1.1) (Ch. 7) Explain what a residual is (also known as residual of prediction).
2)
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e idea of “least squares” in regression (you need to fully read pp. 200-208 to understand).
3) What does it mean if b = 0?
4) What does it mean when r-squared is 0? What does it mean when r-squared is 1?
5) What is the difference in an unstandardized regression coefficient and the standardized regression coefficient?
6) If a report says test performance was predicted by number of cups of coffee (b = .94), what does the .94 mean? Interpret this. (For every one unit increase in ___,There is an increase in ___ )
7) If F (2,344) = 340.2, p < .001, then what is this saying in general about the regression model? (see p. 217)
8) Why should you be cautious in using unstandardized beta? (p. 218)
9) (Ch. 8) Explain partial correlation in your own words. In your explanation, explain how it is different from zero-order correlation (aka Pearson r).
10) (Ch. 9) What is the F statistic used to determine in multiple regression?
11) What is F when the null hypothesis is true?
12) In Table 9.4, which variable(s) are statistically significant predictors?
13) In Table 9.4, explain what it means if health motivation has b = .36 in terms of predicting number of exercise sessions per week.
14) What is the benefit of interpreting standardized beta weights? (see p. 264).
15) What happens if your predictor variables are too closely correlated?
16) Reflect on your learning. What has been the most difficult? How did you get through it? What concepts are still fuzzy to you? Is there anything you could share with me that would help me address how you learn best?
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2.the girl on the sled, weighing 50 lb, leaves point A from rest and goes down a 2% icy slope
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no friction). She collides with her friend, weighing 60 lb, at
point B, 140 feet down the
slope. After colliding, they travel together down the slope on the sled. The slope is maintained, but the ice is a
little rougher, with a coefficient of friction of μk = 0.20.
a) How fast will they be moving immediately after they collide?
b) Will they come to a stop after the collision? If so, how far will they travel
until they do? If not, what will their acceleration be?
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7.2)Two books are accelerating to the right on a frictional surface and the coefficient of kinetic friction between the floor
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ction between the floor and book is µk. Using the information given in the figure:
(a) draw free body diagrams for both the books, and also for the combined system (of mass m1+m2),
(b) find acceleration of the books along horizontal direction, and
(c) find the magnitude and direction of the force exerted by the left book on the right book.
3.A car of mass 1500-kg enters a circular path at point P and leaves at point Q (see the figure) at constant speed of 5.0m/s, and the frictional force acting on its tires is 2500-N.
a) how long it takes to reach point Q from point P, and
b) what should be the minimum value of the coefficient of static friction between the tires and the road?
4)In an elevator which is accelerating downward at 2.5ms−2 , a 25-kg block hangs from a spring attached to the ceiling of the elevator. If spring gets stretched by 0.15m, find its spring constant.
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8.A block of mass m1 lies on the horizontal plane, and another block of mass m2 is on it. A
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thrown through the system of pulleys shown in the figure. A load of mass M = m1 + m2 is suspended from the movable pulley. At what ratio between the masses m1 and m2 will the blocks not slide over each other if the coefficient of friction between the blocks is µ, and there is no friction between the lower block and the plane? The mass of the thread and pulleys, as well as the friction in the pulleys, should be neglected; the thread is considered unstretchable.
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10.Task 1
You are asked to carry out a study on behalf of a business analytics specialised consultancy on a subsample
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on a subsample of weekly data from Randall’s Supermarket, one of the biggest in the UK. Randall’s marketing management team wishes to identify trends and patterns in a sample of weekly data collected for a number of their loyalty cardholders during a 26-week period. The data includes information on the customers’ gender, age, shopping frequency per week and shopping basket price. Randall’s operates two different types of stores (convenient stores and superstores) but they also sell to customers via an online shopping platform. The collected data are from all three different types of stores. Finally, the data provides information on the consistency of the customer’s shopping basket regarding the type of products purchased. These can vary from value products, to brand as well as the supermarket’s own high-quality product series Randall’s Top. As a business analyst you are required to analyse those data, make any necessary modifications in order to determine whether for any single customer it is possible to predict the value of their shopping basket.
Randall’s marketing management team is only interested in identifying whether the spending of the potential customer will fall in one of three possible groups including:
• Low spender (shopping basket value of £25 or less)
• Medium Spender (shopping basket value between £25.01 and £70) and
• High spenders (shopping basket greater than £70)
For the purpose of your analysis you are provided with the data set Randall’s.xls. You have to decide, which method is appropriate to apply for the problem under consideration and undertake the necessary analysis. Once you have completed this analysis, write a report for the Randall’s marketing management team summarising your findings but also describing all necessary steps undertaken in the analysis. The manager is a competent business analyst himself/herself so the report can include technical terms, although you should not exceed five pages. Screenshots and supporting materials can be included in the appendix.
Requirements
After completing your analysis, you should submit a report that consists of two parts. Part A being a non-technical summary of your findings and Part B a detailed report of the analysis undertaken with more details.
Part A: A short report for the Head of Randall’s Marketing Management (20 per cent). This should briefly explain the aim of the project, a clear summary and justification of the methods considered as well as an overview of the results.
Although, the Head of Randall’s Marketing Management team who will receive this summary is a competent business analytics practitioner, the majority of the other team members have little knowledge of statistical modelling and want to know nothing about the technical and statistical underpinning of the techniques used in this analysis. This report should be no more than two sides of A4 including graphs, tables, etc. In this report you should include all the objectives of this analysis, summary of data and results as well as your recommendations (if any).
Part B: A technical report on the various stages of the analysis (80 per cent).
The analysis should be carried out using the range of analytics tools discussed:
• SPSS Statistics
Ensure that the exercise references:
• Binary and multinomial logistic regression
• Linear vs Logistic regression
• Logit Model with odds Ratio
• Co-efficients and Chi Squared
• MLR co-efficients
• Assessing usefulness of MLR model
• Interpreting a model
• Assessing over-all model fit with Psuedo R-Squared measures
• Classification accuracy (Hit Ratio)
• Wald Statistic
• Odd ratio exp(B)
• Ratio of the probability of an event happening vs not happening
• Ratio of the odds after a unit change in the predictor to the original odds
• Assumptions
• Residuals analysis
• Cook’s distance
• DfBeta
• Adequacy (with variance inflation factor VIF and tolerance statistic)
• Outliers and influential points cannot just be removed. We need to check them (typo? – unusual data?)
• Check for multicollinearity
• Parsimony
Write a short and concise report to explain the technical detail of what you have done for each step of the analysis.
The report should also cover the following information:
• Any type of analysis that might be useful and check whether the main assumptions behind the analyses do not hold or cannot be
• Give evidence of the understanding of the statistical tools that you are using. For example, comment on the model selection procedure and the coefficient interpretation, e.g. comment on the interpretation of the logistic regression coefficients if such a method is used and provide an example of
• Conclusions and explanation, in non-technical terms, of the main points
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13.Use g = 9.8 m/s2.
The diagram below is a top-down view of two children pulling a 11.8-kg sled along the
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ng the snow. The first child exerts a force of F1 = 11 N at an angle θ1 = 45° counterclockwise from the positive x direction. The second child exerts a force of F2 = 6 N at an angle θ2 = 30° clockwise from the positive x direction.
Find the magnitude (in N) and direction of the friction force acting on the sled if it moves with constant velocity.
magnitude
direction (counterclockwise from the +x-axis)
What is the coefficient of kinetic friction between the sled and the ground?
What is the magnitude of the acceleration (in m/s2) of the sled if F1 is doubled and F2 is halved in magnitude?
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14.ATTACHED ARE GRAPHS
QUESTION 1
Q1 to Q4
The job satisfaction for the four occupational groups were used (lawyer, physical therapist, cabinetmakers, and
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oups were used (lawyer, physical therapist, cabinetmakers, and system analysts). The results obtained for a sample of 5 individuals from each groups. Using the "ANOVA Output" below, please answer the following questions ( Use the significance level 5%).
Q1. The value of the test statistic is ____________
QUESTION 2
Q2. The p- value of the test is _________________
QUESTION 3
Q3. At the 5% significance level, the null hypothesis is rejected if the value of the F statistics is >= _________________
QUESTION 4
Q4. Interpret the ANOVA result at the 5% significance level. Is there any difference in the job satisfaction among the four occupational groups? Answer either yes or no. Explain the reason of your answer statistically.
QUESTION 5
Data from a Trucking Company is Southern California were utilized to examine the relationship among total daily travel time (y), miles to traveled (X1), and the number of deliveries (x2). Based on the "Regression Output" below, please answer the following questions.
Q5. The number of sample used in this regression analysis is______________
QUESTION 6
Q6. What is the value of the coefficient of determination?
QUESTION 7
Q7. What is the F test statistic value for the regression model significane test?
QUESTION 8
Q8. What is the predicted travel time for X1 =95, and X2= 6?
QUESTION 9
Q9. Is X2 (number of deliveries) related to Y (travel time)? Answer either yes or no. Explain the reason of your answer statistically.
ATTACHED ARE GRAPHS
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15.A uniform beam of length L
and mass m shown in Figure
P12.16 is inclined at an angle
u to the horizontal. Its
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izontal. Its upper
end is connected to a wall by
a rope, and its lower end rests
on a rough, horizontal sur-
face. The coefficient of static
friction between the beam
and surface is ms. Assume
the angle u is such that the static friction force is at its
maximum value. (a) Draw a force diagram for the beam.
(b) Using the condition of rotational equilibrium,
find an expression for the tension T in the rope in
terms of m, g, and u. (c) Using the condition of trans-
lational equilibrium, find a second expression for T in
terms of ms, m, and g. (d) Using the results from parts
(a) through (c), obtain an expression for ms
L
u
Figure P12.16
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vertical component of this force. Now solve the same
problem from the force diagram from part (a) by com-
puting torques around the junction between the cable
and the beam at the right-hand end of the beam. Find
(e) the vertical component of the force exerted by the
pole on the beam, (f) the tension in the cable, and
(g) the horizontal component of the force exerted
by the pole on the beam. (h) Compare the solution
to parts (b) through (d) with the solution to parts
(e) through (g). Is either solution more accurate?
19. Sir Lost-a-Lot dons his armor and sets out from the
castle on his trusty steed (Fig. P12.19). Usually, the
drawbridge is lowered to a horizontal position so that
the end of the bridge rests on the stone ledge. Unfor-
tunately, Lost-a-Lot’s
squire didn’t lower the draw-
involv-
ing only the angle u. (e) What happens if the ladder
is lifted upward and its base is placed back on the
ground slightly to the left of its position in Figure
P12.16? Explain.
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