Work paper concepts and applications

NFL Team With Sports radar for Location-Based Statistics in 2015

This article discusses how the NFL will unveil a more expansive statistics package this season. This package will include location-based data such as speed, acceleration and distance traveled for each play. Statistics are core to the fan experience and the NFL is looking to capitalize on the trend.

The statistical analysis used by Sports radar will rely on regression analysis to provide player statistics. Through this regression Sports radar will prepare weekly histograms designed to showcase the top quarter of players in regards to acceleration, speed, and yardage.

The Very Stark Numbers on Young Black Men and Gun Violence

This article focuses on a statistically analysis conducted by the Pew Research Center regarding race in America. The article articulates the disparate lives between blacks and whites in America. The article explains how a young black man is fives more likely to be killed by a gun than a white man. The article concludes with startling statistics regarding death by firearm between blacks and all other races combined.

The statistical analysis used in this article relates mainly to the probability distributions of deaths between blacks and whites, separated by age. The statistical analysis also includes descriptive statistics regarding difference in income, incarceration, and wealth between blacks and whites.

3) Six Ways to Separate Lies From Statistics

The article discusses statistical errors within many of the world's best-known institutions. The article begins with an example of a statistical mistake by Harvard Economist Carmen Reinhart. The mistake involved excluding 5 countries when calculating the correlation of economic growth to government debt. The document provides further questions as to the validity of statistical studies and their claims.

The statistical analysis used in this article relates to correlation and the human errors embedded within it. The article also discussed how empirical analyses is more likely to be based on huge data sets containing millions of observations. These data sets are used to help process correlations used in statistics. However, many errors arise that can be found only through sophisticated forensics

4) Scary Health-Care Statistics on the Broken-Down Boomer Generation

This article focuses on the how healthcare cost and expenditures are weighing on the baby-boomer population. Particular emphasis is place on the Feb 4th statistical study conducted by JAMA Internal Medicine. The study suggested that baby boomers are less likely to exercise regularly and are more likely to have adverse health consequences as a result.

The statistical analysis used in this article relates to probability statistics. The JAMA Internal Medicine report extensively used probability statistics to gauge the likelihood of obesity. The study also used surveying to help create an adequate sample size to determine the overall significant level of the study. The study also used the two-sided T-test to help determine if variables were significantly different from 0.

5) Don't Let Workplace Feedback Crush You

This article discusses the relationship between performance appraisal and working satisfaction. The article focuses on a study conducted by Stone and Heen from the Harvard Law School. They found that the system between giving and receiving feedback is broken and poorly timed.

The study used correlation between work place satisfaction and performance appraisal. The study primarily focuses on correlation and regression. The R2 for this regression is very low at .12 signifying that more variables contribute to work place satisfaction

6) Do Statistics Really Lie About Discrimination?

This article discusses the overall value in race statistics. The article focuses on how many statistics although very telling, can be misleading. Emphasis is place on the divide within racial relationships within the United States. The article also provides possible solutions to help end much of the turmoil caused by statistics that do not tell the entire truth

The study focuses on both descriptive statistics and quantitative data. The article provides comparative charts designed to indicate how African-Americans perform relative to their white counterparts. The article also utilizes statistics on the top quartiles of society. Of note, the study provides evidence that wealth is not a uniform distribution but one that is lognormal with a large concentration at more than 3 standard deviations away from the mean

7) Employee Happiness Matters More Than You Think

This article discusses employee happiness and its relation to productivity. The article begins with the major developments of happiness research in economics. It then discusses important new insights into how income, unemployment, inflation, and income demonstration affect well being. Finally, turning to policy implications, the Arthur describes how government can provide the conditions under which people can achieve happiness