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Statistical Analysis of Test Scores I have been asked to analyze the test scores from two high schools in the Eau Claire area. These schools are Eau Claire Memorial and Eau Claire North. As test scores are usually used as an indicator on the success of a school, by comparing the two, people can get a sense of which school is doing better. In the past, Eau Claire North has always scored less on standardized test compared to Memorial which leaves some people in the community wondering if Eau Claire North has an issue. To fix this, members of the community have suggested that the teachers are to blame and should be replaced. It is my job to look further into the issue and either confirm or deny the public's allegations. To do so, I will examine a sample of each schools test scores and use various statistical methods to make my analysis. These tools are the following: Range: The amount between the lowest data point and the highest data point. To find this, you subtract th...

Organic Farming Proposal Michael Lewis Part I Measurement Types There are 4 major measurement types used in statistical data. First, Nominal data is a set of data that can be categorized into set groups. An example of this would be election results falling into categories of republican, democrat, or independent. Figure 1 is the electoral map from the 2000 presidential election. Each state falls into a category of red for republican and blue for democrat in a true nominal way. This style and example are popular in the media today for its level of simplicity and how it doesn’t require much to understand what is being displayed.       Figure 1: 2000 Presidential Election Secondly, Ordinal data is data that is ordered into some sort of rank based on any number of qualities. This could be data as a part of the world’s happiest countries. Figure 2 displays how data can be ordered with a ranking. This particular example of the happiest countries visu...

Nordstrom Site Selection Proposal Michael Lewis Table of Contents: Introduction                                                                                                                                    3 Background           ...

Michael Lewis 2017 Geography 335 – GIS 1 Dr. Wilson             The study area for this question is the state of Wisconsin. Wisconsin is commonly known for recreation and nature as well as its association with the “North Woods”. The state has a large agricultural sector as well as other activities like logging and mining. An active tourism sector and a reputable manufacturing sector help boost Wisconsin’s economy. While the majority of the state’s population live in urban centers, many of the homes owned in the state are vacation homes. With its reputation for second homes and cabins, my question pertains to site location for a future cabin. I am looking for land meeting a specific set of criteria for the future site of a cabin. By applying this criteria, and using the tools in ArcMap to analyze the study area, I’d like to narrow my search down exte...