Statistics and Business Research Methods Observations and Models

Question: Discuss about the Statistics and Business Research Methods for Observations and Models. Answer: Introduction Global warming had been a severe issue in todays world. Global warming is regarded as the rise in the average temperature of earth due to various reasons. It was seen that there was an average rise in the temperature of Australian subcontinent in the recent past (Vardoulakis et al. 2014). This global warming had affected the ecosystem including humans. In this assignment, a study about the global warming of Australia and its effect on the health of the Australians would be studied. The methods of collection of data for this purpose and the statistical methods used for the analysis of the data would also be given in this assignment. Problem statement The problem statement of this research is to find the effect on the health of the Australians due to global warming. Literature review Global warming is regarded as a severe threat to the world. According to the viewpoint of Finlayson et al. (2013), it was seen that global warming had affected the environment, economy and communities f the continent. It was also seen that there was a change in the climate of country due to the global warming. Australia is water bound country and have a diversity of climate. Global warming had resulted in rise in the temperature of both land and sea. This had also resulted in rise in sea level, which is a severe threat to the water bound continent. As per the viewpoint of Dai (2013), it was seen that global warming affects the agricultural sector of Australia. It is seen that there is an extensive effect of global warming on the rainfall and other aspects of nature in Australia. It is seen that there has been a change for rainfall in Australia over the past years. There is an increase in forest fires in Australia, which has resulted in loss of habitat of various animals. It had resulted into imbalance in ecosystem of the country. There had been spread of the Australian desert due to global warming (Vardoulakis et al. 2014). Great Barrier Reef is a major tourist attraction of Australia and is regarded as one of the wonders of the world. According to the viewpoint of Bird et al. (2014), it was seen that Great Barrier Reef and other fragile ecosystem had been affected largely due to the global warming. Global warming had been regarded as a silent killer and there had been various impacts of extreme heats. It is also seen that global warming had led to degradation of ozone layers. Ozone holes had led to various diseases and changes in the eco system (Vardoulakis et al. 2014). Heat waves had increased the deaths since 1890 and had caused bush fires, cyclones, earthquakes and severe floods. Australia had been having higher number of hot days and heatwaves have become longer and hotter (Parmesan et al. 2013). There is an increase in mortality rate during the summer. Extreme heat had increased the risk of illness especially for the children, elderly people, and the disabled and outdoor workers. However, the types of diseases faced by the Australians due to global warming were not stated clearly. In this research, the types of disease faced by the Australians due to global warming and change in ecosystem will be studied. Methodology Data collection Primary data would be collected for the purpose of this research. Thirty randomly chosen Australians would be selected for the research across different states of Australia. These chosen samples would be asked about the types of diseases they are facing due to global warming. They would also be asked about the changes they had witnessed in the in the ecosystem over the years, the frequency of the natural calamities over the last 25 years and the diseases they had faced over the last 25 years. Methods of questionnaire would be used for this purpose. Close ended questions would be asked to the respondents whose age would be above 30 years. Data analysis The collected data would be analysed using the methods of descriptive statistics, methods of frequency, methods of dispersion, correlation and regression. These analysis methods would give an idea about the types of diseases that had occurred due to global warming and the change in the eco system. Ethical considerations The respondents should not be forced to provide responses of the survey. Their consent must be taken prior to publishing or using their responses in the research. The researcher must tell the respondents about the purpose of the research and they should not tamper the responses of the respondents. Expected outcome It is expected that natural calamities like floods, cyclones, forest fires and earthquakes are the major natural disaster that is faced by the Australians. Diseases related to skin, heart and kidney are expected to prevail among most of the Australians due to global warming. Skin diseases like skin cancer are expected to rise over the years. The change in the ecosystem is expected to change the food habits and lifestyle of various Australians. This is expected to affect the health of the Australians largely. Thus, it was seen that the effect of global warming is severe for Australia. Various natural calamities had been taking place over the years and this had affected the ecosystem of Australia. The health of the Australians is expected to deteriorate rapidly due to the global warming and it is expected that the Australians would face several diseases due to global warming. References Bird, D.K., Haynes, K., van den Honert, R., McAneney, J. and Poortinga, W., 2014. Nuclear power in Australia: A comparative analysis of public opinion regarding climate change and the Fukushima disaster.Energy Policy,65, pp.644-653. Dai, A., 2013. 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