through 1994 (In Millions of Dollars) Industry 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 Commercial 1,000 1,300 1,300 1,100 1,400 Satellites Delivered Satellite 800 1,200 1,500 1,850 2,330 Services Satellite 860 1,300 1,400 1,600 1,970 Ground Equipment Commercial 70 380 450 465 580 Launches Remote 155 190 210 250 300 Sensing Data Commercial 0 0 0 30 60 R&D Infrastructure Total 3,385 4,370 4,860 5,295 6,640
THE CONFIDENCE GAME: ESTIMATION Introducing sampling distributions. Understanding standard error.
Simulating the sampling distribution of the mean. Attaching confidence limits to estimates.
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Part I: Statistics and Excel: A Marriage Made in Heaven .......................................................................7 Chapter 1: Evaluating Data in the Real World ............................................9 Chapter 2: Understanding Excels Statistical Capabilities ......................... 27 Part II: Describing Data ............................................. 53 Chapter 3: Show and Tell: Graphing Data ................................................ 55 Chapter 4: Finding Your Center ................................................................ 79 Chapter 5: Deviating from the Average ..................................................... 93 Chapter 6: Meeting Standards and Standings ........................................ 111 Chapter 7: Summarizing It All ................................................................. 123 Chapter 8: Whats Normal? ...................................................................141
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Modifying Form Properties
In the design view open the Form properties
1]. Turn off extra views 1.a: (allow form view YES) 1.b: Allow Datasheet View No 1.c: Allow PivotTable View No 1.d: Allow PivotChart View No 1.e: Allow Layout View No 1.f: Allow Datasheet View No
2]. Turn off Record buttons 2.a: Records Selectors No 2.b: Navigation Buttons No
ne particular assumption works over and over again: A specific attribute, trait, or ability is distributed throughout a population so that most people have an average or near-average amount of the attribute, and progressively fewer people have increasingly extreme amounts of the attribute. In this chapter, I discuss this assumption and what it means for statistics. I also describe Excel functions related to this assumption.