statistics

What are the statistics on people who have one the lottery and then loose it all?

2010-04-26T00:38:00.000-07:00

How many people loose everything once they won? What are the percentage of people who loose it all in the first 2 years?

What are the statistics on people who have one the lottery and then loose it all?
Nearly one-third of lottery winners become bankrupt.

“The CFP Board made an offer to the National Association of State and Provincial Lotteries to provide the organization's members with information to distribute to winners. The Investment News article highlighted the lack of financial guidance many winners receive from state lottery agencies; estimates show that nearly one-third of lottery winners become bankrupt.”

Source: Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc

“Research shows that a significant number of lottery winners lose their winnings within five years, said Stephen Goldbart, a

psychologist and co- director of the Money, Meaning and Choices

Institute in Kentfield, which advices people who come into financial

windfalls.”
Reply:100% of people that win the lottery and loose it all on frivilous stuff want to win the lottery again, and this time apply common sense to their spending habits.

What are the statistics of which sells more, a single family house, or a town house.?

2010-04-26T00:37:00.003-07:00

I've seen really nice town houses going for about $200,000, but I'm afraid to buy them cause I fear that we will have a hard time selling in the future when it's time to move on. Any suggestions as to what websites to look at or any good answers?

What are the statistics of which sells more, a single family house, or a town house.?
Most people prefer the single family detached ones. However if they can't afford that they start looking at town houses.

I have no idea where you live but I think you need to look at local sites for your area. Try ZIPREALTY which is a national chain that does local area websites.
Reply:Usually the single family dwelling is the best investment.

Pam
Reply:i think single family house..

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What are good books/ways to prepare for AP statistics and Accelerated Chemistry?

2010-04-26T00:37:00.002-07:00

I want to prepare for each of these clases so I know the material in advance. Accel chem is like honors level.

What are good books/ways to prepare for AP statistics and Accelerated Chemistry?
lakhmir singh or sultan chand books for science are excellant for studying any day. for maths u can refer to r.d. sharma.

What are the statistics on alchohol related crime, in reference to weed related crime?

2010-04-26T00:37:00.001-07:00

And why is it illegal to smoke weed, but not to drink alchohol.

What are the statistics on alchohol related crime, in reference to weed related crime?
Alcohol plays a huge part in crime. Domestic Violence, Assaults and Battery, DUI of course, and just plain drunk if public.

Weed, no, not to much. A few DUI's but most pot heads just lay there and try to decide what to do if they got up.

The marijuana laws tend to be arcane. One of the major forces to make it a Federal Crime was with the support of the alcohol lobby. In California, simple possession is punishable by a $100 fine. That's it.

Remember, in some counties around the country it is still illegal to drink. If you remember the Andy Griffith Show, the county he was sheriff was a dry county.
Reply:I seriously doubt alcohol plays a part in most crime. Your hardened criminals want to be thinking clearly, and they know alcohol impairs judgement.

As far as weed, the same principle applies, with an exception, many crimes are committed by people wanting to get money to buy drugs. This would figure to be a very large percentage.

The simple answer to why weed is illegal: the lawmakers decide that. Alcohol was actually illegal during prohibition, but the public was able to convice lawmakers to change that. The public has not had the same success with weed.
Reply:Economics!
Reply:Weekend crimes are 10 times higher than weekdays due to alcohol OR drugs.

Weed's illegal, because the courts can't prove an accident or death was caused by someone under the influence of it, but they can if alcohol's involved.

Christmas tree fire statistics versus other home fire causes?

2010-04-26T00:37:00.000-07:00

In our building they prohibited natural trees this year as it is a fire hasard. I want to build the case for keeping them as my children are heart broken and I believe (without supporting data) that there are many other problems to focus on besides trees (especially if the tree is watered properly). Any links, articles, statistics would be appreciated.

Finally - is there any difference between real and artificial trees when it comes to flamability... I would think that the plastics in the artificial trees would be flamable also.

Christmas tree fire statistics versus other home fire causes?
That is so heartbreaking. How do your landlords sleep at night. That would seriously piss me off.

This site may help:

http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/fire...

I briefly skimmed it. I think if your building prohibited real trees, you should invest in a fake one. Lowe's had them on sale right now for $79. And no, they do not cause fires.. you can put them up anytime and take them down anytime and you won't have to worry about them getting fried. I hope your children don't have to go without a tree, best wishes and happy holidays.
Reply:I don't have the statistics on fires but do inow that many building codes prohibit cut live trees in areas of public assembly. Your Landlord therefore is on solid ground.

I prefer my artifical tree - the investment lasts for many years - it is non alergenic (fresh trees often have unseen but breathed molds in the dying branches) and I know that it is one less tree being cut down this year.
Reply:well i say that yes they both are flamable and that if real trees arent alound then neither should that artificial go to the buliding ower and tell him that but do not be mean about it.

Where to get Statistics for Missing Persons?

2010-04-26T00:36:00.003-07:00

My groupmates and I are working on a project relating to missing persons. Weve tried getting info from NBI but all they have are the statistics of reported missing persons in their organization.

Where to get Statistics for Missing Persons?
some missing persons are reported to local police only and some not reported coz their families doesnt even kno their missing. hard to research these things. maybe the local radio or TV station can help coz some report missing persons to them.
Reply:you can get it also http ://www.fbi.gov/hq/cjisd/missingpersons.h...
Reply:only NBI have the records...others are not reported...its hard to get those data...you may get it but not all of it...
Reply:charleyproject.org is really good.

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What do the three numbers in basketball players statistics represent?

2010-04-26T00:36:00.002-07:00

When I look up the box scores of a team, it will say the players name, and then list three numbers.

For example : Sullivan 12-9-40

I know the last number is the number of points he had last night, but what are the 12 and the 9. Number of assists, rebounds, boards, shots, or what?

What do the three numbers in basketball players statistics represent?
fieldgoals (can be either 2 or three points)- freethrows (1 pt)- total points

This is definetly right, the other ppl are guessing
Reply:Rebounds-Assists-Points
Reply:Rebound and assists

DEEEEEEEEEEETROIT BASKETBALL
Reply:assists (12) then rebounds (9)
Reply:number of shots made and free throws made..is that alex sullivan?

What website will give me a whole lot of statistics and info on how the moon causes earthquakes on earth>?

2010-04-26T00:36:00.001-07:00

pls pls help, If u have any statistics of ur own pls post them too.

What website will give me a whole lot of statistics and info on how the moon causes earthquakes on earth%26gt;?
It might , but it would be difficult to prove. The moon is in orbit and is always at about the same distance. Yes it varies but statistically the differences in distances aren't that significant. In the distant past, when the moon was MUCH closer, there were significant land tides. Today the forces are much smaller, but they could provide a trigger effect. Here is a brief ariticle I found on a magazine database:

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Some temblors probably were triggered by tides. By: Perkins, Sid, Science News, 00368423, 12/4/2004, Vol. 166, Issue 23

Database:

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Some temblors probably were triggered by tides

Section: OF NOTE

EARTH SCIENCE

Detailed analyses of past large earthquakes suggest that some of the temblors may have been triggered by strong tides in Earth's crust and its oceans.

Such tides, induced by the gravitational attraction of the sun and moon, cause variations in the stress inside rocks and can significantly affect the pressure that holds together the two sides of a fault zone. An Earth-crust tide can increase or decrease this pressure by 500 kilograms per square meter, and an ocean tide can have 10 times that effect by sloshing into or away from a shoreline adjacent to an inland fault, says John E. Vidale of the University of California, Los Angeles.

To see whether tide-induced stress variations might be triggering earthquakes, Vidale and his colleagues looked for effects of tides, if any, during more than 2,000 large earthquakes that occurred in the last quarter-century on fault zones at rock depths of less than 40 kilometers, where such forces can have significant effects.

If tide-induced stress variations had no influence on earthquakes, half of the temblors would occur when the pressure holding together the two sides of a fault is below average and half would occur when the pressure is above average, says Vidale. However, the researchers' analysis showed a different pattern.

Of the 19 earthquakes that happened when the stress along a fault at a temblor's epicenter either increased or decreased by more than 2,000 kg/m2, 14-or 74 percent-occurred when the pressure holding together the fault was lower than average.

Small variations in stress didn't produce such lopsided statistics, Vidale and his colleagues report in the Nov. 12 Science. These patterns suggest that tidal stress can trigger some earthquakes, says Vidale.

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By Sid Perkins

Heres a link to another article:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/...
Reply:You probably won't find much, but it's a great area to look, for I've suspected a connection for some time. New research! Good luck.

Where on the web can I find the statistics of all the revenue that the government receives?

2010-04-26T00:36:00.000-07:00

I'm talking specifics! Sales tax, income tax, property tax, state tax, etc. Please provide the link. I will definitely reward best answer to the person who does this.

Where on the web can I find the statistics of all the revenue that the government receives?
Since the Federal government does not collect a sales tax per se, you will have to go to the individual states' websites to get that information. Same with property taxes. There are also a couple of interesting places to visit listed below. The first one compiles data on Americans' total Federal and State tax burden.
Reply:Okay, you asked for it. You can browse the entire 2008 US budget at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/fy08/b...

They also have archives going back to 1996.

What are the statistics and rates of people switching colleges after their first year or so?

2010-04-26T00:35:00.002-07:00

my parents have told me that i have to go to college in state but after the first year or two i can if i want go to college in a diffrent state (which i really want to do)

What are the statistics and rates of people switching colleges after their first year or so?

What are the statistics and rates of people switching colleges after their first year or so?
not sure but i switched twice

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What do you think about the decline in statistics by Albert Pujols?

2010-04-26T00:35:00.001-07:00

Cardinals fans and those that follow Albert Pujols what do you think has caused his drop in offensive numbers? He is down in HR, RBI, Runs, and his AVE is slightly lower. I hope this is just a phase and he will bounce back soon and maybe next season he will again have his usually high numbers. He has played every game and I can only remember one game he didn't get to bat (he came in late for defense). It does look as though he will have more walks this year than any other year but we are talking about 12-15 more than previous totals. Anybody have any ideas as to what is going on with Pujols?

What do you think about the decline in statistics by Albert Pujols?
I expected a decline from the very start. He's a great hitter, but it helps to be in good lineup. Long gone are Larry Walker, Reggie Sanders and Edmond's ability to put up numbers.

The offense has been getting weaker and weaker over the last few years and finally it's come to the point were it's gets too difficult for one player to carry the load. Last year Pujols was the only player on the team with over 25 Home Run and the only player with 100+ RBI's.

Here's the Cardinals numbers in the first half over the last few years. You can see easily see the decline.

2004 - 108 HR, 455 Runs, .276 AVG

2005 - 97 HR, 447 Runs, .271 AVG

2006 - 87 HR, 440 Runs, .279 AVG

2007 - 70 HR, 368 Runs, .267 AVG
Reply:i just think he's in a bad funk and he'll get out of it. i'm a brewers fan, but i still like albert pujols a little bit b/c he's a good player and i think he did it steroid-free
Reply:All players have slumps and not so good years that they would like to forget about. But next year hes going be to a All Star and MVP!
Reply:I still think Albert Pujols is a top player. His first-half numbers are not Pujolsesque but are still solid. You have to remember no one - not even Ted Williams - started their career with as many awesome seasons as Pujols.

If this is an off year, you still have to take it.
Reply:He has more walks because pitchers know nobody in front of him or behind him in the lineup can hurt them.

His average is "down" for the same reason.

Playing on such a bad luck team like the Cardinals this year has gotten to everybody who was on the squad as of last season. Know why Franklin and Wellemeyer and Percival and Ludwick are doing so well? Because they didn't know what it was like to WIN with this team! Their expectations are as low as the bar goes. They're here to prove themselves and maybe win along the way. If Rolen was the old Rolen, then Pujols would have normal numbers. It's that simple. But not even little Duncan provides enough of a threat to keep pitchers honest when facing Pujols. It may not seem like it, but Albert has had cushy protection his whole career here. Edmonds and Rolen helped immensely, but now Pujols is facing a true challenge, which is carrying a broken down team. He's not pulling an A-Rod, but then again, who can? I think for as poorly as the Cardinals have played this season, Albert's numbers might be a little higher than they should be. Provided that there is one competant bat in front of or behind Pujols, he should resume his history making pace.
Reply:pujols will be fine. his numbers are still great they are down a little because no one else on the cardinals can hit. duncan is all right he is the only one. also don't forget he had a terrible april if you take away that month his numers are better
Reply:Sorry, but I'm not that much into baseball.
Reply:Maybe your expectations are a bit high. Pujols will end the season with 35 home runs, 125 each of rbi %26amp; runs, and still hit over .300. How many guys can do that and have people thinking they are playing bad?
Reply:I know the true source of Pujols power.. HDTV has the answer. I've noticed that every time he's hit a HR, or had a great day at the plate he's had a giant herpe on his upper lip.. Not many people have picked this up.. But if you have an HDTV you can see for yourself.. Just watch the next time he's on TV, if he's hit a homer, I'm sure his little friend will be there.
Reply:Mabye teh ROIDSS worn off.

(sigh)

Anybody know where I can find the standard deviations for baseball statistics for the 2005 season?

2010-04-26T00:35:00.000-07:00

This is for a statistics project. We're comparing individual players' statistics on the Giants, Mets, Yankees, A's, Marlins, and Dodgers for the 2005 season. Specifically, how their salary correlates with two primary statistics (Batting Average and # of Wins). Where can we find the MEAN and Standard Deviation of these statistics within the major league for the 2005 season so we can calculate P-values and Z-scores/T-scores?

Anybody know where I can find the standard deviations for baseball statistics for the 2005 season?
http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/articl...

What are two very credible websites for economic statistics?

2010-04-26T00:34:00.003-07:00

I am presently building a website for both teachers and students of economics at the high school level. I don't want to include a laundry list of statistical websites, however, I would like to include a couple of websites that provide accurate, detailed and easily accessible economic data. Am I asking for too much here? I would greatly appreciate any assistance.

What are two very credible websites for economic statistics?
census.gov

bls.gov

What is a good resource for learning advanced statistics?

2010-04-26T00:34:00.002-07:00

I am a grad student who is taking a 6000-level stats class. I have always been weak at math. Where can I find help? Thanks.

What is a good resource for learning advanced statistics?
I have looked around everywhere for good resources for mathematics and there doesn't seem to be too many at advanced level :(

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How to get into a doctoral program in Statistics and the universities which we can choose?

2010-04-26T00:34:00.001-07:00

I have completed taking my GRE(score:verbal-420+Quant-750) and TOEFL tests and looking for universities where i have better chances to get an admission and required funding.

How to get into a doctoral program in Statistics and the universities which we can choose?
I suggest the University of Michigan. Taking a lot of undergraduate courses in Stats has exposed me to a lot of the doctoral students and it seems like a really nice, warm community. There are also a lot of fellowships available as well a grants and other funding.

Check them out! http://www.stat.lsa.umich.edu/

I hope this helps!!

Should the NFL add two statistics that they currently ignore?

2010-04-26T00:34:00.000-07:00

So many people look at the statistics and wonder why the Seattle Seahawks are where they are. They are ignoring two telling statistics . . . points allowed by the offense . . . and . . . points made by the defense.

It is a dimension of the game no one analyzes or even keeps, but it certainly makes a difference.

Should the NFL add two statistics that they currently ignore?
Yes, those statistics would be great, but when an interception or fumble is run back for a touchdown, those yards should be deducted from the offensive yards gained by the team throwing the interception or fumbling the ball, just like a sack.
Reply:the points scored by a defense is a stat. There is a section for that. but points giving up by an offense isnt kept which is pretty interesting. I think it should be called PSDT. points scored directly off a turnover.
Reply:If the Defense SCORES a TD, doesn't that mean the other offense ALLOWED the TD? So yeah I mean it is kept, just not by the NFL. Keep your own spreadsheet. Anyway I agree it would be interesting to see it written out so people could see it though.
Reply:I think they do keep track of defensive TDs. Points allowed by an offense would be interesting to see.

In statistics- What is the difference between the critical and observed value?

2010-04-26T00:33:00.003-07:00

I am doing an unrelated t test for my psychology coursework and am confused as to what the difference is, is my result of the test the crit or obs value?

In statistics- What is the difference between the critical and observed value?
Critical value is the value that would have been obtained if chance alone contributed to the outcome at the chosen level of significance. Observed value is the value you obtain from the test statistic to be compared with the critical value.
Reply:the critical value is used in fixed level hypothesis testing. When you are, for example, using a z-test for the mean, at the 5% level, then the critical values are z = -1.96 and z = 1.96.

the observed value, the values found from the data, is translated into z-scores.

if the absolute value of the observed z-score is greater than 1.96, i.e., greater than the crical value, then you reject the null hypothesis.

Think of it this way. The critical value is the zscore(s) such that it the maximum distance from the mean you will accept for random error under the assumption the null hypothesis is true. If the observed value is further way from the null mean than the critical value then you have observed something very unlikely under the assumption that the null is true and you reject the null.

I personally find the fixed hypothesis testing levels to be difficult to teach to my students and even more pointless when witting a paper. I, and many others, prefer to use p-values and report them because the information is not as limited.

Consider the hypothesis as a trial against the null hypothesis. the data is evidence against the mean. you assume the mean is true and try to prove that it is not true. After finding the test statistic and p-value, if the p-value is less than or equal to the significance level of the test we reject the null and conclude the alternate hypothesis is true. If the p-value is greater than the significance level then we fail to reject the null hypothesis and conclude it is plausible. Note that we cannot conclude the null hypothesis is true, just that it is plausible.

If the question statement asks you to determine if there is a difference between the statistic and a value, then you have a two tail test, the null hypothesis, for example, would be μ = d vs the alternate hypothesis μ ≠ d

if the question ask to test for an inequality you make sure that your results will be worth while. for example. say you have a steel bar that will be used in a construction project. if the bar can support a load of 100,000 psi then you'll use the bar, if it cannot then you will not use the bar.

if the null was μ ≥ 100,000 vs the alternate μ %26lt; 100,000 then will will have a meaningless test. in this case if you reject the null hypothesis you will conclude that the alternate hypothesis is true and the mean load the bar can support is less than 100,000 psi and you will not be able to use the bar. However, if you fail to reject the null then you will conclude it is plausible the mean is greater than or equal to 100,000. You cannot ever conclude that the null is true. as a result you should not use the bar because you do not have proof that the mean strength is high enough.

if the null was μ ≤ 100,000 vs. the alternate μ %26gt; 100,000 and you reject the null then you conclude the alternate is true and the bar is strong enough; if you fail to reject it is plausible the bar is not strong enough, so you don't use it. in this case you have a meaningful result.

Any time you are defining the hypothesis test you need to consider whether or not the results will be meaningful.
Reply:critical value is the one you look up from the table

obs value is the value you want to test (test value). You want to see where obs values falls. If obs fails inside the reject region, you reject null

Here is some more info

http://www.psychstat.missouristate.edu/i...

http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~bioslabs/tools/...

http://davidmlane.com/hyperstat/glossary...

What is a good program to track statistics in online poker?

2010-04-26T00:33:00.002-07:00

What I am looking for is something that will track all my starting hands in Hold 'em, the flop, turn and river. I want to be able to see a list of the starting hands I recieved and if they won. I also want it to tell me how often i would have won with each starting hand had I played the entire way through. For example, if I get 7 2 off suite 25 times, fold all 25 times I want to see the number of times I would have won against the hands that were showndown had I played. Is there anything out there that will do this?

What is a good program to track statistics in online poker?
www.pokertracker.com
Reply:Check out this free poker ebook. It has a whole chapter talking about online poker software to track your online poker play.
Reply:Poker office works real good for me. It records more stats than I know what to do with. It is a little pricey but the have options to get it free. Plus you can play the first few hundred hands as a trial
Reply:Poker ODDS calCulators - go here for a choice - http://www.onlinegamblingcasinodirectory...
Reply:http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Games... you need to pay to unlock it for real money games. it's free for playchip games and freerolls.

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What are the safety/crash statistics for flying, driving or by cruise ship?

2010-04-26T00:33:00.001-07:00

How safe am I doing any of these? What mode of travel is the safest? I am looking for actual statistics with references to where the statistics are from. Im trying to convince my friend to go on vacation, and they refuse to go on a cruise or fly across the ocean!

What are the safety/crash statistics for flying, driving or by cruise ship?
Check this site out

http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/sttrans...

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/deals/ins...

You are statistically safest on a US airliner, cruise ship is also extremely safe assuming you are on one of the top 4 or 5 cruise lines.

You are at most risk in your car.
Reply:well if your flyring you shoudlnt be worried about anything, because no matter what, yoru goign to come down anyway, nwo if your on a ship you can go down to, but you might wanna learn to swim first, and if your in a car, well, you can go all kidns of ways in a car, at least with a boat or airplane you can only go down

I am going to finish my M.Sc Statistics in the current month . I am interested to work in the statistics field

2010-04-26T00:33:00.000-07:00

I am going to finish my M.Sc Statistics. I want to work in the field of statistics like data analyst or in the field of clinical research. What are the companies hiring these type of requirements.

I am going to finish my M.Sc Statistics in the current month . I am interested to work in the statistics field
You may work as a freelance at website like http://www.getafreelnacer.com/ , just bid for all statistics projects posted there.
Reply:i thing your decision is very good. self decision and you can developement in your feature.

How relible are standard sources of descriptive statistics?

2010-04-26T00:32:00.003-07:00

In other words, how reliable are the numbers in publications like the "U.S. Statistical Abstract"? Is it possible that some of them are carefully compiled and hence largely reliable while others are very carelessly collected to the point of being garbage? Is there really any way we can reliably tell the difference?

And do we use such traditionally "reliable" sources in the social sciences only because they are the only ones we have available? In other words, are we forced to use them because we are, quite simply, stuck with them?

And if we compile new data bases of statistical information, do these same possible problems of collection make them as unreliable as previously available collections?

To summarize all this in a single question, do we blindly use all these resources in the same traditional but unreliable ways largely because that is all we know how to do?

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How relible are standard sources of descriptive statistics?
Is there are way we can reliably tell the difference between the carefully collected and garbage? Probably not, but we can look at who collected (and/or funded the collection of) the data. Government agencies are (hopefully) going to be very reliable, while those with a specific agenda may well be less reliable because of that agenda.

We use them because to a degree we are stuck with them yes, but that is because we can not necessarily change what we have. For example crime statistics, if you look at reported crimes, we can not really get more accurate results unless people actually report the crimes, so we are limited that way.

So do we blindly use these resources? Certainly not, as we are (or should try to be) aware of their limitations, but we can not change them.

How relible are standard sources of descriptive statistics?

2010-04-26T00:32:00.002-07:00

IN STATISTICS, What's the difference between POPULATION and SAMPLE?

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For example, in my textbook there are formulas like POPULATION Coeficient of Variation and SAMPLE coeficient variation. Also Standarized POPULATION data and Standarized SAMPLE data. I don't know when should i use the formulas for population or for Sample!

Help Please!

IN STATISTICS, What's the difference between POPULATION and SAMPLE?
These are exactly what they say they are:

Population is the entire objects or specimens you are concerned with.

Sample or random sample is just that a random sample of the population.

an example of a populations could be all males between the ages of 24-30. an example of a sample would be a handful of those males. Note that a sample is always taken from a certain population and is always smaller in number.
Reply:I need more time to think about this question.
Reply:have a look here:

http://www.stats.gla.ac.uk/steps/glossar...

in short - as already said, population is the whole, sample is a part of the population (if well chosen it has the same characteristics as the population) - that's how e.g. market research works - you can't ask millions of consumers if you want to know how a new product would be liked so you chose a sample that has the same characteristics as the target group for which you make a product and ask only a few hundred people.
Reply:In most studies, it is difficult to obtain information from the entire population. We rely on samples to make estimates or inferences related to the population.

Like if you are cooking a pot of soup(population), and you take a spoon full(sample) to see how it tastes. So although you didn't eat the entire pot of soup, you have a general idea of how it tastes.
Reply:population means the population of the whole area

sample means a sample of people taken out of the population to be tested or studied.

What site can I enter personal statistics to find the best fitness equipment for me?

2010-04-26T00:32:00.000-07:00

I'm 6'8" and 300lbs, trying to find info on fitness equipment for people my size. Specifically looking for recumbent bikes anbd elipitical machines.

What site can I enter personal statistics to find the best fitness equipment for me?
Hi there

I have worked in fitness equipment retail for 8 years now and have a Bachelor of Physical Education. To answer your question, it does not matter which peice of equipment you use as long as you're comfortable on it as all cardio equipment is mean't for weight loss or cardiovascular excercise. Ellipticals are good because they are low to no impact while still providing weight bearing activity to keep the bones strong. Problem with ellipticals is that you need to be able to put forth $2500 or more to get one that feels good, is biomechanically correct and can handle your "bigger" stature as you'll want something well built. Recumbent bikes are much cheaper, will provide you with cardio/weight loss excercise and are easy to use. Ellipticals are more efficient than the bikes because you use your entire body meaning more calories expended over a shorter period of time. People also tend to get bored on the bikes. My suggestion is to go to a gym and try them both before you buy. Last thing you want is to buy something that you don't like. As for a website, I am unsure of that. Try some of the fitness equipment manufacturing sites such as many times they will have helpful hints on buying the equipment. www.precor.com, www.iamstrong.ca (this one is more towards health and lifestyle and has testiomonials).

Hope this helps!
Reply:How about health.com i think* that's a website
Reply:Take a look at www.vectorfitness.com . They might be able to custom make fitness equipment for you.

Does somebody know of any abortion or poverty statistics to argue in favor of the pro-choice opinion?

2010-04-26T00:31:00.002-07:00

I have to do a persuasive speech on abortion and most of what I'm seeing is pro-life statistics. Anything credible that could make a compelling arguement in favor of pro-choice would be highly appreciatied. Facts with emotional appeal would also work, like relating illegality of abortion to poverty, overpopulation, or neglect.

Does somebody know of any abortion or poverty statistics to argue in favor of the pro-choice opinion?
Sorry I don't have sources, but one thing you'd want to find would be the deaths and other damage due to illegal abortions, before Roe v Wade. They are both relevant and compelling.

Also, civilized societies have way fewer abortions than we do, since they don't hate and fear sexuality, but are rational about teaching methods of preventing unwanted pregnancy, and making contraception available. So look for international stats on number of abortions per thousand women.

The heart of the argument for legalized abortion isn't statistical in nature. It's based on the idea that I am the owner of my body, not the government, and that individuals have the right to make their own life-decisions for themselves.

The "Give the Zygote the Vote" crowd (a minority of Americans, BTW) feel that they have the right to make other people's personal decisions for them.
Reply:...I don't think he was asking for personal opinions on the matter, particularly for the other side. So...not very helpful, guys.

I don't know how helpful this will be, but I did find this site with a lot of statistics about abortion and reasons for doing so and such:

http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/fb_induce...
Reply:The problem with abortion is it is used to fix problems that arise out of behavior problems. People who behave irresponsibly sexually get pregnant and then want to get rid of the problem. Read this question and see what is wrong with this situation. This to me is why abortion needs to be banned. People who are not mature enough to have children should not be having sex. This is a big problem in society.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

This may not help you, but at least I can offer the counterargument.
Reply:Abortion is murder and there is no excuse for it. There are always people willing to adopt children from those unable or unwilling to face their responsibilities.
Reply:I don't mean to be rude (forgive me if I offend you), but the reason why you don't find any "facts" or "statistics" in favour of abortion is very simple: there aren't any. All the statistics show abortion to be the horrible crime that it is. It is not without reason that abortion has been called "The Second Holocaust". ...and many more people died than in the first one.

Instead of doing a "pro-choice" paper, I would suggest that you do a paper that objectively looks at the facts and statistics of abortion.

I hope this helps, and good luck with your paper.
Reply:Check out the book "Freakonomics" by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner. They point out that the crime rate dropped in the relevant years in the early 1990s, just as the first cohort of children born after Roe v. Wade was hitting its late teen years (14 to 17). These are the years during which young men enter their criminal prime. At this juncture, the rate of crime began to fall. They speculate that the lower amount of crime was due to the lower amount of unwanted children.
Reply:the pro choice people don't spend as much time obsessing about it, thats why you find less information.
Reply:www.priestsforlife.org

you will get your answers there.

there is no credible excuse for killing a kid.
Reply:Ya, but none of that matters when you can give the kid to someone else.

Its called adoption.

Where can I find studies and statistics on sleeping with your baby?

2010-04-26T00:31:00.001-07:00

I have let my nine week old sleep with us since he was born. I have heard conflicting information regarding safety. Everything from "it's dangerous" to it "reduces the risk of SIDS". I would like to find good information from reputable sources on this issue.

Where can I find studies and statistics on sleeping with your baby?
Here are some links below for you. As long as you follow safe co-sleeping guidelines, co-sleeping is a wonderful idea!

Be sure to check out the first link from the Mother-Baby Sleep Laboratory.

EDITED TO ADD:

turtlesducky - I think you are confusing smothering and sids. They are two completely different things.
Reply:I have found all my information at Parenting.com and Babycenter.com.You wouldnt believe the helpful info on EVERYTHING you could imagine.I myself have always been scared to sleep with my babies,and then just kept making them sleep in their bed,Ive not even had my kids ask to sleep with me hardly at all,I guess because Ive always put them in their bed.But I did see a situation on the news a while back where a daddy put his baby in bed with him,and just his arm was slightly over the babys face and he suffocated,another where a breast feeding mom had her baby in bed feeding her and her breast suffocated her.These are just 2 situations that I have seen on the news in the past year.I think I would rather cuddle him for a couple hours before bedtime and hold him until he fell asleep to be on the safe side,I was just always too scared,even though theres nothing more precious than holding your baby all night,Id just rather be safe than sorry! I hope the websites helped,they are awesome from experts.God bless and congragulations on being a mom,theres no better gift!
Reply:I suggest the book "No cry sleep solution" I went through the same thing you are going through and this book helped me the most. I ended up pulling my baby in her crib close to the bed so that she was right next to me and I could hold her little hand to let her know I was there. It helped me sleep through the night and it helped her too. I was no longer worried. This book is geared towards co-sleeping but it does represent the other options. I think in the end you, the mother of your baby, will know what is best for your situation. Good Luck to you and your little one!
Reply:you should talk to your babys doctor first of all there are studies out there that say the number one cause of sids is sleeping witht the parents babies dont need to be around blankets pillows or anything of the sort they are still way to young to know if something gets in their face you should talk to your doctor about your feelings and good luck
Reply:You are just being a over paranoid new mother. Put you kid in it's own bed where it belongs. What are you going to do breast feed til he's six?
Reply:Well I wouldn't let the baby sleep with you . The best way is to put a crib in the room with you and let the baby sleep there. For one thing when it gets older it will want to sleep with you and not sleep in its own bed but that up to you.
Reply:I understand your need to find the facts, I felt the same way, but in the end my little guy stayed with me in my bed and we loved it!

http://www.askdrsears.com/html/10/t10220...

www.attachmentparenting.org - do a search on co-sleeping

You trust your momma insticnts! You are the best mom for your baby and you will do what is right!
Reply:parenting.com is a good place. However I breastfed my children and found it alot easier to let them sleep in the bed with us. It caused alot less stress for the middle of the night feedings.
Reply:www.babycenter.com

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What are 2 good variables (with statistics) to use for a grade 12 data management ISU?

2010-04-26T00:31:00.000-07:00

I need to use 2 different variables and prove that they do or do not have a correlated relationship between them.

What are 2 good variables (with statistics) to use for a grade 12 data management ISU?
How about marks and sleep.

School psychologists, do they do alot of math & statistics in their job?

2010-04-26T00:30:00.003-07:00

I'm an undergraduate psychology major student with an interest in going on to get a masters %26amp; explore my options in school psychology. I'm currently taking statistics, which I'm not to good at (as with algebra!) School psychologists do alot of testing, do they also do alot of math? Thanks!

School psychologists, do they do alot of math %26amp; statistics in their job?
Not really. The only psychologists that use a lot of math are those who do a lot of testing, and research.

Where can I find the latest statistics on the prices of consumer electronics?

2010-04-26T00:30:00.002-07:00

I need to find a website that graphs the prices of consumer electronics and shows the trend, any ideas?

Where can I find the latest statistics on the prices of consumer electronics?
The only thing I can think of would research the CPI sites.

CPI is Consumer Price Index, and lists avereage price specific consumes pay for basket of goods, but you may be able to narrow down data to consumer electronics.

Another tool would be looking up NPD Consumer Electronics Price Watch site. The links below may help you, good luck..

What are the most important traffic statistics of a website?

2010-04-26T00:30:00.001-07:00

In looking at my report of my website's traffic, I wonder what is most important and telling? The report includes Traffic stats such as sessions, pageviews, hits, then details on Visitors such as by day, unique, loyalty. And there is also reports on pages %26amp; files, navigation, referrals, etc. What should I focus on in this lengthy summary report?

What are the most important traffic statistics of a website?
All metrics are important -- what matters is what you do with those metrics.

Take for example pageviews: this is a crucial metrics especially if you are selling advertising space on your site. The more pageviews you get, the higher the chances of earning more from advertising. The question now is: how do you increase pageviews per visit?

As to the pages viewed by the users. If you have an information site, then this metric could tell you that this is the topic that interests your users. If you have an ecommerce site, your next question is: how are the top pages converting and turning to sales?

It's not just a matter of looking at a single metric. It is looking at the combination of metrics, even all the ratios -- and then trying to understand the behavior of your users in order to improve your site performance
Reply:They're all important. From an advertising perspective, unique visitors and page views are probably the most important. But all of the other stats are important to help you understand your site users, and potential opportunities/improvements.
Reply:i think referrals are important because it shows you the source of your traffic.

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How do I find out the statistics and which cosmetology school is better?

2010-04-26T00:30:00.000-07:00

I am trying to find out which cosmetology school is better. The Paul Mitchell School or the Aveda Institute. How do I know which school will be better for a lucrative career?

How do I find out the statistics and which cosmetology school is better?
Doesn't really matter. It depends on what you yourself can do, not what you duplicate. You can read books on styles, cuts and coloring later. The important things initially are that you pay the least amount possible for the basic training and study hard to pass your test. After that you can specialize.

After passing the state board, some states you can just go and apply and then the shop owner trains you to what their shop is famous for. Or in some states you have to work under a cosmetology manager for a year before you can get your cosmetologist managing license. Then there are criteria you need to meet for renewing your license.

If you are dead set on either school, why not go there, talk with the owner and they will show you around and you can spend a little time seeing what their school does/teaches.
Reply:Get references of graduates from both schools and check them out.

Also, ask your current salon which they school they prefer to hire from.
Reply:try internet

Where can you find the statistics on a police officers record concerning arrests on a certain crime?

2010-04-26T00:29:00.003-07:00

I want to know if a police officer stops more whites then blacks, for wandering.

Where can you find the statistics on a police officers record concerning arrests on a certain crime?
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm

It is important to remember when reviewing this information that there is no uniform for reporting crimes, each dept has their own guidelines. In addition, not all depts report every crime. Therefore, the statistics are not concrete, but only an estimate.

Hope this helps.
Reply:see the ACLU website. i do not know about wandering specifcally but do know that in general blacks are stopped and ticketed more often than whites. I think 50 percent of prison population is black , 25 white and 25 hispanic ?
Reply:although stereotyping is not good guidelines to follow, statisitics are not kept or calculated.

most citizens are glad that all thugs, regardless of race are investigated as to their purpose.

rule of thumb: students, working persons, are usually in bed by 10pm. most "night creepers" are up to no good. they keep pawnshops in business.
Reply:let me guess, you think the officer was racial profiling.

first, not all police officers are racist, matter of fact, 99 percent are not, but they are professional (most of them) and I hope your not getting that confused with racisim...

as far as accuratwe statistics, if you feel you are being targeted, contact the officers supervisor, if that does not help, contact the supervisor's supervisor....if in the end you dont get the answer you want, then the answer you want is not the answer your ever going to get, and you probably just "think" your being targeted, when your not!
Reply:it will take a court order to obtain a officers personell record

What site can i find statistics regarding to how many people eat cakes a day?

2010-04-26T00:29:00.002-07:00

or any realted numbers about cakes. i'm hoping someone can help.i've tried everywhere but i can't come up with any answers. Maybe the search keyword was the problem or, i don't know. but i'm sure there are recorded datas about cakes.

this is my homework and its due on oct. 21. one of my classmates had recorded datas about ice cream but he doesn't want to give me where he got it. pls help me..thanks.

What site can i find statistics regarding to how many people eat cakes a day?
http://www.aibonline.org/resources/stati...

Will any of this help?

What are the most important statistics to look at when buying stocks?

2010-04-26T00:29:00.001-07:00

on Yahoo! finance there are a number of stats listed for every company. what are the important ones to look at when buying stocks?

What are the most important statistics to look at when buying stocks?
history is history, but what else do you have to project future? I myself depend so much on historical data in analyzing stocks. as long as its fundamental values remain intact, the data can be representative.

1-As much as possible, look for it annual report. its importance can be explained here,

http://www.stock-investment-made-easy.co...

2-then only extract relevant data for further analysis:

i) - Liquidity Ratio - How much liquid asset that the company have.

http://www.stock-investment-made-easy.co...

ii) - Efficiency Ratio - An overview how its sales perform.

http://www.stock-investment-made-easy.co...

iii)- Gearing Ratio - Its susceptibility to get caught in heavy debt in case of economic crisis.

http://www.stock-investment-made-easy.co...

iv) - Profitability Ratio - How lucrative their product is.

http://www.stock-investment-made-easy.co...

Happy Investing!
Reply:Most ratios are historical values, and the future may be different. But of the Yahoo statistics probably the valuation ratios, the debt to equity ratio, the operating margin and the gross margin calculated from the income statement. Its really the trends that matter.
Reply:In order to accurately answer that question you need to determine your investment strategy. If you read about the well known investors (current and past) you will find that the statistics they used in stock selection vary. For instance some put a lot of value in p/e. Others completely ignore it.

I do not put too much faith in any particular statistic for buying stock. I tend to use them more to weed out stocks I'm not interested in buying.
Reply:Statistics aren't important at all. What is important is will the company grow in the future. That depends on their products, the market they operate in, and most importantly, the management team. Warren Buffet looks at those three things before he invests.

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How can I get free statistics and behavioural studies about golfers in the UK?

2010-04-26T00:29:00.000-07:00

I need to target affluent golfing groups in the UK and am trying to find which areas to target.

How can I get free statistics and behavioural studies about golfers in the UK?
A few years ago the PGA, PGA Tour, equipment manufactures and other golf industry leaders formed Golf 20/20. The group has a lot of data on golfers all over the world. What they purchase, how much they play and more. You should find what you need on their website

the section on past conferences has some good stuff

http://www.golf2020.com/conferences.asp

How much will a low Statistics grade affect my acceptance into college?

2010-04-26T00:28:00.003-07:00

I am taking mostly AP classes and I have all A's and one B+ in them except for AP Stats, where I have a D. I came into the class late so I missed the entire first chapter and never really got a hold on it. I scored a 54 on that test which lowered my grade down to a D. I'm getting mostly B's and A-'s on the tests and quizzes now, but it's too late to raise my grade any more on the report card.

How much will this low grade affect my chances of getting into college if i am applying for regular decision?

How much will a low Statistics grade affect my acceptance into college?
You should be fine. the fact that all your other grades are very high will be wonderful. besides, a college would rather see you struggle in an AP class than get all A's in a grade level course. with the rest of your grades you'll be fine. If you need help with the statistics stuff ask some questions on yahoo answers or send me an email and I'll be more than happy to help you learn.
Reply:well i guess i wouldnt worry about it. i mean i'm sure your gpa is good all around and your etaking lots of advanced coursees. so they shoudl giv eyou some credit

How do I calculate this statistics problem with a pencil and paper?

2010-04-26T00:28:00.002-07:00

What is the probability that the average number of orders per month will be less than 25, if the Mean is 34 and the standard deviation is 10.2?

How do I calculate this statistics problem with a pencil and paper?
You could calculate z = (25 - 34)/10.2 by hand but you must then have access to z tables to get the actual probability.
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Where can I find vital statistics on the computer?

2010-04-26T00:28:00.001-07:00

I am trying to find out where a relative passed away and is buried. I have no one to ask. Where on the computer can I look up the information I need?

Where can I find vital statistics on the computer?
You may need to edit your post to give more information, such as what country and at least a general time frame. Also, for instance the US is such a huge country that the 50 States' information may be handled somewhat differently, especially over time.
Reply:If the person was old enough to maybe collect social security, you should check this site: http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cg... It will tell you the person's last residence was, the birth and death dates, etc. That will be a place to start looking. You could then go to www.usgenweb.com, pick the state, and the county. If you are lucky, someone may have posted local cemetery listings or have volunteered to do a lookup in the area.
Reply:LDS.org is a great place to begin. The Church of Latter Day Saints has Death, Census and marriage records along with place of burial on not just people born in the US but people born all over the world. You can also check at Ancestry.com.

You can sign up for a free membership andget 2 weeks free of both the US census/birth/death records and an additional 2 weeks of the world info. You can find birth and death records on both living and deceased individuals there, unlike LDS which only gives info on the deceased.

Here's the link : http://www.familysearch.org/

Good luck in your search
Reply:What information do you have? Try googling the name and it may come up with an obituaries or newspaper article. Post questions on querie boards where you think this person lived and under the persons last name. Someone may contact you with information. Look thru old obituaries of other relatives if you have any it may have this persons name and last location listed, so you may get a town or state to start from. Or you could go to a site where they locate people for you and pay them. Or if you have a phone number for this person it may still be in a phone book you could try a reverse search and enter the number and see if the name %26amp; location come up.

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What is an easy statistics project to do?

2010-04-26T00:28:00.000-07:00

I need to do a study or observation kind of thing and report it to my class for a 15 minute presentation. What can I do? Any suggestions?

What is an easy statistics project to do?
you could report of your countries current population comparing it ...

the present population from about 10 yrs ago's population.

tell them the difference and factors..etc..percentage chart can be made useful for a 15 min presentation.

hope that helps
Reply:You might try an experiment such as flipping a coin or throwing a die a large number times. Count the number of times the coin comes up heads or tails or how many times each number on the die comes up and then compare those numbers to the values predicted by the laws of probability.

If that is too abstract, develop a poll. Make up questions that can be answered yes or no, or which can be ranked on a scale such as 1 to 5. Ask a large number of students or other people these two questions and then make a correlation graph between the two answers. In your report you can discuss whether there is a high or low degree of correlation between the two sets of answers and whether or not that shows any relationship.

For instance you could ask 100 students to rate a certain rock band on a scale of 1 to 5 and then to rate their preference for a certain brand of running shoes also on a scale of 1 to 5. Graphing these scores can suggest whether or not shoe preference is related to musical taste.
Reply:There are millions of things you can do! You could design an attitude survey of 10 questions or so and hand it out to friends, family, or people at the local discount store. You could do a political attitudes survey -- what are people's opinions about George Bush? You could ask people about their daily exercise habits and then correlate that with how much time they actually spend exercising. You could find a personality questionnaire online and then have people fill that out and report back what you find. If you wanted to do observation, you could go to the playground and code kids' behaviour -- watch for two minute chunks and observe how many hits, how many laughs, how many arguments, or whatever behaviour you decided you were interested in. Maybe how much interaction between boys and girls at what age groups.
Reply:pick your favourite sport ??

I am in the middle of marking a grade 6 statisics project where they analyzed data of their choice

I am learning a lot about the NBA and NHL.

Statistics only - Is Roger Clemens in the top 5 pitchers of all time?

2010-04-26T00:27:00.002-07:00

Statistics only - Is Roger Clemens in the top 5 pitchers of all time?

Statistics only - Is Roger Clemens in the top 5 pitchers of all time?
no.Steroids.
Reply:It's sort of unfair to compare pitchers across generations.. but statistically.. Roger Clemens is NOT in the top 5 pitchers of all-time.

In the last 50 years? Yes.. although NOT statistically.

Wins is a useless statistic in determing the value of a pitcher. If you disagree.. take a look at the 1910 season for Ed Walsh.. in which Ed was 18-20 with a 1.27 ERA. If you'd like a more recent season and one which involves the pitcher in question.. look at the 1990 Cy Young award and try and convince yourself Bob Welch had more dominating season than Roger Clemens.
Reply:I don't know many other pitchers that worked harder than Roger Clemens.

12 time All-Star

1986 AL MVP

7 Cy Young Awards (1986, 1987, 1991, 1988, 2001, 2004)

1986 All-Star Game MVP

1997 %26amp; 1998 Triple Crown winner

7 times lead the league in ERA.

4 times lead the league in Wins

5 times lead the league in Strikeouts

Went to the World Series six times and won two World Series titles.

8th in Career Wins (354)

2nd in Career Strikouts (4672)

Twice struck out 20 batters in a single 9-inning game.

These accolades are hard to match by any pitcher. Yes, he'll go down as one of the 5 best pitchers of all time.
Reply:there has been three pitchers since 1911 with 350 wins and he is one of them,,, spahn and maddux are the other two.. stats yes but big game gonads no.... the turn of the century pitchers with 400 wins or more had many more chances to win games than todays pitchers.. they didnt have to pitch 5 innings to qualify for a win either..some pitched two games in the same day..many many times.. what do you think that nolan ryan would of done against those broomsticks and handlebar moustaches?? pedro? johnson? koufax? gibson?
Reply:If you throw out all the steroid accusations and personal problems and look at just the numbers - and really aren't the numbers what baseball is about - then yes he's definitely in the top 5 and without a doubt the best pitcher still alive today.
Reply:He has to be really but he also played from some good teams. Nolan Ryan was better, but just too bad he played for bad teams. He even struck out 383 in one season and had seven career no hitters. He also was reaching the high 90s and 100 even at 46 years old. His last no hitter he was like 45 or 46. amazing guy.
Reply:Modern era pitchers who were (are) better:

1) Sandy Koufax

2) Bob Gibson

3) Tom Seaver

4) Warren Spahn

5) Greg Maddux

So no, Clemens is not a top pitcher.
Reply:Yes. Obviously. 8th in wins, but the other 7 come from an era where it wasn't so much of a rotation-like pitcher's game. 2nd in strikeouts says something. Yes. He is, based on stats.
Reply:Yeah. Roidger Clemens is one of the best ever.

He will join Barroid in the HOF soon enough. I am happy for both of them.
Reply:Yes he is in the top five but yet not as good a Noal Ryan but only if he could of keep play he would have been the best of all time
Reply:Roger Roger

he's in
Reply:No.

He's one of the top three.

Okay, technically Yes, but the spec can be tightened a bit.
Reply:yes
Reply:With or without the steriods???
Reply:I think it would be hard not to have him there. If not Top 5, definitely Top 10.
Reply:yes but hes jacked on roids

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Where can I find statistics on women actively participating on the internet?

2010-04-26T00:27:00.001-07:00

Seeking stats on english speaking (both mother tongue and as a second language) women between the age of 35 and 65 around the world. Country specific stats are helpful, but I am trying to get a global perspective. Thanks.

Where can I find statistics on women actively participating on the internet?
internet search button
Reply:porn sites
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Can someone help me find some statistics?

2010-04-26T00:27:00.000-07:00

I am trying to find some statistics on the effectiveness of the different treatments for insomnia. Such as the effectiveness rates of behavioral treatments, herbal treatments, congnitive treatments... ETC. But I am having difficulties. Any help would be appreciated.

Can someone help me find some statistics?
I have had insomnia since I was a teen I am now 39 and honestly nothing worked for me. I tried giving up caffeine, I tried having a hot bath before, I have tried prescriptions nothing seems to work for me and if it does it usually only happens for a short time .....no longer than 2 weeks. I get up every morning between 6:30 and 7am I do not nap even though I am a stay at home mom. I rarely get to bed before 1 am and asleep by 2am so i have been living off of 4- 5 hours sleep a night sometimes not near that much. I am hoping that some day I will find something that works for me! ~~~~ good luck in your findings~~~~

How can I find statistics on television viewing in the United States?

2010-04-26T00:26:00.003-07:00

I'm writing an essay and I figure that these stats would be pretty useful. I am trying to google it, but I guess I just cant get the wording right.

How can I find statistics on television viewing in the United States?
have you tried the nielsen ratings?

How could I get statistics of Airplane Crash over the world?

2010-04-26T00:26:00.002-07:00

I have a research on Airplane crashes over the world with a date that it was occured. Could you help me? Specially introducing a web site for it?

How could I get statistics of Airplane Crash over the world?
www.airdisaster.com has lots of information on lots of plane crashes and a large database of all major accidents.
Reply:A site that is even better than that is http://www.aviation-safety.net Report Abuse

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Can someone help me find some statistics?

2010-04-26T00:26:00.001-07:00

Is there a certain website that gives playstation 3 online video game statistics?

2010-04-26T00:26:00.000-07:00

like, i know halo and xbox has bungie. but, is there a certain site that would give madden 08 online statistics for all users?

Is there a certain website that gives playstation 3 online video game statistics?
http://www.easports.com/

Statistics question: need help on how to figure this out?

2010-04-26T00:25:00.000-07:00

Statistics question: need help on how to figure this out?

The professor has determined that the scores in his course are distributed with a mean of 75 and a standard deviation of 5. He announces that the top 10% of the scores will earn a "A". What is the lowest score a student can receive and still get A?

Statistics question: need help on how to figure this out?
assuming that the test scores are normally distributed then the scores that are above 1.28155 standard units about the mean.

Let X the the test score

P[ X %26gt; x ] = 0.1

P[ Z %26gt; 1.28155 ] = 0.1 where Z is the standard normal

(x - 75) / 5 = 1.28155

x = 81.40775

so anyone with a score of 81.40775 will get an A

What are some maglev statistics compared to other trains?

2010-04-17T01:48:00.000-07:00

Energy, costs, speed, etc.

Anything that can be used to make a chart/graph.

What are some maglev statistics compared to other trains?
Horribly expensive and hardly any faster than conventional high speed rail, such as France's TGV or Japan's bullet trains. for the money spent, a very poor investment.

The figures for Japans maglev (Linimo) was $100,000,000 per mile to build, compared to $1,500,00 per mile of conventional high speed rail.

In actual use the current record for Maglev is 361 MPH, and conventional high speed rail is about the same.

Proponents of Maglev keep saying better things are on the way but so far it has not been proven. The incredibly powerful magnetic fields associated with maglevs are suspected of causing some serious health problems.
Reply:Well speed wise there isn't much in it. The top speed for a Maglev is 581km/h and for Conventional trains the top speed is 574km/h (for the non metric thats less then 5mph difference - I can't remember the mph figures)

Maglev, does have a higher in-service speed of about 250mph, Conventional High speed rail on the Spanish network will shortly rise to 220mph when the new advanced signaling system goes live (currently the speed with the existing signaling is 186mph)

Maglev's biggest problem is that it needs all new lines. Presently the TGV routes into Paris finish a few miles out from the city centre, with trains running at reduced speed (~120mph) on 'classic' lines shared with normal trains. There isn't much of a time penalty as the trains would be braking anyway for the station. However, blasting a new alignment into the city at immense cost isn't worth the small time savings. (London was an exception, as the London suburban rail network is full to bursting with high frequency commuter trains it was worth the cost to build a new 150mph tunnel into the city centre)

Maglev would require new routes and stations to be driven through urban areas unless you want to build stations outside the city (Like France does with minor TGV stops with varying degrees of success)

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Where do you find statistics about different careers and their predicted growth?

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Also some information about various job wages and other information. I found a website in the past, but can't remember what it was.

Where do you find statistics about different careers and their predicted growth?
www.bls.org = U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics site.
Reply:try http://home.createmyfuture.com

look through the whole presentation on line

give like 15 minutes of your time
Reply:The US Government Labor Bureau publishes a ton of this information, but it's conglomerated so it's difficult to read.

More useful information can be found in trade rags, like Crain's business.
Reply:salary.com
Reply:www.salary.com does a great job.

Where can i find statistics about fish and fish keeping?

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Like what percent of people are in the hobby of keeping aquariums and how much blood pressure aquarium keeping lowers. Stuff like 15% percent of the people who have aquariums live in china.(just example). I've been looking on the web but cant find anything.

Where can i find statistics about fish and fish keeping?
well, I know for a fact that most heart patients are reccomended to start keeping fish, so they are beneficial.
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Reply:Generally forum's has such stats. You can also do a more extensive search. I did a search after reading your question and found this good site: http://www.ifocas.org/aboutus.htm

Where can I find statistics or facts about the most commonly held parties in my region?

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I go to college and we are required to make our own business plans for our final project. Our business is a party planning business. We would like to find out how many parties and what type of parties are most commonly held in our area. The area is State College, PA located in Centre County. Our teacher swears that the info is on the Internet somewhere and we can't find it. Can anyone help?

Where can I find statistics or facts about the most commonly held parties in my region?
Try typing a key word or 2 into the search box and see if it throws anything useful up:

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How do I get statistics of the most visited websites in Singapore?

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I want to know Singaporean websites that are most frequented, but have no idea how to get them. Anyone knows?

How do I get statistics of the most visited websites in Singapore?
Visit Alexa.com. They've got stats for every country in the world.

Here's the link for your specific request:

http://www.alexa.com/site/ds/top_sites?c...
Reply:http://www.alexa.com

and from the side bar, you select the language

and select top visited sites

Good Luck

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How is association in statistics identified and demonstrated?

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I need a clear understanding of this. Most of the stuff that I have read has been very vague.

How is association in statistics identified and demonstrated?
Association and be quantified with a correlation coefficient. Two common coefficients are pearson's (parametric - i.e. can assume a distribution) or spearman's (non-parametric).

Both of these correlation coefficients range from -1 to 1.

1 -%26gt; perfect direct relationship

-1 -%26gt; perfect inverse relationship

0 -%26gt; no association whatso ever.

All values inbetween have sort of a vague interpretation...so with a corelation coefficient you pretty much have to speak very generally about how strong an association really is....

As another analysis of association, you can TEST for association between 2 variables. If the p-value is small enough, typically %26lt;.05, you can say that the 2 variables are associated %26amp; it is statistically significant.

Note that association is not the same as causation. Just because 2 variables are associated doesn't mean that 1 variable directly causes the other.

I agree that it can be difficult to find a direct answer to a statistics question... so to answer your question directly, to quantify association I would look at:

1) correlation coefficients (quantifies association)

2) tests for association (determines if association is statistically significant).

Check out this site for some good info on this:

http://www.med.umich.edu/csp/Course%20ma...

good luck~

I want to look up the statistics for climbing accidents and deaths in North Wales, where do I look?

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I want to compare accident statistics between mountaineering and motorcycling in the North Wales area.

I have tried to find them from Mountain Rescue sites but without success.

Where do I go from here?

I want to look up the statistics for climbing accidents and deaths in North Wales, where do I look?
Try posting your question on the UK link they can probably give you better answers of what sites to look up.

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/;_ylt=AozMuY...

**************************************...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/uk_news/wale...

Good Luck
Reply:go to www.en.wikipedia.com/Mountain Rescue and you'll find what you're looking for!

Where can I find statistics that tell me how many American households have cats?

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I am looking to find out how many people own a cat in the US. I need to back up/reference the information. Thanks.

Where can I find statistics that tell me how many American households have cats?
Do a search on "Pet Ownership" and "households with cats". I did similar searches looking for dog ownership and found lots of info. Try "cat onwership" too. there is a lot out there, you just have to sift through it though.
Reply:maybe google it? google is very useful :). sorri i cant help more. good luck hope u find wot u r looking for
Reply:LOOKING ABUOT .25.000

Where can I find the statistics on how big of impact would it be without advertisement about cigarettes?

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Where can I find the statistics on how big of impact would it be without advertisement about cigarettes?

Thank you very much in advance

Where can I find the statistics on how big of impact would it be without advertisement about cigarettes?
I don't think that kind of information exists. Advertising in tobacco has been a part of our culture for so long that there has been no precedence set to base the statistics off.

You could always look at statistics for countries where tobacco advertising is illegal (if there are any) and compare their smoking statistics with ours.

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There is some criticism that the official unemployment statistics understate the extent of joblessness in the?

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There is some criticism that the official unemployment statistics understate the extent of joblessness in the United States. Which of the following statements represent shortcomings of the official unemployment rate reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics each month?

I. Discouraged workers are not considered unemployed.

II. People who work part time but want to be working full time are considered employed.

III. The unemployment rate does not take the duration of unemployment into account.

IV. Retirees are not included in the labor force.

A. II and III only

B. I, II, III, and IV

C. I, II, and III only

D. I and II only

There is some criticism that the official unemployment statistics understate the extent of joblessness in the?
I+II="D"

III- doesn't matter

IV- yes they really work sometimes but not very included into planned labor-force.

Where can I find social statistics on human behaviors?

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I am looking for statistics on everyday human behaviors. LIke how many times a week the average person showers, etc.

Where can I find social statistics on human behaviors?
Dear sir; please be advised that "Statistics" is a complex science that is categorize by formulas and mathematical functions. To understand how "Statistics" apply to Human Behavior you need to study Statistics for one year at college level. "Average" is a scientific term. A scientific process that uses mathematical formulas is used to describe "average." Look for Psychological and Sociological Journals at University Libraries.
Reply:Type in Human Behaviors, Human Patterns, etc

Also, you can get books at the Library, talk with a Psychologist at any University, etc

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/ind...

this was a question that was asked 4 months ago.
Reply:The Merk Manual, written for medical doctors, has all kind of information; average number of times that men and women pass gas, burp, etc.

The DSM-IV, TR for psychology lists a lot of demographic information on who may develop disorders (% of males, females, age, etc.)

Good luck!!

Do you think that the constant emphasis on false rape statistics has any impact on your perception of rape?

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In keeping with the current theme, I'm interested in knowing whether the current "battle" over the legitimacy of sources/statistics is having any impact on your perception of rape.

Do you think that the constant emphasis on false rape statistics has any impact on your perception of rape?
Not at all. But I think that it makes me underscore how serious a crime it is has to be understood by everyone. And I mean everyone. People have to understand how serious it is in order to not do it. People have to understand how serious it is in order to not falsely accuse people of it, and to tell the authorities when they are indeed victimized by it. And the police and the courts have to understand how serious it is to perform their due diligence in investigating it.

If people took it more seriously, there would be fewer rapes, more of those that do happen would be reported, fewer reported rapes would be false, and more of those reports would lead to a conviction.
Reply:None whatsoever.

I will underscore a previous answer: rape is a horrible crime.

When a person is falsely accused of a horrible crime, this is also horrible, especially if the person is found guilty and punished.

Both can be included as a form of theft, whereby so much, both tangible and intangible, is stolen from the victim.
Reply:I guess the percentage of such cases is very small and can never reduce the attitude towards the horrifying crime of such kind. It does not affect my perception.
Reply:As long as you have feminist laws that allow for false allegations to be taken seriously and no punishment for those that are found out, you will always degrade the women who are really raped
Reply:Hi Telcee.... I think that rape happens not only in your country but in every part of the world. Women do suffer the most.

Have a great Christmas..... Hope you comment on my previous question.

Regards

MG
Reply:Good morning/night Teeleecee :-)

Not at all, statistics are relative nevertheless, and what is very sad is that many, never report a rape crime. For example, the surveys are based on testimonies of women over 12 years old. I read in an article (please don't ask me for a source, I just woke up), that 1/4th are younger :-( and that some documentation in the USA is conducted by phone. But, what about the women that are poorer where there is a highest rape rate and have no phone?

Also many rape victims are so ashamed or scared that never report it. In many third world countries the rape victims are higher and still less reported as there is a taboo stigma around it. We have known by the media of some brave women that have gone to the authorities just to be killed for this by their rapists or even their families to protect their "honour".

Rape statistics are always inaccurate, it is worse than what is presented to us about women, men and children :-(

It is a horrible crime
Reply:No impact whatsoever. Rape is Rape!
Reply:Absolutely not. There is always a certain amount of bad, a certain amount of lies in anything. You can't let such things take the focuss off the real issue at hand.
Reply:umm, Actually no,some people actually worsen it, u know, you know why smokers continue to smoke, because they are shown statistics, dt doesn't change anything, tdey believe stats are lies
Reply:Battling over numbers and statistics is just a way to move the argument from the relevant to the irrelevant. Is anyone going to argue that rape should not be condemned? I probably shouldn't even ask, because no doubt someone will endorse that notion. But whether it is the rape of a woman, man, or child, it is still a horrible crime. And whether it happens a million times a day or twice a day, it is still a horrible crime. The problem with assuming these polarized positions is that you fail to realize that 99% of life is in the gray area, not the black or white. Those living in the black and white world where the real issue is whether or not we have accurate statistics about rape are deluding themselves.
Reply:RAPE is a horrible crime and rapists don't get cured they rape till they are caught. i have a fool proof way of curing them KILL THEM
Reply:nah, rape is rape. Its bad alright.
Reply:No they are a mood point, it doesnt change anything for the ones invovled if 10 or 100 other girls have been raped. What is troublesome is the high number of FALSE accusations and the fact that too many women are impartial of these although they harm real rape victims.
Reply:No. Rape is a horrible crime.
Reply:No, rape is a horrible crime just like any crime with the intent to hurt somebody.

Anyway, what bugs me is some feminists who claim rape is a largely underreported crime. Yes, it is true; some women do not report it, but some also lie about it so they would negate each other out. They believe in the ''1/4 women are raped'' but not the ''1/4 men are innocent.''

The F.B.I. has found out that the rate of rape (for 2004) is at 4.9% [1]. A far cry from 25% commonly claimed by feminists. Even with those that do not report it, I don't think it would be much higher than 8% (which is already a lot).
Reply:Rape is RAPE. You can't do it 'accidentally'. The pig has a choice of what he is doing. Not only is it a nefarious crime, but it is extremely selfish! I mean, Think of these women and how much of an impact that something like this has on them after it's been done! They could get contracted some kind of life threatening illness, develop severe depression and contemplate suicide...So many other things too! It's wrong. Period.
Reply:No. Rape is a sickening crime and false statistics undermine efforts to deal with rape effectively. Either under-reporting (by women who think they won't be believed) or over-reporting (by feminists who expand the definition of rape) is a real problem. Re the latter:

"[t]oday’s definition of date or acquaintance rape stretches beyond acts of violence or physical force. According to common definitions of date rape, even verbal coercion or manipulation constitutes rape” (Roiphe, 1993, pp. 66–67) and “with such a sweeping definition of rape, I wonder how many people there are, male or female, who haven’t been date-raped at one point or another. People pressure and manipulate and cajole each other into all sorts of things all the time” (Roiphe, 1993, p. 79).

'Linguistic inflation' of terms like 'rape' and 'sexual abuse' only the muddies the waters of these serious issues. It is sick of feminists to use victims of crime as a pawn in their political game. The bottom line is that statistical distortion in no way helps victims of these serious crimes (e.g. they might not be taken seriously) and does nothing to help put real rapists in jail (e.g. resources are wasted by focusing on lesser offenses).

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Its important to distinguish between perceptions of rape and perceptions of statistics about rape. Tragically the two can be very different and are far too easily confused.
Reply:Rape is a horrible crime and would always remain horrible as long as it exist. It is true that some women falsely claim rape on men resulting in a bad name put on women who are actually raped. The false rape statistics has no profound impact on me and spoils my perception of rape.
Reply:Rape statistics are always false- they are always under reported, specially when it involves a family member. So any statistics anyone produces is usually only the tip of the iceberg. Are you meaning perception in terms of numbers or perception in terms of the crime itself.Whatever the stats the crime is horrensous and that does not change
Reply:Not trying to be rude but..

Women nowadays scream rape far too often for me to take them seriously.
Reply:If you don't want to be raped don't hang out with non-whites.

The contrasts are even more stark in the case of interracial rape. Studies from the late 1950s showed that the vast majority of rapes were same-race offenses. Research in Philadelphia carried out in 1958 and 1960 indicated that of all rapes, only 3.2 percent were black-on-white assaults and 3.6 percent were white-on-black. Since that time, the proportion of black-on-white rapes has soared. In a 1974 study in Denver, 40 percent of all rapes were of whites by blacks, and not one case of white-on-black rape was found. In general, through the 1970s, black-on-white rape was at least ten times more common that white-on-black rape. [319]

Because interracial rape is now overwhelmingly black on white, it has become difficult to do research on it or to find relevant statistics. The FBI keeps very detailed national records on crime, but the way it presents rape data obscures the racial element rather than clarifies it. Dr. William Wilbanks, a criminologist at Florida International University, had to sift carefully through the data to find that in 1988 there were 9,406 cases of black-on-white rape and fewer than ten cases of white-on-black rape. [320] Another researcher concludes that in 1989, blacks were three or four times more likely to commit rape than whites, and that black men raped white women thirty times as often as white men raped black women. [321]

Interracial crime figures are even worse than they sound. Since there are more than six times as many whites as blacks in America, it means that any given black person is vastly more likely to commit a crime against a white than vice versa.

Source(s)

319. Gary D. LaFree, “Male Power and Female Victimization: Toward a Theory of Interracial Rape,” American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 88, No. 2 (September 1982).

320. William Wilbanks, “Frequency and Nature of Interracial Crimes,” submitted for publication to the Justice Professional (November 7, 1990). Data derived from Department of Justice, Criminal Victimization in the United States, 1987, p. 53.

321. Andrew Hacker, Two Nations, pp. 183, 185.
Reply:I prefer to se rape statistics through the media. Allow me to elaborate: here, a rape new comes every 10 days. Lets assume that it represents 20% of rapes (because blah blah blah unreported blah blah, and because the media puts enphasis in this kind of stories) so, every 2 days, a woman is raped in a 10 million people population (a cluster of cities). See?

What are the statistics on complications from NOT circumcising?

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More specifically, what are the chances of getting penile cancer if there is no circumcision?

What are the statistics on complications from NOT circumcising?
The American Cancer Society actually said that circumcision does not reduce your chances of getting cancer. Penile cancer is extremely rare. Some European nations (uncircumcised) actually have lower penile cancer rates, so it makes sense. You can find the links to the American Cancer Society at 6a and 6b. Basically, they found previous 'studies' biased and attempting to push circumcision here in the USA.

Here's some more info on circumcision, with more links to other statistics and studies, too.Circumcision is a traditionally Jewish and Muslim procedure, although it was introduced and encouraged to the Western, developed world as a way to stop masturbation, especially with the help of Dr. Kellogg. (see link 1) However, although scientific studies have discovered that circumcision harms masturbation by up to over 60% (2), needless to say, it doesn’t completely stop masturbation. Many circumcised guys find it more convenient to use a commercial lubricant as a result (3) since the typically moist foreskin that is like the eyelids is not present to rub the glans with (4).

Most developed nations quickly rejected circumcision after noticing its ineffectiveness against masturbation, and as a result the United States remains the last developed nation doing it to a significant percentage of newborns. (5) This was done as a result of the for-profit American health care system promoting myths about benefits of circumcision (6), such preventing penile cancer (6a, 6b), preventing HIV (6c, 6d) despite the USA being the developed nation with the highest HIV rates and circumcision rates (6e, 5), and preventing STDs (6d, 6f). As a result, circumcision is now brings in hundreds of millions of dollars to doctors and the American health system. (7)

However, circumcision has been becoming less popular as years have passed by. In the 1960s over 90% of guys were circumcised in the USA, now circumcision rates are as low as 14% in some states. (8) More and more parents are discovering that circumcision carries more risks than benefits, and realize that by leaving their sons uncircumcised, they have the choice of choosing what they’d like, since the surgery is irreversible.

Circumcision risks include the loss of sexual pleasure according to multiple studies (2, 9, 10, 11). Those studies take into effect many sensation points, including the foreskin, and they involve many participants. There have been other studies that claim no difference, but they don’t even take into effect the nerve endings on the foreskin, which as seen in one study, are some of the most sensitive points on the penis (10). One study even found an increase in erectile dysfunction rates after circumcision (10a). In another study, it was found that females ended up reaching orgasm with and preferring uncircumcised males in 9 out of 10 cases (10b). In addition, circumcision is extremely painful on newborns (12, 13, 14), and you risk many bad conditions, such as a buried penis when too much foreskin is removed and limits the size of the penis (15), or adhesions or skin bridges that develop from the head to the shaft when the skin heals after the surgery (16), meatal stenosis [occurs in up to 10% of circumcised males!] when the opening of the penis becomes irritated from too much exposure and rubbing and begins to close up (17), and meatal ulcers (18). All those risks are, of course, not including the possibility of having too much skin removed, which can cause discomfort during erections due to lack of skin to allow the penis to expand, and could consequently cause a hairy penis by pulling pubic hair and skin to the shaft. Often a circumcision scar develops around the penis after circumcision. In addition, circumcision has negative effects on breastfeeding. (18)

To conclude, here is a link that describes the anatomy of the foreskin (19) and the development of the foreskin with infants, a link especially helpful for parents (19a). Ultimately, one survey found that although uncircumcised guys are a bit more satisfied percentage-wise, it’s within the margin of error. (20) The only difference is that those unsatisfied uncircumcised guys can simply get circumcised and end up satisfied either way. In addition, in one survey it was found that up to half of circumcised guys expressed concerns on wishing to have had the choice themselves. (21) That, along with the risks and negative effects that are being seen more with the help of the Internet, may be what is bringing down circumcision rates.
Reply:There are some stats that claim that "circumcision " gives a great advantage but then why is it that the Scandanavian countries (non-circumcising) have lower rates of penal cancer and stds than the US for all the mutilation that has been done here. They do not "circumcise" their male babies and their infant mortality rate is lower than the US, coincidence?
Reply:I agree with the first answerer to check out CIRP. I don't know about cancer, but I know that intact boys are twice as likely to get UTI in their first year of life, but it's still rare. My two sons aren't circumcised and so far neither has ever had any problems of any kind. (The oldest is four.) My dad went weeks without bathing in Vietnam and he never had an infection or any other problems.

For people who think uncircumcised penises are more difficult to clean: The intact penis is self-cleaning, just like a vagina. The reason people think it's harder to clean is because the foreskin produces smegma, a white waxy substance similar to the vernix that covers a baby at birth. Smegma gets its name from ancient Greek. Smegma actually means "soap" in Greek. Women also produce smegma. I have personally dealt with excessive smegma production after bad (possibly allergic) reactions to various soaps, powders, and scented tampons. These things dry out the delicate tissue, and the body makes more smegma to return the skin to it's normal suppleness. It's similar to washing your face with harsh cleansers that initially dry out your skin. Your oil glands work overtime to make up the difference and your skin ends up oily.

You have to be pretty lazy to think that cleaning an intact penis is hard work. You pull the foreskin back, wipe with a wet washcloth, and slide the foreskin back down where it belongs. Piece of cake. I don't even use soap on my son. It dries him out too much and he says it hurts. (My other son is just a baby and his foreskin isn't retractable yet.)
Reply:The risks of getting penile cancer are very very small. While some studies say that the risk is more if you are natural there are many risks with getting circumcised. overall it is better to be natural, just like we were born. I'm natural and many of my friends and family are. So far all been ok.
Reply:What is a better question are the complications of circumcision. Remember, it is a pretty big surgical operation and like any operation it can have problems. Yes, they are rare, but they happen. Problems with anaesthetics, problems with bleeding out, problems when going wrong. I know it's an extreme example, but look up David Reimer - his circumcision as a baby went wrong and his entire penis was accidentally removed. This happens in 1 in a million circumcisions. If all the men in the US got circumcised, that would be 150 people losing their penis.

Complications from circumcision are actually more common than penile cancer. Have a google for more statistics, there are some slight pieces of evidence regarding spread of HIV being slightly less to circumcised men (bearing in mind this is only if you have unsafe sex with an infected person, and makes no difference in male to female infection).

Also, at what point do you start preventing possible rare things that will occur later in life? Chopping off baby's nipples would severely decrease breast cancer, but we don't do that. We also don't remove tonsils or appendices at birth.

Cool, I like your journal entry. Look like we think the same LOL.
Reply:There is no health organization in the world that recommends routine infant circ. There is a slightly higher risk of penile cancer, but it doesn't warrant circumcision. It would be like removing every womens breast tissue to prevent breast cancer (which is much more common btw)
Reply:I have had four boys, (teenagers now), and none are circumcised. They have never had any complications.
Reply:little boys have a harder time cleaning it when not cirumcized and also it gets harder for old men cause their penis shrivels and sometimes they have to get circumcized when they are old because of that reason.
Reply:One in 600 uncircumcised men get penile cancer, which often requires penile amputation.
Reply:This report gives you some information.

http://www.cirp.org/library/complication...

Here's another

http://www.drhull.com/EncyMaster/C/circu...

Quote from above:

Of the 60,000 cases of penile cancer reported since the 1930's, fewer than 10 occurred in circumcised men. The risk of penile cancer in uncircumcised men is 1 case per 380-600 men; in circumcised men it is 1 case per 75,000 to 8 million men.

Interesting question you asked. I was surprised by the results!

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How to solve this statistics problem?

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Hi, I haven't took statistics for a few years and I'm trying to help out a friend. Heres the question.

She wants to be 95% confident that her estimate is correct. if the standard deviateion is $1050, how large a sample is needed to be accurate within $200.

How would you solve this? Thanks!

How to solve this statistics problem?
The formula for sample size in this case is

n = (Z^2)(standard deviation^2)/error^2

where Z is the Z value corresponding to the desired confidence level

In this case it would be (1.96^2)(1050)^2/(200^2) = 105.88 which you would round up to 106.

What are the statistics for surviving ovarian cancer?

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Would appreciate it if you could provide sources to accompany your responses. Also, would appreciate hearing stories of recovery. I have a friend who is going in for surgery on Thursday to remove a large (soccer ball sized) tumour. How common is this size of tumour? What are her chances?

What are the statistics for surviving ovarian cancer?
Check out www.ovariancancer.com this site provides info.. I have included some here for you.

One woman out of every fifty-five (approximately 1.8%) will develop ovarian cancer some time in her life time.

In 2003, approximately 25,000 women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Approximately 14,500 women will die of the disease.

Over 70% of all women with ovarian cancer will not be diagnosed until the disease has spread beyond the ovary. This is because the symptoms of early ovarian cancer are often vague and can mimic other common medical problems.

Ovarian cancer is most common in women who have already gone through menopause. The average age for developing ovarian cancer is 61 years old.

For the small number of women who are fortunate enough to have their cancer diagnosed before it has spread beyond the ovary, the chance for cure is 85 to 90%. However, for the majority of women in whom the disease has spread beyond the ovary, the chance of living for five years after the diagnosis is between 20 and 25%.
Reply:I suggest you try the Ovarian Cancer site started in honor of the late Gilda Radner, a comedian who died of ovarian cancer. They have great information, and excellent support programs for anyone touched by this disease.
Reply:There's a product that your friend can take to help her along the way. It's called OPC-3 and it's an antioxidant. Antioxidants help strenghten the inmune system by cleansing the blood of impurities and helping produce white blood cells. OPC-3 is also wonderful for arthritis, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, preventing certain types of cancers, helps with allergies, and many, many more conditions. People have been using this product in Europe for 200 years now and Americans have only started to realize how much they are missing out. On November 6th, Newsweek magazine published an article about this very product. Also, recently a German magazine also did the same. Having cancer is very scary and anything you could do to help your friend would be great. It has pine bark extract, grape seed extract, and red wine extract, plus other ingredients. It's all natural and has no side effects. OPC-3 is 50 times more powerful than vitamin E and 20 times more powerful than vitamin C. Don't take my word for it. Check it out for yourself: www.marketamerica.com/americhoice (americhoice)
Reply:chances are good My tumor was Huge!!!! and here I am fat and sassy!!!

Where can I find statistics about health care?

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I am writing a paper on the pros and cons of Universal Health Care, I'd like to have solid statistics including the amount of people that work for the health insurance companies. If anyone can help i'd appreciate it

Where can I find statistics about health care?
Here are some websites:

http://www.balancedpolitics.org/universa...

http://allnurses.com/forums/f100/debate-...

http://mhutch.blogspot.com/2008/02/prosc...

http://www.commondreams.org/views/021300...

Hope these help.

What are the statistics for people getting hit by buses?

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You know the old saying 'you might get hit by a bus tomorrow' well how likely is that?

What are the statistics for people getting hit by buses?
Well you could stand in the middle of the road and you prob wont get hit for ages then 3 will come along and knock you down one after the other .....!........
Reply:not sure

but how can you not see a bus coming

and then walk into its path accidently
Reply:Not very good.
Reply:im guessing the chances are high because of the way the bus drivers drive these days, like their all drunk.
Reply:I know it's meant to be a funny but please bear in mind the trauma that can be caused to the bus driver and his/her family especially where there is no blame on the driver.

Not all bus drivers are idiots or maniacs.....the vast majority are just normal hardworking people doing a thankless job.
Reply:very likely if you walk out in front of one with an i-pod in ya ear
Reply:you might want to go to the national transportation safety board site to check on that. i think it might be www.ntsb.gov
Reply:1 in 37,000

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What are the statistics on national new car sales closing averages?

2010-04-17T01:43:00.002-07:00

I beleave it's about 20% but I would like to find a site with "official" stats. I work at a Toyota dealership in Florida and we are at 30%. That's just the front sales and not counting internet.

What are the statistics on national new car sales closing averages?
The average is about 20% ( I work in car sales too), but I don't know where to find a website with that stat on it. Congrats on your 30% though, that's great!
Reply:I would have to agree with the other 2. 20 - 30%. Depending on the sales people.

Where can I find statistics on the digital divide?

2010-04-17T01:43:00.001-07:00

According to Van Dijk in "The Deepening Divide" one of the groups of people who are affected are parents of small children. I'm doing a project for school and I have to find a way to bridge the gap and I chose to do parents of small children, but I can't find anything about it except for in Van Dijk's book and I need to find graphs and statistics online. Oh ya and it's due tomorrow haha. What? I'm not a procrastinator.....

Where can I find statistics on the digital divide?
Check out some of the white papers available on this website...very good information:
Reply:Digital Inequality: From Unequal Access to Differentiated Use [click for pdf copy of a final draft of the full paper]

by Paul DiMaggio, Eszter Hargittai, Coral Celeste and Steven Shafer

2004. In Social Inequality. Edited by Kathryn Neckerman. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. pp. 355-400.

(Send me a note if you'd like to receive a hard copy of the final chapter through snail mail.)

Abstract

This paper reviews what we know about inequality in access to and use of new digital technologies. Until recently, most research has focused on inequality in access (the "digital divide"), measured in a variety of ways. We agree that inequality of access is important, because it is likely to reinforce inequality in opportunities for economic mobility and social participation. At the same time we argue that a more thorough understanding of digital inequality requires placing Internet access in a broader theoretical context, and asking a wider range of questions about the impact of information technologies and informational goods on social inequality. In particular, five key issues around which we structure this paper.

(1) The digital divide. Who has access to the Internet, who does not have access, and how has this changed?

(2) Is access to and use of the Internet more or less unequal than access to and use of other forms of information technology?

(3) Inequality among persons with access to the Internet.

(4) Does access to and use of the Internet affect people's life chances

(5) How might the changing technology, regulatory environment and industrial organization of the Internet render obsolete the findings reported hear?

Outline

I. Introduction

A brief history of the Internet

Technology and inequality: a selective tour of social-scientific perspectives

II. The Digital Divide

Persistent disagreement

What do we mean by access?

Which divide?

Which measures?

Interpreting the trends

The digital divide: a research agenda

III. How Does Online Inequality compare to Inequality in the Use of Other Media?

Comparing Media Sources: A Research Agenda

IV. Beyond the Digital Divide: Inequality Online

Culture and information in the stratification order

The "Knowledge Gap" hypothesis

Dimensions of inequality online

Research agenda: Modeling digital inequality

V. Does Internet Use Matter?

Do technical skills enhance earnings?

Do technical skills enhance quality of worklife?

Does technology improve school performance?

Does technology reduce inequality in the sphere of consumption?

Does technology enhance political influence and communicaty engagement?

Effects of Internet use: research agenda

VI. Social Organization of Technological Inequality

Government policies and Internet adoption

The impact of business strategies

Institutional effects on digital inequality: a research agenda

VII. Conclusion

Acknowledgements

Report prepared for the Russell Sage Foundation. Authors are from Princeton University except for Hargittai, who teaches at Northwestern University. Support from the Russell Sage Foundation, the National Science Foundation (grant IIS0086143) and the Markle Foundation is gratefully acknowledged, as is institutional support from the Princeton Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies and Office of Population Research. This paper refelcts the impact on the first author's thinking of several helpful and provocative comments by participants at the Russell Sage Foundation Inequality project's Harvard meeting in Summer 2001.

Paired sample statistics: How do I address variability in the controls?

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I am comparing empirical data to 2 predictions . I plan to apply the Wilcoxon paired-sample test for both predictions, where I test the difference of the prediction and the empirical. Here's my problem. I also have a control group that has variability. How do I account for variability in the controls? Many thanks.

Paired sample statistics: How do I address variability in the controls?
this is one of the best questions I've seen on here.

I would use an analysis of variance or analysis of covariance to compare the control and sample to the predictions all at once. It is a little easier to understand the results if you use a general linear model and multiple regression methods.

Statistics: How do I prove a significant difference between the results of control and experimental groups?

2010-04-17T01:42:00.002-07:00

I'm trying to finish a term paper for a 400-level social science research class. I'm trying to test whether or not the Motor Voter Act resulted in a significant difference in presidential election turnout. Since there are four states (MN, ND, WI, WY) exempt from MV because their registration laws were already at least as lax as MV prescribes, I'm using them as a control group. To control for historical differences in state-by-state turnout, I'm comparing the difference in the change in aggregate turnout between the two groups for the two elections before (88 %26amp; 92) and after (96 and 00) MV took effect. My hypothesis is that there will not be a significant difference between the changes in the two groups, suggesting that MV did not result in any significant change in voter turnout.

How can I compare the two cases in order to test my hypothesis statistically? Thanks for all your help.

Statistics: How do I prove a significant difference between the results of control and experimental groups?
You will have to use the mathematical expressions of either ratios or percentages, or both; so that the results are clearly defined in an obvious manner. The term "significant" is much too vague and undefined. Stay away from it, unless you can define it! Simply show 2 groups, 2 elections, 2 sets

of ratios and/or percentage differences in each one; and let the numbers do the talking.
Reply:by the expression on their face

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Need some statistics on world economy and globalization!?

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I am writing a sociology paper on the recent increase of globalization and the world economy and its future increase. Can anyone point me to some statistics (need to have sources!) supporting these past/future increase? Thank you!

Need some statistics on world economy and globalization!?
Some extracys from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globalisati...

Globalization (or Globalisation) refers to increasing global connectivity, integration and interdependence in the economic, social, technological, cultural, political, and ecological spheres. Globalization is an umbrella term and is perhaps best understood as a unitary process inclusive of many sub-processes (such as enhanced economic interdependence, increased cultural influence, rapid advances of information technology, and novel governance and geopolitical challenges) that are increasingly binding people and the biosphere more tightly into one global system.[disputed] An example of globalization was the invention of the telephone.There are several definitions and all[disputed] usually mention the increasing connectivity of economies and ways of life across the world. The Encyclopedia Britannica says that globalization is the "process by which the experience of everyday life ... is becoming standardized around the world." While some scholars and observers of globalization stress convergence of patterns of production and consumption and a resulting homogenization of culture, others stress that globalization has the potential to take many diverse forms. In economics, globalization is the convergence of prices, products, wages, rates of interest and profits towards developed country norms. Globalization of the economy depends on the role of human migration, international trade, movement of capital, and integration of financial markets. The International Monetary Fund notes the growing economic interdependence of countries worldwide through increasing volume and variety of cross-border transactions, free international capital flows, and more rapid and widespread diffusion of technology. Theodore Levitt is usually credited with globalization's first use in an economic context. Globalization has various aspects which affect the world in several different ways such as: Industrial (alias trans nationalization) - emergence of worldwide production markets and broader access to a range of goods for consumers and companies Financial - emergence of worldwide financial markets and better access to external financing for corporate, national and subnational borrowers

Economic - realization of a global common market, based on the freedom of exchange of goods and capital.

Political - Political globalization is the creation of a world government which regulates the relationships among nations and guarantees the rights arising from social and economic globalization. Informational - increase in information flows between geographically remote locations

Cultural - growth of cross-cultural contacts; advent of new categories of consciousness and identities such as Globalism - which embodies cultural diffusion, the desire to consume and enjoy foreign products and ideas, adopt new technology and practices, and participate in a "world culture".

Ecological- the advent of global environmental challenges that can not be solved without international cooperation, such as climate change, cross-boundary water and air pollution, over-fishing of the ocean, and the spread of invasive species.

Social - the achievement of free circulation by people of all nations.

Transportation - Fewer and fewer American cars on American roads each year.

Greater international cultural exchange

Spreading of multiculturalism, and better individual access to cultural diversity (e.g. through the export of Hollywood and Bollywood movies). However, the imported culture can easily supplant the local culture, causing reduction in diversity through hybridization or even assimilation. The most prominent form of this is Westernization, but Sinicization of cultures has taken place over most of Asia for many centuries.

Greater international travel and tourism

Greater immigration, including illegal immigration

Spread of local consumer products (e.g. food) to other countries (often adapted to their culture)

World-wide fads and pop culture such as Pokémon, Sudoku, Numa Numa, Origami, Idol series, YouTube, Facebook, and MySpace.

World-wide sporting events such as FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Games.

Formation or development of a set of universal values

Technical/legal

Development of a global telecommunications infrastructure and greater transborder data flow, using such technologies as the Internet, communication satellites, submarine fiber optic cable, and wireless telephones

Increase in the number of standards applied globally; e.g. copyright laws, patents and world trade agreements.

The push by many advocates for an international criminal court and international justice movements.

Since World War II, barriers to international trade have been considerably lowered through international agreements - General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). Particular initiatives carried out as a result of GATT and the World Trade Organisation (WTO), for which GATT is the foundation, have included: Promotion of free trade

Reduction or elimination of tariffs; construction of free trade zones with small or no tariffs

Reduced transportation costs, especially from development of containerization for ocean shipping.

Reduction or elimination of capital controls

Reduction, elimination, or harmonization of subsidies for local businesses

Restriction of free trade

Harmonization of intellectual property laws across the majority of states, with more restrictions.

Supranational recognition of intellectual property restrictions (e.g. patents granted by China would be recognized in the United States) Globalization can also be defined as the internationalization of everything related to different countries Looking specifically at economic globalization, it can be measured in different ways. These centre around the four main economic flows that characterize globalization:

Goods and services, e.g. exports plus imports as a proportion of national income or per capita of population

Labor/people, e.g. net migration rates; inward or outward migration flows, weighted by population

Capital, e.g. inward or outward direct investment as a proportion of national income or per head of population

Technology, e.g. international research %26amp; development flows; proportion of populations (and rates of change thereof) using particular inventions (especially 'factor-neutral' technological advances such as the telephone, motorcar, broadband)

To what extent a nation-state or culture is globalized in a particular year has until most recently been measured employing simple proxies like flows of trade, migration, or foreign direct investment, as described above. A multivariate approach to measuring globalization is the recent index calculated by the Swiss Think tank KOF. The index measures the three main dimensions of globalization: economic, social, and political. In addition to three indices measuring these dimensions, an overall index of globalization and sub-indices referring to actual economic flows, economic restrictions, data on personal contact, data on information flows, and data on cultural proximity is calculated. Data are available on a yearly basis for 122 countries. According to the index, the world's most globalized country is Belgium, followed by Austria, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. The least globalized countries according to the KOF-index are Haiti, Myanmar the Central African Republic and Burundi.[8]. Other measures conceptualize Globalization as Diffusion and develop interactive procedure to capture the degree of its impact Jahn 2006. A.T. Kearney and Foreign Policy Magazine jointly publish another Globalization Index. According to the 2006 index, Singapore, Ireland, Switzerland, the U.S., the Netherlands, Canada and Denmark are the most globalized,

while Egypt, Indonesia, India and Iran are the least globalized among countries listed.

Read excellent article at http://www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/...

Also see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6279...

see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Global_...

see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_econo...

Be specfic in what data you require

Anyone have statistics on woman equality to men?

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I am doing a debate. Pro side for that women have achieved equality. I'm not finding a lot of statistics and was wondering if anyone had any ideas on where to get information, or good points for that women have achieved equality.

Anyone have statistics on woman equality to men?
Idont think we have achieved equality
Reply:You are trying to find statistics on an subjective area.

Chances are that you will find studies that will reflect the point of view of whoever paid the study.
Reply:Equality is impossible. Justice, however, is.
Reply:You'd have to rest on voting rights, rights at work and women's general social status. I don't think general statistics are kept.

Why does your avatar keep changing?

Is there link where i can get the statistics for OU football 2000 season all players results?

2010-04-17T01:41:00.003-07:00

Is there link where i can get the statistics for OU football 2000 season all players results?

I am looking for a link or place to find every players results forthe 1999 and 2000 Oklahoma sooner football season? I amlooking for the scrubs also allthe players

Is there link where i can get the statistics for OU football 2000 season all players results?
Try this:

http://soonersports.com/sports/m-footbl/...
Reply:Bob H is right. Try searching for "OU Football Statistics" on Google, etc.. I believe there is a site that has all college and pro football stats in a single database.

Statistics: How do I prove a significant difference between the results of control and experimental groups?

2010-04-17T01:41:00.002-07:00

I'm trying to finish a term paper for a social science research class. I'm trying to test whether or not the Motor Voter Act resulted in a significant difference in presidential election turnout. Since there are four states (MN, ND, WI, WY) exempt from MV, I'm using them as a control group. To control for historical differences in state-by-state turnout, I'm comparing the difference in the change in aggregate turnout between the two groups for the two elections before (88 %26amp; 92) and after (96 and 00) MV took effect. My hypothesis is that there will not be a significant difference between the changes in the two groups, suggesting that MV did not result in any significant change in voter turnout. I tried weighting each according to the applicable population, adding a nominal variable to differentiate the groups, and crosstabling, but that doesn't seem to work.

How can I compare the two cases statistically? Also, any help on how to run the reports on SPSS would be _extremely_ helpful.

Statistics: How do I prove a significant difference between the results of control and experimental groups?
You would use a Chi Square analysis to show whether or not the two populations that you are looking at significantly different from one another or not

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Where can I go or what website can I use to find eBay's statistics?

2010-04-17T01:41:00.001-07:00

I'm working on a project for my marketing class and the topic is eBay. I was wondering if anyone could give me a name of a website or source that I can use that has the statistics of ebay including annual traffic on the site, registered users, etc.

I've already tried Alexa, but it's not as thorough as I would like.

Thanks and much appreciation.

Where can I go or what website can I use to find eBay's statistics?
Probably with community affairs with EBAY. They don't give that info out to anyone. So tell them you may want to place an ad.

How can i teach statistics or mathematics online?

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I am a post graduate,in Statistics and Mathematics,have experience in teaching Statistics in high school.

How can i teach statistics or mathematics online?
http://www.globalscholar.com/Teach.aspx

Does anyone know where I can find statistics on the most successful recruiting methods for retail jobs?

2010-04-17T01:40:00.003-07:00

I am trying to find well-founded statistics that will list some kind of percentage of success or satisfaction with various recruiting methods (e.g., store signs, classified ads, employee referrals) within the retail industry.

Where can I get more granular MLB statistics?

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Does anyone know where I can get MLB statistics by inning? I am trying to calculate probabilities based on inning, pitcher and score at the time of inning.

Where can I get more granular MLB statistics?
Retrosheet has the details, but you might have to do the work to get what you are looking for yourself.

http://www.retrosheet.org/

The ESPN stats has breakdowns by first, second, third time through the order, and also innings 1-6 and 7+

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/stats/pitc...
Reply:you would need to get a someone that has a score cchart.

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How do I find auto traffic demographic statistics for tulsa ok?

2010-04-17T01:40:00.001-07:00

I am interested in the traffic statistics for intersection Sheridan and 31st Street.

How do I find auto traffic demographic statistics for tulsa ok?
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en%26amp;lr=%26amp;q...
Reply:I live in Lawton not to far away and I wanted to find out the same thing I called the city and start asking around they willl have something however it may not be as current as you had hoped. Try the city planning divsion and I think that you can find something that you are looking for there. At the very least an idea of where to start.
Reply:Check with your local State Farm Agent, or their web page.
Reply:do google search for census.

When it pulls up the census bureau then under search type in your question. You may have to reword it a few times to get what you are looking for but it should help you.

I am currenty doing a marketing project and have had to use this sight a lot the last few days!

Good luck.

Is there a good and very basic statistics website to help me better understand kinds of statistical tests?

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I am taking a very basic undergraduate psychological statistics class and I just finished a unit on hypothesis testing, t-tests, repeated measures, one way and two way ANOVAs, post hoc analyses, etc. and I feel like I'm reading greek. I have a homework assignment that is due next week and I'm having a bit of difficulty understanding which test is appropriate to use for each problem. Can one of you math wizards please help? Thank you.

Is there a good and very basic statistics website to help me better understand kinds of statistical tests?
Hi! I'm a statistician and I use http://www.statsoft.com as well as cheap textbooks from Half Priced Books in my area. Both seem to help. If you have a specific question, feel free to email me. Don't know how much good I'll be because I use fancy software for my analysis, but I'll try.
Reply:You need to pay for getting information from certain sites. But contact me I'll reduce your time and effort in this search.
Reply:Hi, I too had to learn basic statistics on my own (my university courses were useless) and I've found a variety of good resources online.

See the Vassar online textbook (they also have online statistical calculations)

http://faculty.vassar.edu/lowry/webtext....

And a glossary with simple definitions

http://www.stats.gla.ac.uk/steps/glossar...

Good luck!

How much do you trust statistics/figures?

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A lot of numbers get thrown around in here, and the old addage goes "Statistics don't lie, but liars use statistics." I had a whole class in college on the subject of statistical interpretation and understanding what the statistics are REALLY saying when people use them. Two clever people can look at the same data, and can make it say whatever they want it to.

How much stock to you put into new studies when they are released? Do you even bother trying to find out who sponsored/paid for the study?

How much do you trust statistics/figures?
It depends on the study - official is always better (government, JRF, UN, Euro-wide research) just so you know it's been done properly, ethically, etc and it's just not based on the life histories of about 8 people and nothing else.

Then you always have to look to see how it is counted - for example 'women with degrees earn more' - than... women without degrees? ...than men with degrees? ...than other immigrants with degrees? How is it measured / counted? Are any groups left out or collapsed into other groups?

Then - what is the research trying to prove? Does it have an agenda? Research that showed Christians were happier and earned more money than non Christians, could be very biased if it came from a Christian organisation.

Is the research backed up by other studies? Are the findings similar or are they the exception? How have the findings changed over time? For example, a common thing with fertility statistics is to show the decline since the 50s - but we all know the 50s were an aberration - so what is the long term picture, is the fact increasing, decreasing, changing anywhere else or in other societies, etc..

So yeah, I do look. And it's true that two clever people can make the same research say two different things, which is why it's best to go and check out the figures for yourself and make your own mind up :-)
Reply:We have all pretty steadily discounted government backed stats as being any more credible, so your post was a typical skeptic's with no real information to back it up. A poor answer. Report Abuse

Reply:Statistics are not a very credible source.

The reason why is because statistics can, and only do state so much of what is on record. For an example, criminal statistics only present information on crimes reported and where the suspect is apprehended. There are many unreported crimes that happen in America everyday, and almost as many crimes where there is not any sufficient evidence that is a credible enough to punish the suspect.

There are also many other factors included which make statistics inaccurate, Media attention on certain geographical areas. Some places received more unwanted attention than others do to unpopularity, popularity of the place, the racial percentage of certain ethnic groups, and the local governments ability to sweep certain issues under the rug to prevent bad publicity.

Statistics are also written by an author with a bias opinion on the subject that they are provided statistics on.

With that said, i ignore statistics, just as i ignore movie critics.
Reply:Statistically, the highest levels of exposure to second-hand smoke have not been associated with any substantial health risks. Statistically, cigarette smokers are an economic asset to government coffers. Statistically, the social security system is financially robust. Statistically, war is not good for a country's economy. Statistically, financial outlays for social welfare are minuscule compared to corporate welfare. Statistically, babies born addicted to cocaine, methamphetamine, or heroin have no more physical or psychological problems by the age of 5 than babies born without drugs in their system -- provided that the drug-born babies are adopted in infancy. Statistically, only a minority of physically abused children become abusive adults. Statistically, vaccinations are not linked with autism. Statistically, the trickle-down theory of economics hasn't worked since the Egyptian pharoahs conveniently deposited massive amounts of riches in one-stop-shopping caches for the grave robbers.

I could go on and on. These statements represent consistent statistical results from multiple studies. Do they represent popular convictions?

At one point, I cautioned colleagues that using questionable conclusions from other studies to justify legitimate research proposals would diminish the overall credibility of their own findings. I admit I was wrong. It doesn't matter what the actual numbers show. What matters is what people believe they should show.

And as far as determining the sponsors of studies, most research is funded by the government, and most researchers toe the company line.
Reply:stats can easily be pushed around and twisted to support what the writer is arguing. I don't trust stats unless the person making them has a strong background in math or statistics. when A person with a degree in psychology uses stats to support his/her point i usually assume its wrong and ignore it. I've seen the stats classes they are required to take for their degree and I assure you they are not qualified to be given any statical figures on their own. I don't mean to offend people I just get dissappointed when people try to sell uninformed audiences products by impressing them with so called statistical figures they imagine. Its dishonest and outright cheating people.

look up prosecutors fallacy on wikipedia, it gives a great example of how conditional probability is abused. If you can follow the math I think you will find it really interesting.

stats don't lie, its the people making them
Reply:When you trade the currency markets the way I do, you're forced to read government sponsored economic statistics.

And I can tell you that from the day the Bush Admin entered office, economic and inflation stats have gone from being questionable to dubious and finally, at this point, they're just flat out falsified.

I take no stock in any numbers coming either from the White house, nor anything widely distributed in the corporate media.

These people are lying through their teeth. In fact, they've been lying for so long and without any penalty, I don't think they know how to tell the truth anymore. They sure as hell haven't got any reason to.

Ask yourself, why are these people telling me xyz? Do they really like me and want me to know the truth?

Highly doubtful.

You're just a commodity to them that they trade to advertisers.
Reply:There is a great saying, I forget where I heard it and it goes like this: "In God we trust, all others bring data!"

Sounds like you already know the answer to your question. It's all about the data. Where did it come from? How was the data pulled, etc? If you answer those types of questions for each statistical result set you review, you will know whether or not to trust it. Do the sources for which the data was collect and the methods used for data collection meet my level of expectations? And the real kicker ... do I know enough about the subject matter to really evaluate or to have comfort in the data collection methods for which the analysis is based off of?
Reply:Personally I don't trust statistics. Statistics are good to get an over all idea about the chances of something. Now to actually go by it you must be well eduacted in STAT. Im taking a college course on it and it gets pretty confusing, in general I use them to get an idea of something. I tend to want to beat the odds to prove ceartin stat theorys wrong
Reply:My mom worked for the CDC (Center for Disease Control) who is a commonly quoted source of many statistics. The stats are most definitely political, with much data suppressed when data is unfavorable by the powers that be.

I most definitely do not believe in polls, as most self-respecting people don't even participate in polls.
Reply:I dislike stats and figures just as I dislike small range studies. Studies are usually made with a bias behind it. If the result being seeked is not proved, then it always requires "More research". I don't like stats because..seriously, I refuse to believe examples with headlines like "Out of a study of 25 women, 23 women say that they have worthless husbands. This proves that men are blah blah blah" Even though it is fake, I guarentee that people who don't question stats will believe it and make stereotypes.
Reply:In cases of surveys and politics, not very much. We all know how easily those can be twisted to suit those in power, and how difficult it is to get the real numbers.

When stats are published about an issue that is political, like domestic violence, NEVER take it at face value. Take it with TWO pinches of salt. The link in my profile should give you a very good idea of what I mean.
Reply:I generally try to read those boring methodology sections. Those tell me a lot.

Since I research and publish I know how the study is conducted as well as the methods involved are as important as the researchers 'findings'. Thats why I ask for cites here (and get lambasted for it). Does it take a phd to read some of those- yes. And they even put me to sleep.
Reply:I try to find a few studies and usually somewhere in the middle makes sense.

It is almost imossible to find any study without any agenda. there is always money going on somewhere behind the scenes.

And a lot of times common sense tells when you when something is out of whack.
Reply:I don't trust half of the statistics around and I doubt the other half. You're absolutely right - statistics beg for manipulation beginning with those who sponsor the work - and studies are always sponsored.
Reply:Statistics lie. You can use statistic so that almost anything can come out with the results you want - it's just a matter of how you apply it.
Reply:I take each study with a grain of salt, especially when it comes from a political or social organization with an axe to grind.
Reply:Statistics don't always reveal anything solid.
Reply:I toss and coin and see if I believe it or not. After manipulating variables with SPSS....I seem evil trying to manipulate numbers trying to go along with what I say lol.
Reply:90% -- 50% of the time !!
Reply:I trust them about 20% of the time...do you believe me?

Where can I find facts and statistics concerning the social health of teen girls in America?

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I'm looking for good facts and statistics concerning teens girls in the areas: eating disorders, cutting, depression, promiscuity, self-image, and the like. I have done broad searches on the internet, but thus far the data often conflicts and can be questionable. Or is there simply not enough research done for this group? Please let me know what you know or know what you think. I'm working on something and I need all the help I can get! : ) Thanks a bunch!

Justin

Where can I find facts and statistics concerning the social health of teen girls in America?
You're probably finding conflicting statistics because the behaviors your looking for are not socially acceptable, and therefore are under reported. Also,you should try searching for risky behaviors in teen girls, not social health. Look at sites like cdc.gov, nih.gov, medlineplus.gov, mayoclinic.com (this one may be .gov). For eating disorders and cutting, try somethingfishy.org. I hope that helps!
Reply:well I donno. I think a lot of the studies out there are just a lot of bull. Stats too.

I think reasoning things out is a helluva lot better than trying to prove anything with dubious numbers which no one believes anyway.
Reply:in a grass hole
Reply:MySpace, Xanga...
Reply:Try searching online

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Where can I find US marriage statistics?

2010-04-17T01:39:00.001-07:00

Hey All,

I’m looking for a Web site that offers free marriage and divorce rate statistics for the US for the past 10-20 years.

Thanks!

Where can I find US marriage statistics?
The National Center for Health Statistics has this data.

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/divorce....
Reply:You might want to try the census bureaus web site.

Assume that the government decides to count discouraged workers in the official statistics. Which of the follo

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A. The labor force participation rate would fall

B. The number of unemployed would rise

C. The number of employed would rise

D. Nothing would happen because discouraged workers are already counted in the official statistics

Assume that the government decides to count discouraged workers in the official statistics. Which of the follo
D.

Look up how these statistics are created.
Reply:d, to be discouraged would mean you have been looking for a job, but have not found one

Where can I find current statistics on substance abuse counselors in recovery themselves?

2010-04-17T01:38:00.002-07:00

I'm a graduate student writing a paper on dual relationships in substance abuse counseling. I haven't found any current statistics or much reliable research. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!!

Where can I find current statistics on substance abuse counselors in recovery themselves?
Thats a good question. I work at a D%26amp;A rehab myself, and although this is just personal experience, I would say about 50% of people from the counselor level and up through supervisors and directors are in recovery. On the other hand, about 80-90% of the techs (the people below the counselors who are basically the baby sitters) are in recovery. I attribute this to their lack of college degrees and licensure. Thats a good idea for a paper. Good luck.

Does anyone know the statistics for abortion in the UK? How many abortions have been carried out etc?

2010-04-17T01:38:00.001-07:00

i need to know statistics such as how many abortions have been carried out? how many actually have a good reason such as rape, health etc...

Does anyone know the statistics for abortion in the UK? How many abortions have been carried out etc?
Last year there were 193,000 abortions in Britain.
Reply:Ckeck out abort 73.org. It has tons of that kind of info
Reply:Abortion in the United Kingdom has been legal in England, Scotland and Wales since the Abortion Act passed in 1967. At the time, this legislation was one of the most liberal laws regarding abortion in Europe. However, abortion remains illegal in Northern Ireland, and all political parties in Northern Ireland oppose its legalisation, although Sinn Féin supports some limited liberalisation of abortion laws.

here is a pie chart of how many abortions were carried out in 2004:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...

2004 Times/Populus poll

According to a 2004 Times/Populus survey, Britons' feelings on abortion are:[6]

75% of Britons believe abortion should be legal

38% of Britons believe abortion should "always" be legal

36% of Britons believe abortion should be "mostly" be legal

23% of Britons believe abortion should be illegal

20% of Britons believe abortion should be "mostly" be illegal

4% of Britons believe abortion should be "always" be illegal

NB: The survey compares the results to respondents' voting habits for mainland parties, indicating that Northern Ireland was not included in this survey.

[edit] 2005 YouGov/Daily Telegraph poll

According to an August 2005 YouGov/Daily Telegraph survey, Britons' feelings toward abortion by gestational age are: [7]

30% would back a measure to reduce the legal limit for abortion to 20 weeks

25% support maintaining the current limit of 24 weeks

19% support a limit of 12 weeks

9% support a limit of less than 12 weeks

6% responded that abortion should never be allowed

2% said it should be permitted throughout pregnancy

[edit] 2006 MORI poll

A more recent survey shows support for restricting abortion laws in the UK, and is cited by the Catholic Church in England and Wales as evidence of a growing unease with abortion. [5]

According to the survey:

42% of British men and women believe the legal limit for an abortion should be cut (i.e abortion more restricted).

47% of British women believe the legal limit for an abortion should be cut

36% of British men believe the legal limit for an abortion should be cut

10% of British women believe that abortion should be "outlawed altogether

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Will my concurrent enrollment Statistics course transfer out to a four year private college?

2010-04-17T01:38:00.000-07:00

A

A

B

B

C

These are my grades for last year when taking college classes. I am REALLY worried about my college GPA. I made a C in Statistics %26amp; I'm wondering if there is any way to not send in the grade? Or will it even transfer out? I am wanting to go to Columbia Chicago College which specializes in liberal arts. How bad will my grades affect my COLLEGE GPA?

How does ttm and mrq items get calculated in Key Statistics? How often does it update?

2010-04-17T01:37:00.003-07:00

Background knowledge:

TTM = trailing twelve months

Questions: Is that an average for the past 12 months? But statistics comes out once every quarter. How would you know what it is in the middle of a quarter?

MRQ = most recent quarter

Questions: Let's take Total Cash for example. Is that a total cash that the company owns as of the last quarter? Or is that the total cash generated from the last quarter alone?

How does ttm and mrq items get calculated in Key Statistics? How often does it update?
TTM is usually the sum of the last 12 months (the last 4 quarters of financial data). MRQ will only be the lastest data reported. In the cash example you gave, if its a balence sheet item like cash, it will be the total cash at that point in time that the company has.

Where can i find the 2002 AP statistics Free-Response questions and Answers?

2010-04-17T01:37:00.002-07:00

I have started studying for the AP statistics Exam, Our teacher has given us the 2002 version of the test, and i need to know how i did on the test. He does not have the answer sheet. (he somehow lost it) So it would be of great help, if someone can help me find the Free-Response questions and Answers for 2002 AP Statistics Exam.

Where can i find the 2002 AP statistics Free-Response questions and Answers?
http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloa... - i can't find the answers. I think you have to either buy them or get them from your teacher.

Does anyone know where I can find education based statistics for public schools?

2010-04-17T01:37:00.001-07:00

I am doing research for a debate and I need statistics for both public and private schools.

Does anyone know where I can find education based statistics for public schools?
I think you will find this difficult because the government does not like private education and will do it's best to disguise the success of the private/public school sector. Obviously if their standars were poor it would be trumpted from the heavens. It is a case of statistics being used to diguise the truth rather then highlight it. Iregret that you will have to research deeper into the Offsted reports and statistics
Reply:like something like this?

http://nces.ed.gov/NAEP/pdf/studies/2006...

i just googled public vs private school statistic haha

and i dunno what kinda statistic or debate topic you have.. so it's hard to help you look it up :-P
Reply:narrow your comparison to two separate schools in your area: go online to websites of these schools or visit them personally and compare information. You could do this with more schools in your area or refine your search method online by going to local library sites, where more detailed info could be found.

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Does anyone know any statistics on how many people meet in person after meeting online?

2010-04-17T01:37:00.000-07:00

I have several friends using online matchmaker services and I'm just curious how many people actually meet in real life. I know it used to be considered "desperate" but it seems so acceptable now. I just wonder how many people actually meet in person. I'm trying to convince someone that it can be safe and a great way to make new friends or start a relationship so any actual statistics would be greatly appreciated! Please no personal stories.

Does anyone know any statistics on how many people meet in person after meeting online?
i know good stories but i also know some horror stories but do not know the statistics
Reply:1:20
Reply:There are many websites of these kind. Well it doesn't happen to everyone, there must be very good understanding between the 2 to meet in person. The persons come to know most of the things while on line and meeting in person is the moment to cherish after such a long wait.

Does anyone have statistics on the percentage of deaths due to terrorist attacks in the past 5 years?

2010-04-17T01:36:00.003-07:00

I have to write a report on probabilities of dying from terrorism compared to 17 other causes of death. The statistics are hard to find though. I don't suppose anyone happens to know a site where I can find them?

Does anyone have statistics on the percentage of deaths due to terrorist attacks in the past 5 years?
Try Googling a string such as

"Terrorist attacks in the past 5 years"

After a few variations you should come up with a few useful sites.

i.e.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con...
Reply:no

Where can I find National UK statistics for the height and weight of secondary school students?

2010-04-17T01:36:00.002-07:00

I would really appreciate some help finding this data (particularly for 12, 14 and 16 year olds) for GCSE statistics coursework. US statistics also welcome! Preferably metric units please.

Where can I find National UK statistics for the height and weight of secondary school students?
the internet.
Reply:Try a Yahoo Search

Should I take statistics in high shcool to become a defense attorney?

2010-04-17T01:36:00.001-07:00

i want to know good helpful high school classes for becoming a defense attorney. I'm taking psychology,and buisness law but i want to know if statistics is a good class for it? please help! p.s. and if you have some more time: should i take triganometry also, and what about spanish?

Should I take statistics in high shcool to become a defense attorney?
Yes, because it teaches you logic and probability. It helps your critical thinking and analyzing skills. You should also consider taking a debate or speech class if you can, if you haven't already. Or join the debate team. A foreign language is always helpful, I think Latin would be the most useful if they offer that at your school. You should get a prep LSAT book too, they sell them at any bookstore and aside from being fun, it'll give you a chance to see if you're cut out to be an attorney. Good Luck
Reply:I would suggest statistics though I don't know if its necessary. I HAD to take trigonometry, but also don't think its necessary.

Spanish however, I would DEFINITELY take. Knowing a second language is VERY important in any job field, especially one where you need to communicate with your clients.
Reply:Spanish would be great. You should also take public speaking if your school has it. Statistics couldn't hurt, although I have no idea how much defense attorneys use math. When you get to college you should think about joining the debate team and volunteering for Guardian Ad Litem. And learn to write well.

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Where can I find information on Pass / Fail Statistics?

2010-04-17T01:36:00.000-07:00

I work at a company that grades our representatives' calls. We have set the standard for passing at 95%. All calls graded below that are failing. I have found that on my team we have an average of 70% of all calls passing. This has been consistent for the last 6 months.

I am curious now to know what statistics there are on pass / fail ratios and in what environments.

Can someone direct me to education or statistics websites that that give me data about a pass / fail ratio? I would like to know how my findings compare to pass / fail statistics in education circles.

Where can I find information on Pass / Fail Statistics?
Since there are literally hundreds of schools and widely different opinions on this subject, you could spend years on it. My experience in academic evaluation has shown me that evaluation can be useful but more often than not the people doing it are not very honest.

You can prove that I am a wilder beast if you wish by using pass/fail statistics. So, I will not give you one site since I have not found one that I would trust. I am sure there are excellent evaluators out there, and I know some but again the sites are controlled by universities or companies more interested in

protecting their reputations and jobs than in helping anyone.

Sorry if this sounds cynical but that is the reality of it IMHO.

Anyone know where I can find help with statistics online?

2010-04-17T01:35:00.000-07:00

I need help doing my statistics homework. Anyone know a website that might help?

Anyone know where I can find help with statistics online?
mathgoodies.com has a forum to post questions on homework. Post in the statistics category and you should get help pretty quickly.

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Where can I find an article that has statistics?

2010-04-15T00:28:00.002-07:00

I am having to do a project for my math class and my teacher wants me to find an article that uses math and statistics in some way. If anyone could help me please do!

Where can I find an article that has statistics?
With the election coming up, there are probably a lot of political articles that talk about polls and frontrunners and that sort of thing. I think cnn.com has a special election section that you might look at.

Where can I find out official government statistics?

2010-04-15T00:28:00.001-07:00

I'm doing some research as part of a psychology dissertation for university into why some women dress fashoinably and others do not. I need to find out what the value of the clothing and apparal industry is and what percentage of this is women andwhat is men. But i need oficial statistics, how can I find this!!!!

Where can I find out official government statistics?
Office of National Statistics website?
Reply:I doubt any government cares enough about this to keep stats. How about looking into what women spend annually on clothing and accessories? Perhaps you can extrapolate from that.
Reply:Financial Times
Reply:Answers good so far... also you can demand various types of information... write to the department you want the info from... tell them you want the info, under the Freedom of Information Act. They are obliged to give you anything that would fall within this act. Address your letter to the Information Officer.
Reply:If you are looking for US Government statistics, it is doubtful that they will have the information you are looking for. The Department of Commerce may keep some statisitics on how much is spent on clothing and apparal, but they probably do not gather the information based on gender.

It sounds like what you are really looking for is a market research report. These reports provide detail information on different industries. If you have access at your university to various business information databases or if your library has a good business research section, you may be able to get this information for free. Otherwise, a professional report can be rather pricy.
Reply:I think that at one time you could get this info from the BSO Newport Gwent.

But I think that the government may have since shut down the Business Statistics Office.

It was regulation that all companies submitted statistics of their sales to this office.

Blair didn't want statistics kept because of his numerous share dealings in companies such as Kingspan where Building regulations were changed to suit that business to increase the share value
Reply:hi there.

if you live in the uk then you want to look at the trends

this website http://www.statistics.gov.uk/ gives you statistics on all sorts...just have a browse!

thats the officail statistics site and is recognised by every lecturer and is the data base for any offical statistic ever recorded.

any other sites cannot be fully trusted...but this is a government site...so whether or not you believe what it says its the most reliable source your going to get

hope that helps and good luck!
Reply:I'm not sure the government keeps those statistics... maybe they do... but I am not familiar with that...

you may have better luck with some sort of fashion consumer group... if such thing exists... which one probably does...
Reply:in the statistics office.

Are pregnant teens more or less likely to finish college, are there any statistics on this, where?

2010-04-15T00:28:00.000-07:00

I can't find statistics anywhere online.

Are pregnant teens more or less likely to finish college, are there any statistics on this, where?
Teen mothers are less likely to complete high school (only one-third receive a high school diploma). Only 1.5% have a college degree by age 30.

So, no, like the poster claimed above, you don't have a 50/50 chance. That's way off!

And also, these young women are NOT going back to college later. By age 30 less than 2 percent have a degree.

Fortunately, at least 2 peer-reviewed studies of abstinence-education programs have found that these programs have succeeded at significantly lowering pregnancy rates among teens.

Also, the findings of a major longitudinal study of abstinence-education released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (US DHHS) provide further evidence that abstinence-education is the only intervention that helps youth avoid risky sexual behavior.
Reply:Less. Statistically. However I personally believe it depends on the teen. Some are more determined than others. I got pregnant when I was 15. Got married and have a family instead. Been over 18 years now and we are still married and happy. Statics are not always right.
Reply:no way. http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/2006/09/1...
Reply:I think that it is probably more likely that they do not finish college, but I don't think it's nearly as bad as people might think. When looking at stats about teen moms and college, I'm willing to bet many of them are only looking at teen mothers who are just out of high school and in their early 20s. If they did a longer study to see how many eventually do go back and graduate at a later date that those results would be surprising. I had my daughter at 17, dropped out of high school, got my GED a few years later, and didn't go back to college until a few years after that. There were a ton of people like me in my college and in my nursing class especially.

So I guess that I don't think that they are very much less likely to finish college in the long run.
Reply:Less likely, but that's not to say that they all drop out. It makes a lot even more determined to get qualifications to support their child. I'm 16 and I gave birth to my first two weeks ago, and although I'm definitely going back to school for the first time in my life I've thought about quitting. I just don't want my baby to be brought up by someone else and I'm up all night with her so I'm exhausted during the day. But I know that in the long run it's best for me to go back.
Reply:From my experience as a teen parent and knowing teen parents. I think it's a 50/50 chance. Some girls feel now that they have a excuse not to be doing school.

I myself.. after having my child, I went back to school.. upgrading a couple courses and will be doing Nursing next year. It's just determination.
Reply:I know, I will finish high school, and college.

Even a county college, I'm motivated to give my baby a good life!
Reply:The likelihood is very slim. Less than 3 percent of teen mothers finish college, or go back later to get a degree.

Teen pregnancy hurts the mother in many ways:

http://www.teenpregnancy.org/whycare/sow...
Reply:i've only antecdotal evidence, but every friend of mine that found out they were pregnant dropped out of colelge %26amp; have yet to go back (over 10 yrs later)

Statistics of fewer health problems in those that have/love pets?

2010-04-15T00:27:00.002-07:00

I am doing a project and I was wondering if anyone knows of a website or anything that shows statistics of people owning pets' health vs. people that don't like animals/own pets. I have read that pets help relieve stress, lower blood pressure, etc. and I just need some more information about that. Thanks in advance!

Statistics of fewer health problems in those that have/love pets?
http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/text/prgrm/fsw/...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/627970...

http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/331/...

http://www.cdc.gov/Features/HealthyPets/

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article...

There are so many studies that show that people are healthier with pets, which is why I get so pissed off when I see all these no pet apartments and even worse, when seniors have to move into assisted living and can't take their pets with them. That so burns me!

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Statistics about surgery in english hospitals?

2010-04-15T00:27:00.001-07:00

I'd like to know where I can find statistics about surgery in english hospitals. I'll have an operation in june and I'd like to know which is the percentage of successful operations.

Statistics about surgery in english hospitals?
Have you tried the NHS Direct website? Or doing an online search either for the type of surgery you're having, or the surgeon (who is the best person to discuss success rates, etc.)
Reply:It depends on what sort of surgery it is, whether it is cosmetic or not and whether you go private or not. I cannot find any websites about success rates on all types of surgeries. Either state the type of surgery in your question or research it yourself:

- Type 'statistics 'type of surgery' uk '

eg. 'Statistists heart surgery uk'

Good luck with your op :)
Reply:It depends more on the type of surgery.

Are there any websites with statistics of genetic modification of medicines?

2010-04-15T00:27:00.000-07:00

I can find loads of statistics of genetically modified foods, but nothing on genetic modification of medicaince, cloning, IVF, etc. Can anyone help?

Are there any websites with statistics of genetic modification of medicines?
what kind of statistics are you looking for?