Statistical Research Projects
Failure to submit a completed phase by the due date will result in a penalty of 10 points for each late phase.a. Is there any difference in BMI between males and females? This is test of means.
b. Does Google stock have greater performance variability as compared to Yahoo? This is a variance test.
c. Females or more likely to attrite from college then males. Alternatively, this can be phrased as ‘Is there any difference in the college attrition rate between the genders’?
d. Is the consumer price index a good predictor of Christmas retail spending?
e. Was President Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act successful in stimulating the US economy after the May 2007 housing crash?
f. What factors are most likely to influence stock performance?
g. Does parental income and education influence BMI?
h. What factors contribute to US city homicide rates?
i. To what extent is defense spending influenced by world oil prices and US oil demand?
j. What factors (demographic, macroeconomic, industrial spending, environmental) are most likely to predict the outbreak of Ebola or other diseases (polio, malaria, bird flu)?
