1. Understand the pitfalls and benefits of statistics
2. Distinguish between the different survey sampling methods
3. Summarise numerical data and present it both by means of tables and charts
4. Be able to calculate and interpret descriptive summary measures
5. Develop simple regression models and interpret the regression coefficients
6. Understand basic probability concepts
7. Understand when to apply different distributions, their properties and how to calculate
associated probabilities
8. Develop confidence interval estimates for the mean and the proportion
9. Perform Hypothesis Tests and interpret the results
The number of Elvis impersonators in the US was 37 in 1977, and was growing by a factor of R = 1.56 every year a) Formulate a model that describes the number of Elvis impersonators under these conditions. b) Use your model to predict the number of Elvis impersonators in 2014. Evaluate your answer. (You might want to consider that according to the US Census Bureau the US population is currently around 319,050,400.) c) According to the (completely fictitious) research on impersonators of famous figures, the carrying capacity for Elvis impersonators is 85,500. Using the initial rate of growth and this carrying capacity formulate two different population models that might reasonably describe the change in the number of Elvis impersonators through the years since 1977
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