Assingment
Order Description
Answer these three questions in" rel="nofollow">in one page and these questions in" rel="nofollow">in statistics area:
1-For the followin" rel="nofollow">ing hypothesis determin" rel="nofollow">ine the followin" rel="nofollow">ing:
1- Identify the measured variables.
2- The scale of measurement.
3- What the type I and Type II error would be.
4- Any potential covariates.
5- Are there any latent variables present, if so what might be a good measure?
Hypothesis:
The market will have a negative reaction to merger announcements
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2-After a long couple of months of collectin" rel="nofollow">ing and cleanin" rel="nofollow">ing your data, you have fin" rel="nofollow">inally gotten to the poin" rel="nofollow">int of conductin" rel="nofollow">ing your statistical tests. You set alpha at .05, and your results are in" rel="nofollow">insignificant. All of that time wasted but wait� you thin" rel="nofollow">ink to yourself �what happens if I set alpha at .10�. Your results are now significant, so you can contin" rel="nofollow">inue on with your manuscript.
Is there anythin" rel="nofollow">ing you can so to try to get a significant result when alpha equals .05? What effect does changin" rel="nofollow">ing the alpha effect have on your error? Are there any ethical considerations? Will this have any effect on your ability to be published?
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3- Effective Research Design has been identified as one of the important aspect of a manuscript that has to be well written. How do you carry out an effective research design in" rel="nofollow">in practice?
What is your understandin" rel="nofollow">ing of data cleanin" rel="nofollow">ing and screenin" rel="nofollow">ing? What are the differences and similarities? Of what relevance is data screenin" rel="nofollow">ing and cleanin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">in research design? Do you agree with the notion that it slows down progress of work and constitutes a sheer waste of time?