Bivariate Application And Interpretation Assignment

DL Applied Statistics Spring 2016 Bivariate Application and Interpretation Assignment FILL IN YOUR NAME IN THE SPACE BELOW TO RECEIVE CREDIT FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT: Samantha Jo Ursua Due: By Saturday night, April 16 at 11:59 pm (Eastern Time). Let’s use what you learned not only earlier in the class but also information from Module 7 for this assignment. Answer the following questions using your newfound knowledge about applying bivariate statistics and their p values to published results. Make sure you answer all parts of the question to get full credit. Empirical evidence includes descriptive statistics such as a percentages or a mean, or bivariate statistics such as a correlation coefficient. Evidence from the statistical test refers to the p value from any statistical test such as χ2 , t test, etc.). Sometimes the latter is reported in table footnotes. 1. Table 1 (see below) is from an article by Batiuk, Lahm, McKeever, Wilcox, and Wilcox (2005) entitled, â€Å"Disentangling the effects of correctional education: Are current policies misguided? An event history analysis,† published in Criminal Justice, 5(1): 55-74. In this table, the authors are describing the characteristics (gender, race, age, priors, offense, and education) of the sample of Ohio inmates who completed the various correctional educational programs included in their study (college, GED, vocational, and high school) and those who did not participate in correlational educational programs (non-education).Show MoreRelatedRingworm1178 Words   |  5 PagesDescription: This course is designed to give students the basic skills to organize and summarize data, as well as an introduction to the fundamental principles and application of statistical inference. 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