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Explain the relationship between a frequency distribution, measures of central tendency, and measures of variability. Discuss how these concepts work together to describe a dataset.

If you don’t respond to others’ discussion posts then you can still earn full credit for that assignment. 

To apply to the Medical Radiograph program students need a minimum of a ‘C’ (78) grade in this course. 

A mouse in your completely dark house scavenges for tasty morsels as you sleep. It is equipped with implanted electrodes which send the signals from individual cells via telemetry. 1. (5 pts) You find a cell that consistently responds when the mouse’s right set of whiskers contacts a wall. What is such a cell called and where is it located? How would it respond when the mouse moves along the wall of another room? 2. (5 pts) You find another cell that fires at multiple locations within the kitchen, and those locations are regularly spaced. What is such a cell called and where is it located? How would it respond when the mouse is in another room? 3. (5 pts) You find a cell that fires whenever the mouse is a particular corner of the kitchen, irrespective of how he got to that corner or his heading direction. What is such a cell called and where is it located? How would it respond when the mouse is in another room? 4. (5 pts) Describe the convergent circuitry that could create the cell of #3 from cells like the one in #1 and cells like the one in #2.   

All of the following may be topics covered in the last few minutes of the first meeting EXCEPT

What is the Mean Squared Error (MSE)? Choose the closest answer option.

Bella’s Waffle House uses a weighted moving average method to forecast waffle sales. It assigns a weight of 4 to the previous month’s demand, 2 to demand two months ago, and 1 to demand three months ago. If sales amounted to 2,400 waffles in August, 1,800 waffles in September, and 1,200 waffles in October, what should be the forecast for November? Choose the closest answer option.

Based on the X-bar and R control charts, is the process in control? Choose the closest answer option.

What is a feature in machine learning?

Define factor analysis. In your answer, be sure to include and correctly use the terms observed variable and unobserved variable.