skewness coefficient. Communications in Statistics – Theory and Methods, 24(3), 593-600. Scanned with CamScanner Scanned with CamScanner Scanned with CamScanner Scanned with CamScanner Jennifer L. Naegele Dr. Ken Zula HAD - 504 February 19, 2020 Discussion Board 11 Develop a critique of the behavior of certain members of the board of directors who were involved in the case study described in the chapter. Identify and describe the principal error in board b.

1. Statistics
Hypothesis:
According to Heathline.com say that men older than 19 years
must drink an average 13 cups of water per day. I believe that
the actual mean is less than that.
Data collection:
The population is students from Johnson and Wales and the
sample is the 50 Johnson and Wales students.

2. Ratio:
Ratio because it is highest level of measurement and has a true
zero.
Skewness is a measure of asymmetry of a data set relative to the
mean. A data set in which the mean is greater than the median is
skewed to the right while a data set in which the mean is less
than the median is said to be skewed to the left. We can also
determine the skewness of a data set by observing its graph or
by calculating the skewness coefficient.
For the data set of the number of glasses of water drank per day,
we can determine the skewness by first generating a histogram
using Excel. From the shape of the histogram generated by
Excel, it seems that the data is slightly skewed to the right. We
also compare the mean and the median, and notice that the mean
is 8.2, which is greater than the median which is 8.0, and
therefore indicating a slight skewness to the right. We can also
determine the skewness by observing the skewness coefficient
in the Descriptive Statistics table generated by Excel’s Data
Analysis Tool Pak. The coefficient of skewness is 0.5444 (to 4
decimal places). We notice that the value of the skewness
coefficient. We determine if this skewness coefficient is
statistically significant for the distribution. Data is generally
said to be highly skewed if it has a coefficient of skewness that

3. is outside the range of -1 to +1 (Ekstrom, 2012; Rayner, 1995).
Significantly right-skewed data have coefficient of skewness
values more than +1 while significantly less-skewed data have
coefficient of skewness less than -1. (Rayner, 1995). The
coefficient of skewed data in this case is within the range for a
data set that is not skewed.
The value of the coefficient of skewness in this case is not
statistically significant. Since the coefficient is a positive value
but less than +1, the conclusion we can make is that the data is
not skewed and is approximately normal. If we became stricter
with our conclusion, then we can say that the data is only
slightly skewed to the right (slightly positively skewed).
References
Ekstrom, M. (2012). A general measure of skewness. Statistics
& Probability Letters, 82(8),
1559-1568.
Rayner, J.C.W. (1995). Interpreting the skewness coefficient.
Communications in Statistics –
Theory and Methods, 24(3), 593-600.
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Jennifer L. Naegele
Dr. Ken Zula
HAD - 504
February 19, 2020
Discussion Board 11
Develop a critique of the behavior of certain members of the
board of directors who were involved in the case study
described in the chapter. Identify and describe the principal
error in board behavior that encompassed the majority of events
that went wrong.
References
Fallon Jr., L. Fleming, & McConnell, Charles R. (2019). Human
Resource Management in Health Care Principles and Practice.
Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning

5. Math 2001 Term Project (25 points total)
DUE DATES:
Part 1: 12/12
Part 2: 1/9
The rest: 2/21 e-mailed or 2/25 in person by 6 PM.
PART 1: Hypothesis (2 points) – You must form a hypothesis
about something that you find interesting. It must be something
easily measurable and numeric and the hypothesis must be
based on either supporting or arguing against an outside source
– book, tv, online, whatever. Nothing nominal. And nothing too
personal that people are not going to be willing to answer, or
answer honestly (cough, response bias, cough). Furthermore, it
must be about a MEAN ONLY. And you MUST do this
BEFORE the data collection. Please be sure to show me your
hypothesis before you begin data collection. I also advise you to
stick with “greater than” or “less than” hypotheses, as “exact”
hypotheses are nearly impossible to support, unless you’re
dealing with very small data value ranges or an extremely small
population.
Examples of good hypotheses:
· Blahblahblah.com claims that Americans own on average 10
pairs of pants. I believe the actual mean is less than that.
· Some tv personality said that college students are awake for
15 hours per day. I believe the actual mean is less than that.
· My psychology textbook indicated that math professors drink
at least 5 shots of tequila per day. I believe the actual mean is
greater than that.
Notice how each of these examples would have subjects
answering my question with a NUMBER.
Note also that you might want to prepare yourself for questions
about measures of variables. For example, “do you count shorts
as pants,” or “how many ounces is a shot?”
Examples of bad hypotheses:
· The average American likes the color blue.

6. · The average college student has at least 3 family members s/he
is ashamed of because of their lengthy prison sentences.
Do not be upset if it turns out your hypothesis is unsupported.
Life would be pretty boring if we were right 100% of the time.
PART 2: Data Collection (2 points) – You must survey at least
50 people and ask them the question pertaining to your
hypothesis. You do not need to write down names. It’s
completely anonymous. Please make sure you provide your data
set when you hand in the finalized project.
PART 3: Descriptive Analysis (6 points) –
(A) First, tell me your population and sample. Population must
correspond to your hypothesis.
(B) Then tell me what type of data you have collected –
Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, or Ratio. Explain why.
(C) Then calculate the mean, median, mode, Q1, Q3, range,
IQR, and standard deviation of your data, and include a
frequency distribution. You can do so on Excel.
(D) Then create an APPROPRIATE histogram for your data.
Again, you may use Excel. If you are uncomfortable with Excel,
you may create one by hand using crayons, unicorn stickers, and
glitter.
PART 4: (2 points) Determine the skew (if there is any) and
explain in words why there is skew for this particular sample.
Be sure it is specific to your own study and not just a generic
description of what “skew” means. You can do so graphically,
algebraically, or just by eyeballing your data set.
Example of a good answer: “In my study, the mean is
significantly greater than the median, which leads me to believe
that the data is skewed to the right. This is further confirmed by
2 outliers – Johnny owns 95 pairs of pants and Suzy owns 126.
Everyone else in my study owns less than or equal to 30 pairs of
pants.”
Example of a bad answer: “The mean is greater than the
median, so it’s skewed to the right.”
PART 5: (6 points) Create a 95% confidence interval for your

7. study BY HAND and explain in words what it actually means as
it pertains to your particular study. Again, this MUST be related
to your topic. If you are talking about pairs of pants, and the
words “pairs of pants” are not in this part of the project, you’re
missing the point. And your grade will also be missing the
point(s). You MUST show all calculations.
PART 6: (7 points) CONCLUSION! This must be a full page in
length, NOT including title and/or any other headers or the
citations. If you’re not sure if you’ve written a “full page” then
do the SMART thing and write slightly more than a full page.
Font can be Calibri or Arial size 11. Double-spaced is fine.
Doesn’t have to be perfect APA style but all citations must be
included and the citations do NOT count as part of the “full
page” requirement. Discuss the conclusion of your study. What
does your data analysis imply both about your hypothesis and in
general? What practical implications are there based on your
study? Does there appear to be any sort of significance? Do you
feel like you trust the source you used to begin with? Please
feel free to include personal commentary based on your own life
experience, or other studies you have seen similar to the one
you’ve done. If you’d like to research the topic further online,
that might help you out. Also, note that while I do appreciate
professionalism, I appreciate even more if I can hear your voice
in the write-up. If you’re funny, please don’t hold back. I truly
want you to enjoy this process.
Sheet1How many glasses of water do you drink per day?Juan
David
Solis5Range137Mean8.27Median8BinBinFrequency6Mode90-
332328Q174-77197195Q398-11112311233IQR212-
151551555StDev2.595128874916-161611618m-
sMore06m+s791012161410129876589779378910111298791011
1298976596
Histogram
Bin 0-3 4-7 8-11 12-15 2 19 23 5 1

8. 3
Frequency