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(1) What are some of the differences between primary and secondary data? What are some<br />
disadvantages of using newspaper articles or magazine articles as secondary sources? Why<br />
should you use both primary and secondary data in research?<br />
(2) How valid/reliable are the statistics presented on the evening news? Why should we be<br />
concerned with errors resulting from questionnaire design? How do research design and<br />
statistical information affect validity?<br />
(3) What is a real-world example of a sample? A population? Compare and contrast probability<br />
sampling with non-probability sampling, giving an example of each.<br />
<strong>RES</strong> <strong>341</strong> Week 2 Individual Assignment Research Terminology Matching Assignment<br />
<strong>RES</strong> <strong>341</strong> Week 3 <strong>Complete</strong> DQs<br />
(1) What is decision theory? What is the difference between a payoff table and an expected<br />
payoff table? In the following payoff table, let P(S1) = 0.30, P(S2) = 0.50, and P(S3) = 0.20.<br />
Compute the expected monetary value for each of the alternatives. What decision would you<br />
recommend?<br />
(2) What are some differences between discrete and continuous data? Is the measurement of<br />
money continuous or discrete? Explain. Can discrete data be analyzed using a normal<br />
distribution? Why or why not?<br />
(3) Describe the properties of a normal distribution. Explain why there are an infinite number of<br />
normal distributions. Why do we want to assume that our sample data represent a population<br />
distribution?<br />
<strong>RES</strong> <strong>341</strong> Week 3 Individual Assignment Survey Paper Topic Major League Baseball
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