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Example:

To get the symbol μ, type the following string of text:

& m u ;

But you MUST TYPE ALL 4 CHARACTERS WITH NO SPACES

Yes I was having trouble with that myself

The blog explains how to put them into your journal.

Here's how to get them.

Type & s i g m a ; (I've included spaces here to show you the exact string of characters needed BUT NO SPACES when you type it) to get σ. PLEASE NOTE: You MUST include the & and the ;

Type & m u ; (I've included spaces here to show you the exact string of characters needed BUT NO SPACES when you type it) to get μ. PLEASE NOTE: You MUST include the & and the ;

Type & s u m ; (I've included spaces here to show you the exact string of characters needed BUT DO NOT include SPACES when you type it) to get ∑. PLEASE NOTE: You MUST include the & and the ;

In other words, the & and ; are part of the string.

& s i g m a ; (please remove the spaces) = σ

& m u ; (no spaces please) = μ

& s u m ; (no spaces please) = ∑

& a l p h a ; (no spaces please) = α

& n e ; (no spaces please) = ≠

& p l u s m n ; (no spaces please) = ±

I did that on assignment 2 and a question mark and a diamond showed up instead of the symbol.

Your first statement is one of the two properties. The second is not.

Please see Unit 3 for these two properties.

Convert 99 to z form.

Convert 107 to z form.

Read the area between the two z scores.

Multiply by 100 to convert to a percent.

If you have time to meet with me in my office, I would be happy to assist.

First read the area to the left of z = -2.00. You can do this using the STANDARD NORMAL CURVE calculator. Enter -2 for one of your two z scores. Technically, your second z score is infinity. However, you cannot enter infinity into the calculator. Since virtually 100% of area lies between z = -4 and z = 4, enter any z value smaller than -4 (e.g. -5, -10, -50 etc).

Since the curve is symmetrical, the area to the right of z = 2 is the same. You can confirm this by using the same calculator. Enter 2 as one of your two z scores and any number larger than 4 as the second z score (e.g. 5, 10, 50, etc).

Now add these two areas together.

If the standard deviation is the SQUARE ROOT of the variance, then the variance is the SQUARE of the standard deviation.

Thank you...

Open the z/Percentile Rank Calculator.

1. Use the part of the calculator that uses Percentile to find z. Enter 25. Press Calculate.

2. Using the same calculator, enter 60 and press Calculate. Remember, Percentile Rank represents the PERCENT of scores BELOW z. The z score where 40% of scores fall above it is also the same z score where 60% fall below it. You can think of that z score as a dividing line with 40% above and 60% below. The 60% below would represent a percentile rank of 60. Hence enter 60 into the calculator.

Perfect isn't necessary. :)

Ashley:

Please see the syllabus for information on SPSS/PSPP. Also, please see the link labeled SPSS/PSPP Instructions.

If more help is needed, please make an appointment to see me in my office.

Can I meet with you today, Dr. Guy?

Most of these answers can be found by reading older blog messages.

Snapshot is freeware. Please download from this page:

http://coursestreet.com/soci3311_410/spsspspp.nfo

I'm using Firefox and it's saying that the free trial is no longer available and I have to purchase it.

You can if you like or you can use the calculators at the following link:

http://coursestreet.com/soci3311_410/calculators.nfo

NVM, just read old blog post explaining it. (Jan 22, 2010)

Correct

Just type it into the journal. It is OK if the columns do not line up perfectly -- as long as I can discern what you have.

Please see blog entries from previous semester for very specific help on this answer.

You will need:

Class Intervals
Absolute Frequencies
Cumulative Absolute Frequencies
Relative Frequencies
Cumulative Relative Frequencies

I have completed all of these for problem 6 of homework assignment 1 but my rF and crF are not coming out to .100 and 1.00. My Class intervals start with 1-10. My caF is 45. I'm not sure what it is that I have done wrong?

FALSE

They would all be identical if:

(1) all the terms were identical
(2) a distribution were perfectly symmetrical (with a mode)

Read the eText in numerical order (Chapter 1 first, etc.).

The videos are not really part of this class and there are some videos whose content is not covered in this class.

They are only there to help.

I have never heard of that happening before. Can you try a different browser?

All of the calculators are written in JAVA and hence, should 'act' the same way on your computer screens.

I started out with Google, then internet explorer, and finally Firefox and it still didn't show.

You can just RETYPE it or you can capture that section of your screen (the same way you capture SPSS/PSPP output) and upload it.