Case Study 2: SCADA Worm
Protecting the nation’s critical infrastructure is a major security challenge within the U.S. Likewise, the responsibility for protecting the nation’s critical infrastructure encompasses all sectors of government, including private sector cooperation. Search on the Internet for information on the SCADA Worm, such as the article located athttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/22/stuxnet_worm_weapon/.
Write a three to five (3-5) page paper in which you:
1. Describe the impact and the vulnerability of the SCADA / Stuxnet Worm on the critical infrastructure of the United States.
2. Describe the methods to mitigate the vulnerabilities, as they relate to the seven (7) domains.
3. Assess the levels of responsibility between government agencies and the private sector for mitigating threats and vulnerabilities to our critical infrastructure.
4. Assess the elements of an effective IT Security Policy Framework, and how these elements, if properly implemented, could prevent or mitigate and attack similar to the SCADA / Stuxnet Worm.
5. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
· Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
· Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
· Identify the role of an information systems security (ISS) policy framework in overcoming business challenges.
· Compare and contrast the different methods, roles, responsibilities, and accountabilities of personnel, along with the governance and compliance of security policy framework.
· Describe the different ISS policies associated with the user domain.
· Analyze the different ISS policies associated with the IT infrastructure.
· Use technology and information resources to research issues in security strategy and policy formation.
· Write clearly and concisely about Information Systems Security Policy topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.
DataIDSalaryCompaMidpoint AgePerformance RatingServiceGenderRaiseDegreeGender1GrStudents: Copy the Student Data file data values into this sheet to assist in doing your weekly assignments.1601.053573485805.70METhe ongoing question that the weekly assignments will focus on is: Are males and females paid the same for equal work (under the Equal Pay Act)? 226.80.866315280703.90MBNote: to simplfy the analysis, we will assume that jobs within each grade comprise equal work.334.71.120313075513.61FB457.91.01657 ...
Running head Organization behaviorOrganization behavior 2.docxtoltonkendal
Running head: Organization behavior
Organization behavior 2
Organization behavior
Name:
Institution:
Course:
Date:
Organizational behavior analyzes the environment in different perspectives in order to come up with policies which make the organization convenient in its business operations. The organization must analyze various factors which affect it in order to frame the different policies. This means finding out the challenges or problems which an individual face in an organization and also the problems that groups faces in the organization. In this context, organization behavior is simply the way which an organization uses to solve the problems in its environment (Kreitner 2012). This discussion will involve Apple Inc.
One of the challenges facing Apple Inc. is managing human resources. Human resources in Apple Inc. are an invaluable asset and are always associated with the organization. Apple had experienced problems in managing its human resources. Some of the issues it experienced include failing to retain employees’ talents, not observing diverse recruitment to its fullest, non-performance among employees and employees not getting their benefits appropriately (O'Grady 2015). This went hand in hand with violation of rules governing employees, code of conduct and features which keep the value of team and organization high. The individuals’ and organization’s wellbeing depend highly on each other. This means that what people do while in the organization should reflect what is in their mind. The organizational value highly depends on social responsibility which the organization is portraying. They should put up policies for protecting the organizational environment. The issue has affected the behavior of Apple and the human resource management sorted them out (O'Grady 2015).
Managing human resources and employees ethics is a very important issue and a backbone of any organization. If managed well, the organization is likely to succeed easily. If not managed well, the issues will spoil the organization’s reputation completely and the organization may not undergo dissolution (Kreitner 2012).
References
Kreitner, Angelo Kinicki & Robert. 2012. Organization behavior. New York: Wiley.
O'Grady, Jason D. 2015. Apple Inc. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press.
DataIDSalaryCompaMidpoint AgePerformance RatingServiceGenderRaiseDegreeGender1GrStudents: Copy the Student Data file data values into this sheet to assist in doing your weekly assignments.The ongoing question that the weekly assignments will focus on is: Are males and females paid the same for equal work (under the Equal Pay Act)? Note: to simplfy the analysis, we will assume that jobs within each grade comprise equal work.The column labels in the table mean:ID – Employee sample number Salary – Salary in thousands Age – Age in yearsPerformance Rating - Appraisal rating (employee evaluation score)Service – Years of service (rounded)Gender – 0 = male, 1 = female Midpoi ...
Technology-based assessments-special education
New technologies remain competitive in driving efforts to make learning more efficient. Technology-based assessment in special education has made quite some advancement (Goldsmith & LeBlanc, 2004). First applications of computer technology assessment were for the scoring student's test forms. Currently, features incorporate self-administration, software control in presentation, response evaluation based on algorithms, prescription based on expert knowledge and direct links in assessment and change in instructions. The technology-based assessment uses electronic and software systems to evaluate individual children in an educational setting. Traditional assessments employ approaches of the computer.
Video-based computer assisted test enabled learning of language for the student automatically increasing the validity of measurements. Video segments incorporated movie elements of moral dilemma in problem-solving tests. Students viewing the video segments respond by simply touching the screen. Innovative approaches have created relevance in testing procedures. Misplaced students result into poor results and get prompted to drop out. Teachers not well trained contribute to the misplacement due to poor management of certain behaviors and learning differences. For effect, teachers must be able to analyze data produced by the assessment and develop a due course of action.
In addressing students with physical limitations use of voice recognition, handwriting interpreters, stylus tools, and touchscreen enables communication without the use of keys (Gierach, 2009). New software features allow students to perform comfortable pace of video segments on preferred language options. Computers are linked to videodisc enabling students to learn according to individual needs and skills. Latest technological features concern evaluation. Technological advancements assess social competence among students. The evaluator views students in a variety of context. Limitation in technology infrastructure, seen as the key barrier in this sort of assessment. Many district schools lack adequate high-speed broadband access necessary for this evaluation. Moreover, obsolesce in technology-based assessment erodes the capacity to provide quality services technology-based systems have a relatively short functional life.
Holistic assessments are the best in technology-based assessments. They incorporate software control in presentation, conceptual models or algorithms, decision-making based rules and expert knowledge (Redecker, & Johannessen, 2013). Proliferation technology helps students in the inclusion of speech recognition, electronic communication, personal computers, robotics and artificial intelligence. Trends in technology-based assessments have impacted lives of students with a disability. They achieve school improvement goals as well as tracking student growth and progress. Current assessment norms have embedded current stan ...
Excel Files AssingmentsCopy of Student_Assignment_File.11.01..docxSANSKAR20
Excel Files Assingments/Copy of Student_Assignment_File.11.01.2016.xlsx
DataIDSalaryCompa-ratioMidpointAgePerformance RatingServiceGenderRaiseDegreeGender1GradeCopy Employee Data set to this page.The ongoing question that the weekly assignments will focus on is: Are males and females paid the same for equal work (under the Equal Pay Act)? Note: to simplfy the analysis, we will assume that jobs within each grade comprise equal work.The column labels in the table mean:ID – Employee sample number Salary – Salary in thousands Age – Age in yearsPerformance Rating – Appraisal rating (Employee evaluation score)SERvice – Years of serviceGender: 0 = male, 1 = female Midpoint – salary grade midpoint Raise – percent of last raiseGrade – job/pay gradeDegree (0= BS\BA 1 = MS)Gender1 (Male or Female)Compa-ratio - salary divided by midpoint
Week 2This assignment covers the material presented in weeks 1 and 2.Six QuestionsBefore starting this assignment, make sure the the assignment data from the Employee Salary Data Set file is copied over to this Assignment file.You can do this either by a copy and paste of all the columns or by opening the data file, right clicking on the Data tab, selecting Move or Copy, and copying the entire sheet to this file(Weekly Assignment Sheet or whatever you are calling your master assignment file).It is highly recommended that you copy the data columns (with labels) and paste them to the right so that whatever you do will not disrupt the original data values and relationships.To Ensure full credit for each question, you need to show how you got your results. For example, Question 1 asks for several data values. If you obtain them using descriptive statistics,then the cells should have an "=XX" formula in them, where XX is the column and row number showing the value in the descriptive statistics table. If you choose to generate each value using fxfunctions, then each function should be located in the cell and the location of the data values should be shown.So, Cell D31 - as an example - shoud contain something like "=T6" or "=average(T2:T26)". Having only a numerical value will not earn full credit.The reason for this is to allow instructors to provide feedback on Excel tools if the answers are not correct - we need to see how the results were obtained.In starting the analysis on a research question, we focus on overall descriptive statistics and seeing if differences exist. Probing into reasons and mitigating factors is a follow-up activity.1The first step in analyzing data sets is to find some summary descriptive statistics for key variables. Since the assignment problems willfocus mostly on the compa-ratios, we need to find the mean, standard deviations, and range for our groups: Males, Females, and Overall.Sorting the compa-ratios into male and females will require you copy and paste the Compa-ratio and Gender1 columns, and then sort on Gender1.The values for age, performance rating, and service are prov ...
MARKETING MANAGEMENT PHILOSOPHIES
CHAPTER 1 - ASSIGNMENT
Question 1.
Considering the differences of the philosophies, in some cases slight differences, select a company (product or service) and describe the current philosophy they pose for the customer. Include in your comments the level of customer value delivered by the company’s actions.
In other words, measure the company’s interaction with their customers against the Market Concept Philosophy. Does the company operate under the Market Concept Philosophy or do they lean more toward one of the other Philosophies.
Be specific with your examples.
DataSee comments at the right of the data set.IDSalaryCompaMidpointAgePerformance RatingServiceGenderRaiseDegreeGender1Grade8231.000233290915.80FAThe ongoing question that the weekly assignments will focus on is: Are males and females paid the same for equal work (under the Equal Pay Act)? 10220.956233080714.70FANote: to simplfy the analysis, we will assume that jobs within each grade comprise equal work.11231.00023411001914.80FA14241.04323329012160FAThe column labels in the table mean:15241.043233280814.90FAID – Employee sample number Salary – Salary in thousands 23231.000233665613.31FAAge – Age in yearsPerformance Rating – Appraisal rating (Employee evaluation score)26241.043232295216.21FAService – Years of service (rounded)Gender: 0 = male, 1 = female 31241.043232960413.90FAMidpoint – salary grade midpoint Raise – percent of last raise35241.043232390415.31FAGrade – job/pay gradeDegree (0= BS\BA 1 = MS)36231.000232775314.31FAGender1 (Male or Female)Compa - salary divided by midpoint37220.956232295216.21FA42241.0432332100815.70FA3341.096313075513.60FB18361.1613131801115.61FB20341.0963144701614.81FB39351.129312790615.51FB7411.0254032100815.70FC13421.0504030100214.71FC22571.187484865613.80FD24501.041483075913.81FD45551.145483695815.20FD17691.2105727553130FE48651.1405734901115.31FE28751.119674495914.41FF43771.1496742952015.51FF19241.043233285104.61MA25241.0432341704040MA40251.086232490206.30MA2270.870315280703.90MB32280.903312595405.60MB34280.903312680204.91MB16471.175404490405.70MC27401.000403580703.91MC41431.075402580504.30MC5470.9794836901605.71MD30491.0204845901804.30MD1581.017573485805.70ME4661.15757421001605.51ME12601.0525752952204.50ME33641.122573590905.51ME38560.9825745951104.50ME44601.0525745901605.21ME46651.1405739752003.91ME47621.087573795505.51ME49601.0525741952106.60ME50661.1575738801204.60ME6761.1346736701204.51MF9771.149674910010041MF21761.1346743951306.31MF29721.074675295505.40MF
Week 1Week 1.Measurement and Description - chapters 1 and 21Measurement issues. Data, even numerically coded variables, can be one of 4 levels - nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio. It is important to identify which level a variable is, asthis impact the kind of analysis we can do with the data. For example, descriptive statistics such as means can only be done on interval or ratio level data.Please list under each label, the variabl ...
DataIDSalaryCompaMidpoint AgePerformance RatingServiceGenderRaiseDegreeGender1GrStudents: Copy the Student Data file data values into this sheet to assist in doing your weekly assignments.The ongoing question that the weekly assignments will focus on is: Are males and females paid the same for equal work (under the Equal Pay Act)? Note: to simplfy the analysis, we will assume that jobs within each grade comprise equal work.The column labels in the table mean:ID – Employee sample number Salary – Salary in thousands Age – Age in yearsPerformance Rating - Appraisal rating (employee evaluation score)Service – Years of service (rounded)Gender – 0 = male, 1 = female Midpoint – salary grade midpoint Raise – percent of last raiseGrade – job/pay gradeDegree (0= BS\BA 1 = MS)Gender1 (Male or Female)Compa - salary divided by midpoint
Week 1Week 1.Measurement and Description - chapters 1 and 2The goal this week is to gain an understanding of our data set - what kind of data we are looking at, some descriptive measurse, and a look at how the data is distributed (shape).1Measurement issues. Data, even numerically coded variables, can be one of 4 levels - nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio. It is important to identify which level a variable is, asthis impact the kind of analysis we can do with the data. For example, descriptive statistics such as means can only be done on interval or ratio level data.Please list under each label, the variables in our data set that belong in each group.NominalOrdinalIntervalRatiob.For each variable that you did not call ratio, why did you make that decision?2The first step in analyzing data sets is to find some summary descriptive statistics for key variables.For salary, compa, age, performance rating, and service; find the mean, standard deviation, and range for 3 groups: overall sample, Females, and Males.You can use either the Data Analysis Descriptive Statistics tool or the Fx =average and =stdev functions. (the range must be found using the difference between the =max and =min functions with Fx) functions.Note: Place data to the right, if you use Descriptive statistics, place that to the right as well.Some of the values are completed for you - please finish the table.SalaryCompaAgePerf. Rat.ServiceOverallMean35.785.99.0Standard Deviation8.251311.41475.7177Note - data is a sample from the larger company populationRange304521FemaleMean32.584.27.9Standard Deviation6.913.64.9Range26.045.018.0MaleMean38.987.610.0Standard Deviation8.48.76.4Range28.030.021.03What is the probability for a:Probabilitya. Randomly selected person being a male in grade E?b. Randomly selected male being in grade E? Note part b is the same as given a male, what is probabilty of being in grade E?c. Why are the results different?4A key issue in comparing data sets is to see if they are distributed/shaped the same. We can do this by looking at some measures of wheresome selected values are within each data set - that .
This document provides information about the BUS 308 Statistics for Managers course, including discussion questions, assignments, and data sets used for analyzing gender pay equality. The course uses statistical techniques like descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, ANOVA, correlation, and regression to analyze a sample employee salary data set. Students apply these methods to examine if gender is impacting pay when considering legal factors like grade, performance reviews, education, etc. The goal is for students to determine if their analyses provide evidence of gender pay inequality or consistency in the population from which the sample was drawn.
1Running Head NURSING PROFESSIONALISM2NURSING PROFESSIONALI.docxfelicidaddinwoodie
This document discusses nursing professionalism and factors that influence it such as level of education. It finds that professionalism is positively correlated with education level, as hospitals with more nurses holding bachelor's degrees have lower patient mortality rates. Improving working conditions and requiring continuous education can help increase professionalism. The conclusion is that education and experience are key to professionalism and conscious steps must be taken to improve it.
Chi-square tests are great to show if distributions differ or i.docxMARRY7
Chi-square tests are great to show if distributions differ or if two variables interact in producing outcomes. What are some examples of variables that you might want to check using the chi-square tests? What would these results tell you?
DataSee comments at the right of the data set.IDSalaryCompaMidpointAgePerformance RatingServiceGenderRaiseDegreeGender1Grade8231.000233290915.80FAThe ongoing question that the weekly assignments will focus on is: Are males and females paid the same for equal work (under the Equal Pay Act)? 10220.956233080714.70FANote: to simplfy the analysis, we will assume that jobs within each grade comprise equal work.11231.00023411001914.80FA14241.04323329012160FAThe column labels in the table mean:15241.043233280814.90FAID – Employee sample number Salary – Salary in thousands 23231.000233665613.31FAAge – Age in yearsPerformance Rating – Appraisal rating (Employee evaluation score)26241.043232295216.21FAService – Years of service (rounded)Gender: 0 = male, 1 = female 31241.043232960413.90FAMidpoint – salary grade midpoint Raise – percent of last raise35241.043232390415.31FAGrade – job/pay gradeDegree (0= BS\BA 1 = MS)36231.000232775314.31FAGender1 (Male or Female)Compa - salary divided by midpoint37220.956232295216.21FA42241.0432332100815.70FA3341.096313075513.60FB18361.1613131801115.61FB20341.0963144701614.81FB39351.129312790615.51FB7411.0254032100815.70FC13421.0504030100214.71FC22571.187484865613.80FD24501.041483075913.81FD45551.145483695815.20FD17691.2105727553130FE48651.1405734901115.31FE28751.119674495914.41FF43771.1496742952015.51FF19241.043233285104.61MA25241.0432341704040MA40251.086232490206.30MA2270.870315280703.90MB32280.903312595405.60MB34280.903312680204.91MB16471.175404490405.70MC27401.000403580703.91MC41431.075402580504.30MC5470.9794836901605.71MD30491.0204845901804.30MD1581.017573485805.70ME4661.15757421001605.51ME12601.0525752952204.50ME33641.122573590905.51ME38560.9825745951104.50ME44601.0525745901605.21ME46651.1405739752003.91ME47621.087573795505.51ME49601.0525741952106.60ME50661.1575738801204.60ME6761.1346736701204.51MF9771.149674910010041MF21761.1346743951306.31MF29721.074675295505.40MF
Week 1Week 1.Measurement and Description - chapters 1 and 21Measurement issues. Data, even numerically coded variables, can be one of 4 levels - nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio. It is important to identify which level a variable is, asthis impact the kind of analysis we can do with the data. For example, descriptive statistics such as means can only be done on interval or ratio level data.Please list under each label, the variables in our data set that belong in each group.NominalOrdinalIntervalRatiob.For each variable that you did not call ratio, why did you make that decision?2The first step in analyzing data sets is to find some summary descriptive statistics for key variables.For salary, compa, age, performance rating, and service; find the mean, standard deviation, and range for 3 groups: ...
Running head Organization behaviorOrganization behavior 2.docxtoltonkendal
Running head: Organization behavior
Organization behavior 2
Organization behavior
Name:
Institution:
Course:
Date:
Organizational behavior analyzes the environment in different perspectives in order to come up with policies which make the organization convenient in its business operations. The organization must analyze various factors which affect it in order to frame the different policies. This means finding out the challenges or problems which an individual face in an organization and also the problems that groups faces in the organization. In this context, organization behavior is simply the way which an organization uses to solve the problems in its environment (Kreitner 2012). This discussion will involve Apple Inc.
One of the challenges facing Apple Inc. is managing human resources. Human resources in Apple Inc. are an invaluable asset and are always associated with the organization. Apple had experienced problems in managing its human resources. Some of the issues it experienced include failing to retain employees’ talents, not observing diverse recruitment to its fullest, non-performance among employees and employees not getting their benefits appropriately (O'Grady 2015). This went hand in hand with violation of rules governing employees, code of conduct and features which keep the value of team and organization high. The individuals’ and organization’s wellbeing depend highly on each other. This means that what people do while in the organization should reflect what is in their mind. The organizational value highly depends on social responsibility which the organization is portraying. They should put up policies for protecting the organizational environment. The issue has affected the behavior of Apple and the human resource management sorted them out (O'Grady 2015).
Managing human resources and employees ethics is a very important issue and a backbone of any organization. If managed well, the organization is likely to succeed easily. If not managed well, the issues will spoil the organization’s reputation completely and the organization may not undergo dissolution (Kreitner 2012).
References
Kreitner, Angelo Kinicki & Robert. 2012. Organization behavior. New York: Wiley.
O'Grady, Jason D. 2015. Apple Inc. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press.
DataIDSalaryCompaMidpoint AgePerformance RatingServiceGenderRaiseDegreeGender1GrStudents: Copy the Student Data file data values into this sheet to assist in doing your weekly assignments.The ongoing question that the weekly assignments will focus on is: Are males and females paid the same for equal work (under the Equal Pay Act)? Note: to simplfy the analysis, we will assume that jobs within each grade comprise equal work.The column labels in the table mean:ID – Employee sample number Salary – Salary in thousands Age – Age in yearsPerformance Rating - Appraisal rating (employee evaluation score)Service – Years of service (rounded)Gender – 0 = male, 1 = female Midpoi ...
Technology-based assessments-special education
New technologies remain competitive in driving efforts to make learning more efficient. Technology-based assessment in special education has made quite some advancement (Goldsmith & LeBlanc, 2004). First applications of computer technology assessment were for the scoring student's test forms. Currently, features incorporate self-administration, software control in presentation, response evaluation based on algorithms, prescription based on expert knowledge and direct links in assessment and change in instructions. The technology-based assessment uses electronic and software systems to evaluate individual children in an educational setting. Traditional assessments employ approaches of the computer.
Video-based computer assisted test enabled learning of language for the student automatically increasing the validity of measurements. Video segments incorporated movie elements of moral dilemma in problem-solving tests. Students viewing the video segments respond by simply touching the screen. Innovative approaches have created relevance in testing procedures. Misplaced students result into poor results and get prompted to drop out. Teachers not well trained contribute to the misplacement due to poor management of certain behaviors and learning differences. For effect, teachers must be able to analyze data produced by the assessment and develop a due course of action.
In addressing students with physical limitations use of voice recognition, handwriting interpreters, stylus tools, and touchscreen enables communication without the use of keys (Gierach, 2009). New software features allow students to perform comfortable pace of video segments on preferred language options. Computers are linked to videodisc enabling students to learn according to individual needs and skills. Latest technological features concern evaluation. Technological advancements assess social competence among students. The evaluator views students in a variety of context. Limitation in technology infrastructure, seen as the key barrier in this sort of assessment. Many district schools lack adequate high-speed broadband access necessary for this evaluation. Moreover, obsolesce in technology-based assessment erodes the capacity to provide quality services technology-based systems have a relatively short functional life.
Holistic assessments are the best in technology-based assessments. They incorporate software control in presentation, conceptual models or algorithms, decision-making based rules and expert knowledge (Redecker, & Johannessen, 2013). Proliferation technology helps students in the inclusion of speech recognition, electronic communication, personal computers, robotics and artificial intelligence. Trends in technology-based assessments have impacted lives of students with a disability. They achieve school improvement goals as well as tracking student growth and progress. Current assessment norms have embedded current stan ...
Excel Files AssingmentsCopy of Student_Assignment_File.11.01..docxSANSKAR20
Excel Files Assingments/Copy of Student_Assignment_File.11.01.2016.xlsx
DataIDSalaryCompa-ratioMidpointAgePerformance RatingServiceGenderRaiseDegreeGender1GradeCopy Employee Data set to this page.The ongoing question that the weekly assignments will focus on is: Are males and females paid the same for equal work (under the Equal Pay Act)? Note: to simplfy the analysis, we will assume that jobs within each grade comprise equal work.The column labels in the table mean:ID – Employee sample number Salary – Salary in thousands Age – Age in yearsPerformance Rating – Appraisal rating (Employee evaluation score)SERvice – Years of serviceGender: 0 = male, 1 = female Midpoint – salary grade midpoint Raise – percent of last raiseGrade – job/pay gradeDegree (0= BS\BA 1 = MS)Gender1 (Male or Female)Compa-ratio - salary divided by midpoint
Week 2This assignment covers the material presented in weeks 1 and 2.Six QuestionsBefore starting this assignment, make sure the the assignment data from the Employee Salary Data Set file is copied over to this Assignment file.You can do this either by a copy and paste of all the columns or by opening the data file, right clicking on the Data tab, selecting Move or Copy, and copying the entire sheet to this file(Weekly Assignment Sheet or whatever you are calling your master assignment file).It is highly recommended that you copy the data columns (with labels) and paste them to the right so that whatever you do will not disrupt the original data values and relationships.To Ensure full credit for each question, you need to show how you got your results. For example, Question 1 asks for several data values. If you obtain them using descriptive statistics,then the cells should have an "=XX" formula in them, where XX is the column and row number showing the value in the descriptive statistics table. If you choose to generate each value using fxfunctions, then each function should be located in the cell and the location of the data values should be shown.So, Cell D31 - as an example - shoud contain something like "=T6" or "=average(T2:T26)". Having only a numerical value will not earn full credit.The reason for this is to allow instructors to provide feedback on Excel tools if the answers are not correct - we need to see how the results were obtained.In starting the analysis on a research question, we focus on overall descriptive statistics and seeing if differences exist. Probing into reasons and mitigating factors is a follow-up activity.1The first step in analyzing data sets is to find some summary descriptive statistics for key variables. Since the assignment problems willfocus mostly on the compa-ratios, we need to find the mean, standard deviations, and range for our groups: Males, Females, and Overall.Sorting the compa-ratios into male and females will require you copy and paste the Compa-ratio and Gender1 columns, and then sort on Gender1.The values for age, performance rating, and service are prov ...
MARKETING MANAGEMENT PHILOSOPHIES
CHAPTER 1 - ASSIGNMENT
Question 1.
Considering the differences of the philosophies, in some cases slight differences, select a company (product or service) and describe the current philosophy they pose for the customer. Include in your comments the level of customer value delivered by the company’s actions.
In other words, measure the company’s interaction with their customers against the Market Concept Philosophy. Does the company operate under the Market Concept Philosophy or do they lean more toward one of the other Philosophies.
Be specific with your examples.
DataSee comments at the right of the data set.IDSalaryCompaMidpointAgePerformance RatingServiceGenderRaiseDegreeGender1Grade8231.000233290915.80FAThe ongoing question that the weekly assignments will focus on is: Are males and females paid the same for equal work (under the Equal Pay Act)? 10220.956233080714.70FANote: to simplfy the analysis, we will assume that jobs within each grade comprise equal work.11231.00023411001914.80FA14241.04323329012160FAThe column labels in the table mean:15241.043233280814.90FAID – Employee sample number Salary – Salary in thousands 23231.000233665613.31FAAge – Age in yearsPerformance Rating – Appraisal rating (Employee evaluation score)26241.043232295216.21FAService – Years of service (rounded)Gender: 0 = male, 1 = female 31241.043232960413.90FAMidpoint – salary grade midpoint Raise – percent of last raise35241.043232390415.31FAGrade – job/pay gradeDegree (0= BS\BA 1 = MS)36231.000232775314.31FAGender1 (Male or Female)Compa - salary divided by midpoint37220.956232295216.21FA42241.0432332100815.70FA3341.096313075513.60FB18361.1613131801115.61FB20341.0963144701614.81FB39351.129312790615.51FB7411.0254032100815.70FC13421.0504030100214.71FC22571.187484865613.80FD24501.041483075913.81FD45551.145483695815.20FD17691.2105727553130FE48651.1405734901115.31FE28751.119674495914.41FF43771.1496742952015.51FF19241.043233285104.61MA25241.0432341704040MA40251.086232490206.30MA2270.870315280703.90MB32280.903312595405.60MB34280.903312680204.91MB16471.175404490405.70MC27401.000403580703.91MC41431.075402580504.30MC5470.9794836901605.71MD30491.0204845901804.30MD1581.017573485805.70ME4661.15757421001605.51ME12601.0525752952204.50ME33641.122573590905.51ME38560.9825745951104.50ME44601.0525745901605.21ME46651.1405739752003.91ME47621.087573795505.51ME49601.0525741952106.60ME50661.1575738801204.60ME6761.1346736701204.51MF9771.149674910010041MF21761.1346743951306.31MF29721.074675295505.40MF
Week 1Week 1.Measurement and Description - chapters 1 and 21Measurement issues. Data, even numerically coded variables, can be one of 4 levels - nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio. It is important to identify which level a variable is, asthis impact the kind of analysis we can do with the data. For example, descriptive statistics such as means can only be done on interval or ratio level data.Please list under each label, the variabl ...
DataIDSalaryCompaMidpoint AgePerformance RatingServiceGenderRaiseDegreeGender1GrStudents: Copy the Student Data file data values into this sheet to assist in doing your weekly assignments.The ongoing question that the weekly assignments will focus on is: Are males and females paid the same for equal work (under the Equal Pay Act)? Note: to simplfy the analysis, we will assume that jobs within each grade comprise equal work.The column labels in the table mean:ID – Employee sample number Salary – Salary in thousands Age – Age in yearsPerformance Rating - Appraisal rating (employee evaluation score)Service – Years of service (rounded)Gender – 0 = male, 1 = female Midpoint – salary grade midpoint Raise – percent of last raiseGrade – job/pay gradeDegree (0= BS\BA 1 = MS)Gender1 (Male or Female)Compa - salary divided by midpoint
Week 1Week 1.Measurement and Description - chapters 1 and 2The goal this week is to gain an understanding of our data set - what kind of data we are looking at, some descriptive measurse, and a look at how the data is distributed (shape).1Measurement issues. Data, even numerically coded variables, can be one of 4 levels - nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio. It is important to identify which level a variable is, asthis impact the kind of analysis we can do with the data. For example, descriptive statistics such as means can only be done on interval or ratio level data.Please list under each label, the variables in our data set that belong in each group.NominalOrdinalIntervalRatiob.For each variable that you did not call ratio, why did you make that decision?2The first step in analyzing data sets is to find some summary descriptive statistics for key variables.For salary, compa, age, performance rating, and service; find the mean, standard deviation, and range for 3 groups: overall sample, Females, and Males.You can use either the Data Analysis Descriptive Statistics tool or the Fx =average and =stdev functions. (the range must be found using the difference between the =max and =min functions with Fx) functions.Note: Place data to the right, if you use Descriptive statistics, place that to the right as well.Some of the values are completed for you - please finish the table.SalaryCompaAgePerf. Rat.ServiceOverallMean35.785.99.0Standard Deviation8.251311.41475.7177Note - data is a sample from the larger company populationRange304521FemaleMean32.584.27.9Standard Deviation6.913.64.9Range26.045.018.0MaleMean38.987.610.0Standard Deviation8.48.76.4Range28.030.021.03What is the probability for a:Probabilitya. Randomly selected person being a male in grade E?b. Randomly selected male being in grade E? Note part b is the same as given a male, what is probabilty of being in grade E?c. Why are the results different?4A key issue in comparing data sets is to see if they are distributed/shaped the same. We can do this by looking at some measures of wheresome selected values are within each data set - that .
This document provides information about the BUS 308 Statistics for Managers course, including discussion questions, assignments, and data sets used for analyzing gender pay equality. The course uses statistical techniques like descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, ANOVA, correlation, and regression to analyze a sample employee salary data set. Students apply these methods to examine if gender is impacting pay when considering legal factors like grade, performance reviews, education, etc. The goal is for students to determine if their analyses provide evidence of gender pay inequality or consistency in the population from which the sample was drawn.
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This document discusses nursing professionalism and factors that influence it such as level of education. It finds that professionalism is positively correlated with education level, as hospitals with more nurses holding bachelor's degrees have lower patient mortality rates. Improving working conditions and requiring continuous education can help increase professionalism. The conclusion is that education and experience are key to professionalism and conscious steps must be taken to improve it.
Chi-square tests are great to show if distributions differ or i.docxMARRY7
Chi-square tests are great to show if distributions differ or if two variables interact in producing outcomes. What are some examples of variables that you might want to check using the chi-square tests? What would these results tell you?
DataSee comments at the right of the data set.IDSalaryCompaMidpointAgePerformance RatingServiceGenderRaiseDegreeGender1Grade8231.000233290915.80FAThe ongoing question that the weekly assignments will focus on is: Are males and females paid the same for equal work (under the Equal Pay Act)? 10220.956233080714.70FANote: to simplfy the analysis, we will assume that jobs within each grade comprise equal work.11231.00023411001914.80FA14241.04323329012160FAThe column labels in the table mean:15241.043233280814.90FAID – Employee sample number Salary – Salary in thousands 23231.000233665613.31FAAge – Age in yearsPerformance Rating – Appraisal rating (Employee evaluation score)26241.043232295216.21FAService – Years of service (rounded)Gender: 0 = male, 1 = female 31241.043232960413.90FAMidpoint – salary grade midpoint Raise – percent of last raise35241.043232390415.31FAGrade – job/pay gradeDegree (0= BS\BA 1 = MS)36231.000232775314.31FAGender1 (Male or Female)Compa - salary divided by midpoint37220.956232295216.21FA42241.0432332100815.70FA3341.096313075513.60FB18361.1613131801115.61FB20341.0963144701614.81FB39351.129312790615.51FB7411.0254032100815.70FC13421.0504030100214.71FC22571.187484865613.80FD24501.041483075913.81FD45551.145483695815.20FD17691.2105727553130FE48651.1405734901115.31FE28751.119674495914.41FF43771.1496742952015.51FF19241.043233285104.61MA25241.0432341704040MA40251.086232490206.30MA2270.870315280703.90MB32280.903312595405.60MB34280.903312680204.91MB16471.175404490405.70MC27401.000403580703.91MC41431.075402580504.30MC5470.9794836901605.71MD30491.0204845901804.30MD1581.017573485805.70ME4661.15757421001605.51ME12601.0525752952204.50ME33641.122573590905.51ME38560.9825745951104.50ME44601.0525745901605.21ME46651.1405739752003.91ME47621.087573795505.51ME49601.0525741952106.60ME50661.1575738801204.60ME6761.1346736701204.51MF9771.149674910010041MF21761.1346743951306.31MF29721.074675295505.40MF
Week 1Week 1.Measurement and Description - chapters 1 and 21Measurement issues. Data, even numerically coded variables, can be one of 4 levels - nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio. It is important to identify which level a variable is, asthis impact the kind of analysis we can do with the data. For example, descriptive statistics such as means can only be done on interval or ratio level data.Please list under each label, the variables in our data set that belong in each group.NominalOrdinalIntervalRatiob.For each variable that you did not call ratio, why did you make that decision?2The first step in analyzing data sets is to find some summary descriptive statistics for key variables.For salary, compa, age, performance rating, and service; find the mean, standard deviation, and range for 3 groups: ...
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Score:
Week 1.
Measurement and Description - chapters 1 and 2
<1 point>
1
Measurement issues.
Data, even numerically coded variables, can be one of 4 levels -
nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio.
It is important to identify which level a variable is, as
this impact the kind of analysis we can do with the data.
For example, descriptive statistics
such as means can only be done on interval or ratio level data.
Please list under each label, the variables in our data set that belong in each group.
Nominal
Ordinal
Interval
Ratio
b.
For each variable that you did not call ratio, why did you make that decision?
<1 point>
2
The first step in analyzing data sets is to find some summary descriptive statistics for key variables.
For salary, compa, age, performance rating, and service; find the mean, standard deviation, and range for 3 groups: overall sample, Females, and Males.
You can use either the Data Analysis Descriptive Statistics tool or the Fx =average and =stdev functions.
(the range must be found using the difference between the =max and =min functions with Fx) functions.
Note: Place data to the right, if you use Descriptive statistics, place that to the right as well.
Salary
Compa
Age
Perf. Rat.
Service
Overall
Mean
Standard Deviation
Range
Female
Mean
Standard Deviation
.
Machine learning Method and techniquesMarkMojumdar
In this article you will get various methods of machine learning and techniques.
More Details https://www.fossguru.com/machine-learning-methods-and-techniques/
Statistics is defined as a set of techniques to transform raw data into useful information to support decision making. Information must be timely, accurate, relevant, and accessible, but is seldom readily available, so it needs to be generated from data. Data consists of individual values that convey little information alone. A random variable is any attribute of interest for which data is collected. A population is all possible data values for a random variable, while a sample is a subset of data from the population. Descriptive statistics summarize sample data, while inferential statistics allow generalizing from samples to populations. There are different types of data, scales of measurement, and sources of data, both internal and external to an organization.
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This paper is written for predicting Bankruptcy using different Machine Learning Algorithms. Whether the company will go bankrupt or not is one of the most challenging and toughest question to answer in the 21st Century. Bankruptcy is defined as the final stage of failure for a firm. A company declares that it has gone bankrupt when at that present moment it does not have enough funds to pay the creditors. It is a global
problem. This paper provides a unique methodology to classify companies as bankrupt or healthy by applying predictive analytics. The prediction model stated in this paper yields better accuracy with standard parameters used for bankruptcy prediction than previously applied prediction methodologies.
DataIDSalaryCompaMidpoint AgePerformance RatingServiceGenderRaiseDegreeGender1GrStudents: Copy the Student Data file data values into this sheet to assist in doing your weekly assignments.157.71.012573485805.70METhe ongoing question that the weekly assignments will focus on is: Are males and females paid the same for equal work (under the Equal Pay Act)? 227.80.897315280703.90MBNote: to simplfy the analysis, we will assume that jobs within each grade comprise equal work.3341.096313075513.61FB459.21.03857421001605.51METhe column labels in the table mean:549.51.0314836901605.71MDID – Employee sample number Salary – Salary in thousands 675.71.1306736701204.51MFAge – Age in yearsPerformance Rating - Appraisal rating (employee evaluation score)741.71.0434032100815.71FCService – Years of service (rounded)Gender – 0 = male, 1 = female 823.41.018233290915.81FAMidpoint – salary grade midpoint Raise – percent of last raise980.81.206674910010041MFGrade – job/pay gradeDegree (0= BS\BA 1 = MS)1023.61.027233080714.71FAGender1 (Male or Female)Compa - salary divided by midpoint1123.61.02423411001914.81FA1266.91.1745752952204.50ME1341.61.0414030100214.70FC1421.50.93623329012161FA1524.41.059233280814.91FA16390.975404490405.70MC1768.81.2075727553131FE1834.91.1263131801115.60FB1923.21.008233285104.61MA20361.1603144701614.80FB2175.31.1246743951306.31MF2256.71.182484865613.81FD2322.60.984233665613.30FA2451.51.072483075913.80FD2525.51.1092341704040MA2622.90.994232295216.20FA2743.51.088403580703.91MC2874.41.111674495914.40FF2973.51.097675295505.40MF3045.70.9524845901804.30MD3123.71.031232960413.91FA3226.90.867312595405.60MB3355.10.967573590905.51ME34280.904312680204.91MB3521.90.953232390415.30FA3623.71.032232775314.30FA3723.21.010232295216.20FA3857.61.0105745951104.50ME3934.31.108312790615.50FB4024.41.062232490206.30MA4140.51.012402580504.30MC4223.31.0122332100815.71FA4377.21.1526742952015.50FF4456.90.9995745901605.21ME4557.71.202483695815.21FD4665.41.1485739752003.91ME4756.80.997573795505.51ME4859.71.0485734901115.31FE4962.41.0955741952106.60ME5056.50.9925738801204.60ME
Week 1Week 1.Measurement and Description - chapters 1 and 2The goal this week is to gain an understanding of our data set - what kind of data we are looking at, some descriptive measurse, and a look at how the data is distributed (shape).1Measurement issues. Data, even numerically coded variables, can be one of 4 levels - nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio. It is important to identify which level a variable is, asthis impact the kind of analysis we can do with the data. For example, descriptive statistics such as means can only be done on interval or ratio level data.Please list under each label, the variables in our data set that belong in each group.NominalOrdinalIntervalRatiob.For each variable that you did not call ratio, why did you make that decision?2The first step in analyzing data sets is to find some summary descriptive statistics for key variables.For salary, compa, age, .
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BUS308 – Week 1 Lecture 2 Describing Data Expected Out.docxcurwenmichaela
BUS308 – Week 1 Lecture 2
Describing Data
Expected Outcomes
After reading this lecture, the student should be familiar with:
1. Basic descriptive statistics for data location
2. Basic descriptive statistics for data consistency
3. Basic descriptive statistics for data position
4. Basic approaches for describing likelihood
5. Difference between descriptive and inferential statistics
What this lecture covers
This lecture focuses on describing data and how these descriptions can be used in an
analysis. It also introduces and defines some specific descriptive statistical tools and results.
Even if we never become a data detective or do statistical tests, we will be exposed and
bombarded with statistics and statistical outcomes. We need to understand what they are telling
us and how they help uncover what the data means on the “crime,” AKA research question/issue.
How we obtain these results will be covered in lecture 1-3.
Detecting
In our favorite detective shows, starting out always seems difficult. They have a crime,
but no real clues or suspects, no idea of what happened, no “theory of the crime,” etc. Much as
we are at this point with our question on equal pay for equal work.
The process followed is remarkably similar across the different shows. First, a case or
situation presents itself. The heroes start by understanding the background of the situation and
those involved. They move on to collecting clues and following hints, some of which do not pan
out to be helpful. They then start to build relationships between and among clues and facts,
tossing out ideas that seemed good but lead to dead-ends or non-helpful insights (false leads,
etc.). Finally, a conclusion is reached and the initial question of “who done it” is solved.
Data analysis, and specifically statistical analysis, is done quite the same way as we will
see.
Descriptive Statistics
Week 1 Clues
We are interested in whether or not males and females are paid the same for doing equal
work. So, how do we go about answering this question? The “victim” in this question could be
considered the difference in pay between males and females, specifically when they are doing
equal work. An initial examination (Doc, was it murder or an accident?) involves obtaining
basic information to see if we even have cause to worry.
The first action in any analysis involves collecting the data. This generally involves
conducting a random sample from the population of employees so that we have a manageable
data set to operate from. In this case, our sample, presented in Lecture 1, gave us 25 males and
25 females spread throughout the company. A quick look at the sample by HR provided us with
assurance that the group looked representative of the company workforce we are concerned with
as a whole. Now we can confidently collect clues to see if we should be concerned or not.
As with any detective, the first issue is to understand the.
This document provides instructions for a problem set analyzing employee salary data. It instructs the user to copy salary and employee data into their assignment file. It then provides guidance on using descriptive statistics and t-tests to analyze differences in compensation ratios between male and female employees. The goal is to determine if there is statistical evidence that male and female employees are paid equally for equal work.
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Welcome to the course! These modules will teach you the fundamental building blocks and the theory necessary to be a responsible machine learning practitioner in your own community. Each module focuses on accessible examples designed to teach you about good practices and the powerful (yet surprisingly simple) algorithms we use to model data.
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Moderation and Meditation conducting in SPSSOsama Yousaf
The document defines moderation and describes the process for testing moderation using hierarchical multiple regression. Moderation implies an interaction effect where a third variable changes the direction or strength of the relationship between two other variables. To test for moderation, regression is used to assess whether the interaction term between the predictor and moderator variables significantly improves the model's ability to predict the outcome variable above and beyond the main effects alone. The steps involve standardizing variables, including main and interaction effects in separate regression models, and interpreting a significant change in R-squared between the models as evidence of moderation.
This document discusses classification using decision tree models. It begins with an introduction to classification, describing it as assigning objects to predefined categories. Decision trees are then overviewed as a powerful classifier that uses a hierarchical structure to split a dataset. Important parameters for evaluating model accuracy are covered, such as precision, recall, and AUC. The document also describes an exercise using the Weka tool to build decision trees on a dataset about term deposit subscriptions. It concludes with discussing uses of decision trees for applications like marketing and medical diagnosis.
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This document provides guidance on analysing qualitative and quantitative data. For qualitative data, it discusses preparing the data, identifying concepts and themes, and ensuring quality analysis. Key strategies for qualitative analysis include open coding, classification, and conceptual frameworks. For quantitative data, the document outlines recording, describing, and managing the data using techniques such as frequency counts, cross-tabulation, t-tests, chi-squared tests, and measures of central tendency and correlation. Examples are provided for coding, entering, and presenting both types of data.
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This document discusses challenges in effectively splitting a dataset into training and test sets for machine learning models. It proposes using k-means clustering followed by decision tree analysis to improve the split. K-means clustering groups the data points into clusters to ensure each cluster is well-represented in both the training and test sets. Then a decision tree is used to split the clustered data, aiming to maximize purity within each subset and minimize overlap between training and test data. This approach aims to capture the full domain of the dataset and avoid underrepresenting any parts of the data in either the training or test sets.
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What appropriate sources of information did you use in finding your student-contributed resource?
At this early stage in the process of investigating a topic, what advantages do you see in conducting research to discover various factors associated with the topic?
In what ways does the ability to conduct research strengthen your understanding of the city?
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2+3 paragraphs
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Western Civilization before The Thirty Years WarInstructions .docxwendolynhalbert
Western Civilization before The Thirty Years War
Instructions:
Please choose one question from each section to answer for your exam. This will mean that you will answer a total of four questions, each worth 25 points.
Please know that your responses must be at least
10 sentences long
. While using short, quoted phrases is fine to help support your ideas, your answers must be written mostly in your own words. Any quoting you include must be properly cited.
Please choose
ONE
of the following questions to answer.
1.
Who were the Sea Peoples? What did they do and why are they important to ancient history?
2.
Who were the Stoics and Epicureans? What did each believe? Why would the Hellenistic rulers have supported the Stoics over the Epicureans?
3.
How did the Neo-Assyrian kings' treatment of their own people as well as those they conquered contribute to their eventual downfall?
4.
Public religious tradition in ancient Greece was observed in public sacrifices and festivals. How was personal, private religious devotion demonstrated? Provide at least two specific examples.
Please choose
ONE
of the following questions to answer.
1.
During the Second Punic War, and especially in light of Cannae, Hannibal could be called the general who won the battle but lost the war. Why is this so?
2.
What was Arianism and how did the Council of Nicaea in 325 attempts to resolve the issue? When was the issue actually resolved?
3.
Why were 11th century Muslim traders able to conduct business in such far-flung places as Baghdad, Cordoba and Cairo?
4.
What was the Concordat of Worms (1122)? What impact did it have on Church-State relations in the Holy Roman Empire?
Please choose
ONE
of the following questions to answer.
1.
What was scholasticism? What was Thomas Aquinas' role in the movement?
2.
What is the difference between the parliament of Paris and the French Estates-General? How did the Estates-General come into existence?
3.
What was the Jacquerie of 1358? Explain its causes and results.
4.
What were the four phases of the Hundred Years' War? What were the key events of the final phase?
Please choose
ONE
of the following questions to answer.
1.
Why was the idea of translating the Bible into the vernacular languages so controversial? What happened to people who tried to write / publish a vernacular Bible? Provide at least two examples of people who attempted this and explain whether they were successful.
2.
While the almost constant fighting during the Thirty Years' War devastated central Europe, the situation was made worse by the new armies put into the field by the various rulers. What changes in the military made matters worse for ordinary civilians?
3.
Explain how Nicolaus Copernicus, Johannes Kepler and Galileo Galilei each challenged the view of the universe that was based on Ptolemy's work.
4.
Sir Francis Bacon and René Descartes both helped to promote the prestige of the scientific metho.
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Measurement issues.
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It is important to identify which level a variable is, as
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b.
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<1 point>
2
The first step in analyzing data sets is to find some summary descriptive statistics for key variables.
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Note: Place data to the right, if you use Descriptive statistics, place that to the right as well.
Salary
Compa
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Standard Deviation
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Statistics is defined as a set of techniques to transform raw data into useful information to support decision making. Information must be timely, accurate, relevant, and accessible, but is seldom readily available, so it needs to be generated from data. Data consists of individual values that convey little information alone. A random variable is any attribute of interest for which data is collected. A population is all possible data values for a random variable, while a sample is a subset of data from the population. Descriptive statistics summarize sample data, while inferential statistics allow generalizing from samples to populations. There are different types of data, scales of measurement, and sources of data, both internal and external to an organization.
Fairness in Search & RecSys 네이버 검색 콜로키움 김진영Jin Young Kim
검색 및 추천 시스템의 사회적 역할이 커지면서, 그 결과의 공정성 역시 최근 관심사로 대두되었다. 본 발표에서는 검색 및 추천시스템의 공정성 이슈 및 그 해법을 다룬다. 공정한 검색 및 추천 결과를 정의하는 다양한 방법, 공정성의 결여가 미치는 자원 배분 및 스테레오타이핑 문제, 그리고 검색 및 추천시스템 개발의 각 단계별로 어떤 해결책이 있는지를 최신 연구 중심으로 살펴본다. 마지막으로 실제 공정한 시스템 개발을 위한 실무적인 고려사항을 다룬다.
PREDICTING BANKRUPTCY USING MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMSIJCI JOURNAL
This paper is written for predicting Bankruptcy using different Machine Learning Algorithms. Whether the company will go bankrupt or not is one of the most challenging and toughest question to answer in the 21st Century. Bankruptcy is defined as the final stage of failure for a firm. A company declares that it has gone bankrupt when at that present moment it does not have enough funds to pay the creditors. It is a global
problem. This paper provides a unique methodology to classify companies as bankrupt or healthy by applying predictive analytics. The prediction model stated in this paper yields better accuracy with standard parameters used for bankruptcy prediction than previously applied prediction methodologies.
DataIDSalaryCompaMidpoint AgePerformance RatingServiceGenderRaiseDegreeGender1GrStudents: Copy the Student Data file data values into this sheet to assist in doing your weekly assignments.157.71.012573485805.70METhe ongoing question that the weekly assignments will focus on is: Are males and females paid the same for equal work (under the Equal Pay Act)? 227.80.897315280703.90MBNote: to simplfy the analysis, we will assume that jobs within each grade comprise equal work.3341.096313075513.61FB459.21.03857421001605.51METhe column labels in the table mean:549.51.0314836901605.71MDID – Employee sample number Salary – Salary in thousands 675.71.1306736701204.51MFAge – Age in yearsPerformance Rating - Appraisal rating (employee evaluation score)741.71.0434032100815.71FCService – Years of service (rounded)Gender – 0 = male, 1 = female 823.41.018233290915.81FAMidpoint – salary grade midpoint Raise – percent of last raise980.81.206674910010041MFGrade – job/pay gradeDegree (0= BS\BA 1 = MS)1023.61.027233080714.71FAGender1 (Male or Female)Compa - salary divided by midpoint1123.61.02423411001914.81FA1266.91.1745752952204.50ME1341.61.0414030100214.70FC1421.50.93623329012161FA1524.41.059233280814.91FA16390.975404490405.70MC1768.81.2075727553131FE1834.91.1263131801115.60FB1923.21.008233285104.61MA20361.1603144701614.80FB2175.31.1246743951306.31MF2256.71.182484865613.81FD2322.60.984233665613.30FA2451.51.072483075913.80FD2525.51.1092341704040MA2622.90.994232295216.20FA2743.51.088403580703.91MC2874.41.111674495914.40FF2973.51.097675295505.40MF3045.70.9524845901804.30MD3123.71.031232960413.91FA3226.90.867312595405.60MB3355.10.967573590905.51ME34280.904312680204.91MB3521.90.953232390415.30FA3623.71.032232775314.30FA3723.21.010232295216.20FA3857.61.0105745951104.50ME3934.31.108312790615.50FB4024.41.062232490206.30MA4140.51.012402580504.30MC4223.31.0122332100815.71FA4377.21.1526742952015.50FF4456.90.9995745901605.21ME4557.71.202483695815.21FD4665.41.1485739752003.91ME4756.80.997573795505.51ME4859.71.0485734901115.31FE4962.41.0955741952106.60ME5056.50.9925738801204.60ME
Week 1Week 1.Measurement and Description - chapters 1 and 2The goal this week is to gain an understanding of our data set - what kind of data we are looking at, some descriptive measurse, and a look at how the data is distributed (shape).1Measurement issues. Data, even numerically coded variables, can be one of 4 levels - nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio. It is important to identify which level a variable is, asthis impact the kind of analysis we can do with the data. For example, descriptive statistics such as means can only be done on interval or ratio level data.Please list under each label, the variables in our data set that belong in each group.NominalOrdinalIntervalRatiob.For each variable that you did not call ratio, why did you make that decision?2The first step in analyzing data sets is to find some summary descriptive statistics for key variables.For salary, compa, age, .
Sentiment Analysis: A comparative study of Deep Learning and Machine LearningIRJET Journal
This document compares sentiment analysis techniques using deep learning and machine learning. It summarizes previous work using various machine learning algorithms and deep learning methods for sentiment analysis. The document then outlines the approach taken in this study, which is to determine the best sentiment analysis results using either machine learning or deep learning techniques. It describes preprocessing the Rotten Tomatoes movie review dataset and creating text matrices before selecting models for classification. The goal is to get a generalized understanding of how sentiment analysis can be performed and which practices yield optimal results.
This document discusses using machine learning algorithms to predict household poverty levels. The goals are to build classification models to predict a household's poverty level as either "poor" or "non-poor" based on household attributes. Linear regression is proposed as the modeling algorithm. The document outlines collecting and preprocessing a household dataset, feature selection, model training and evaluation using metrics like MSE, RMSE and R-squared. References are provided on related work applying machine learning to poverty prediction using household surveys and satellite imagery.
BUS308 – Week 1 Lecture 2 Describing Data Expected Out.docxcurwenmichaela
BUS308 – Week 1 Lecture 2
Describing Data
Expected Outcomes
After reading this lecture, the student should be familiar with:
1. Basic descriptive statistics for data location
2. Basic descriptive statistics for data consistency
3. Basic descriptive statistics for data position
4. Basic approaches for describing likelihood
5. Difference between descriptive and inferential statistics
What this lecture covers
This lecture focuses on describing data and how these descriptions can be used in an
analysis. It also introduces and defines some specific descriptive statistical tools and results.
Even if we never become a data detective or do statistical tests, we will be exposed and
bombarded with statistics and statistical outcomes. We need to understand what they are telling
us and how they help uncover what the data means on the “crime,” AKA research question/issue.
How we obtain these results will be covered in lecture 1-3.
Detecting
In our favorite detective shows, starting out always seems difficult. They have a crime,
but no real clues or suspects, no idea of what happened, no “theory of the crime,” etc. Much as
we are at this point with our question on equal pay for equal work.
The process followed is remarkably similar across the different shows. First, a case or
situation presents itself. The heroes start by understanding the background of the situation and
those involved. They move on to collecting clues and following hints, some of which do not pan
out to be helpful. They then start to build relationships between and among clues and facts,
tossing out ideas that seemed good but lead to dead-ends or non-helpful insights (false leads,
etc.). Finally, a conclusion is reached and the initial question of “who done it” is solved.
Data analysis, and specifically statistical analysis, is done quite the same way as we will
see.
Descriptive Statistics
Week 1 Clues
We are interested in whether or not males and females are paid the same for doing equal
work. So, how do we go about answering this question? The “victim” in this question could be
considered the difference in pay between males and females, specifically when they are doing
equal work. An initial examination (Doc, was it murder or an accident?) involves obtaining
basic information to see if we even have cause to worry.
The first action in any analysis involves collecting the data. This generally involves
conducting a random sample from the population of employees so that we have a manageable
data set to operate from. In this case, our sample, presented in Lecture 1, gave us 25 males and
25 females spread throughout the company. A quick look at the sample by HR provided us with
assurance that the group looked representative of the company workforce we are concerned with
as a whole. Now we can confidently collect clues to see if we should be concerned or not.
As with any detective, the first issue is to understand the.
This document provides instructions for a problem set analyzing employee salary data. It instructs the user to copy salary and employee data into their assignment file. It then provides guidance on using descriptive statistics and t-tests to analyze differences in compensation ratios between male and female employees. The goal is to determine if there is statistical evidence that male and female employees are paid equally for equal work.
Module 4: Model Selection and EvaluationSara Hooker
Delta Analytics is a 501(c)3 non-profit in the Bay Area. We believe that data is powerful, and that anybody should be able to harness it for change. Our teaching fellows partner with schools and organizations worldwide to work with students excited about the power of data to do good.
Welcome to the course! These modules will teach you the fundamental building blocks and the theory necessary to be a responsible machine learning practitioner in your own community. Each module focuses on accessible examples designed to teach you about good practices and the powerful (yet surprisingly simple) algorithms we use to model data.
To learn more about our mission or provide feedback, take a look at www.deltanalytics.org.
Moderation and Meditation conducting in SPSSOsama Yousaf
The document defines moderation and describes the process for testing moderation using hierarchical multiple regression. Moderation implies an interaction effect where a third variable changes the direction or strength of the relationship between two other variables. To test for moderation, regression is used to assess whether the interaction term between the predictor and moderator variables significantly improves the model's ability to predict the outcome variable above and beyond the main effects alone. The steps involve standardizing variables, including main and interaction effects in separate regression models, and interpreting a significant change in R-squared between the models as evidence of moderation.
This document discusses classification using decision tree models. It begins with an introduction to classification, describing it as assigning objects to predefined categories. Decision trees are then overviewed as a powerful classifier that uses a hierarchical structure to split a dataset. Important parameters for evaluating model accuracy are covered, such as precision, recall, and AUC. The document also describes an exercise using the Weka tool to build decision trees on a dataset about term deposit subscriptions. It concludes with discussing uses of decision trees for applications like marketing and medical diagnosis.
Data Analysis for Graduate Studies SummaryKelvinNMhina
This document provides guidance on analysing qualitative and quantitative data. For qualitative data, it discusses preparing the data, identifying concepts and themes, and ensuring quality analysis. Key strategies for qualitative analysis include open coding, classification, and conceptual frameworks. For quantitative data, the document outlines recording, describing, and managing the data using techniques such as frequency counts, cross-tabulation, t-tests, chi-squared tests, and measures of central tendency and correlation. Examples are provided for coding, entering, and presenting both types of data.
AI TESTING: ENSURING A GOOD DATA SPLIT BETWEEN DATA SETS (TRAINING AND TEST) ...ijsc
This document discusses challenges in effectively splitting a dataset into training and test sets for machine learning models. It proposes using k-means clustering followed by decision tree analysis to improve the split. K-means clustering groups the data points into clusters to ensure each cluster is well-represented in both the training and test sets. Then a decision tree is used to split the clustered data, aiming to maximize purity within each subset and minimize overlap between training and test data. This approach aims to capture the full domain of the dataset and avoid underrepresenting any parts of the data in either the training or test sets.
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At this early stage in the process of investigating a topic, what advantages do you see in conducting research to discover various factors associated with the topic?
In what ways does the ability to conduct research strengthen your understanding of the city?
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Western Civilization before The Thirty Years WarInstructions .docxwendolynhalbert
Western Civilization before The Thirty Years War
Instructions:
Please choose one question from each section to answer for your exam. This will mean that you will answer a total of four questions, each worth 25 points.
Please know that your responses must be at least
10 sentences long
. While using short, quoted phrases is fine to help support your ideas, your answers must be written mostly in your own words. Any quoting you include must be properly cited.
Please choose
ONE
of the following questions to answer.
1.
Who were the Sea Peoples? What did they do and why are they important to ancient history?
2.
Who were the Stoics and Epicureans? What did each believe? Why would the Hellenistic rulers have supported the Stoics over the Epicureans?
3.
How did the Neo-Assyrian kings' treatment of their own people as well as those they conquered contribute to their eventual downfall?
4.
Public religious tradition in ancient Greece was observed in public sacrifices and festivals. How was personal, private religious devotion demonstrated? Provide at least two specific examples.
Please choose
ONE
of the following questions to answer.
1.
During the Second Punic War, and especially in light of Cannae, Hannibal could be called the general who won the battle but lost the war. Why is this so?
2.
What was Arianism and how did the Council of Nicaea in 325 attempts to resolve the issue? When was the issue actually resolved?
3.
Why were 11th century Muslim traders able to conduct business in such far-flung places as Baghdad, Cordoba and Cairo?
4.
What was the Concordat of Worms (1122)? What impact did it have on Church-State relations in the Holy Roman Empire?
Please choose
ONE
of the following questions to answer.
1.
What was scholasticism? What was Thomas Aquinas' role in the movement?
2.
What is the difference between the parliament of Paris and the French Estates-General? How did the Estates-General come into existence?
3.
What was the Jacquerie of 1358? Explain its causes and results.
4.
What were the four phases of the Hundred Years' War? What were the key events of the final phase?
Please choose
ONE
of the following questions to answer.
1.
Why was the idea of translating the Bible into the vernacular languages so controversial? What happened to people who tried to write / publish a vernacular Bible? Provide at least two examples of people who attempted this and explain whether they were successful.
2.
While the almost constant fighting during the Thirty Years' War devastated central Europe, the situation was made worse by the new armies put into the field by the various rulers. What changes in the military made matters worse for ordinary civilians?
3.
Explain how Nicolaus Copernicus, Johannes Kepler and Galileo Galilei each challenged the view of the universe that was based on Ptolemy's work.
4.
Sir Francis Bacon and René Descartes both helped to promote the prestige of the scientific metho.
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Western Civilization – Week 7 Discussion Forum
Please choose just one of the following questions to answer for the Forum Assignment this week. After you post your own answer, you will need to respond to at least three of your fellow classmates' initial posts.
• Initial Post must be at least 250 words long
• Peer Responses must be at least 125 words long.
1. A medieval German proverb states: "the city air will set you free." What was "the city air" like in many medieval towns? Using what you learned from the readings, do you agree with the proverb? Why or why not?
2. During the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre in 1572, more than 13,000 French Protestants (Huguenots) were killed because of their religious beliefs. Based on the information in our textbook and any other research you might do, who do you think was most responsible for the religious tensions getting out of control and erupting into widespread bloodshed? Why?
3. People rarely make decisions based on one single factor. In the quest to discover new lands, establish trade routes and colonize, what do you think motivated the explorers the most? Be sure to discuss at least one specific explorer in your post.
Student Response #1 – Shannon
During the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre in 1572, more than 13,000 French Protestants (Huguenots) were killed because of their religious beliefs. Based on the information in our textbook and any other research you might do, who do you think was most responsible for the religious tensions getting out of control and erupting into widespread bloodshed? Why?
Based on the information in our text books, I believe that both the Catholics and the Calvinists brought the religious tensions on themselves. With the birth of new religions on the rise there then became a power struggle among the religions. The Protestant Reformation that began set the way for religious extremism. " The agreement helped maintain a relative calm in the lands of the Holy Roman Empire by granting each ruler the right to determine the religion of his territory" (Hunt, p483) This opened the doors for many religious disputes to follow as the years went on. Each war started as a religious dispute but went on to reveal other motives, like political gains, power and greed. As time went on and religion began to spread and more and more people began to covert, there became major power struggles. When the bloodshed began with the Protestants and the Catholics not too much was solved after that, during the bloodshed, Catholic mobs killed over 3000 Huguenots in Paris. These wars about religion have simply paved the way through the years for more conflict regarding religion. I can t just blame one party and pick it to be responsible , i think all parties played a role in the tension caused by religion, each person wanted to believe in what they believed in and didn’t feel like it should have to be mandated.
Student Response #2 – Raul
People rarely make decisions based on one sing.
Wendy was addicted to her morning cup of coffee. She had one cup be.docxwendolynhalbert
Wendy was addicted to her morning cup of coffee. She had one cup before leaving the house and usually picked up another cup from the coffee shop on her way to the office. This morning, the line at the coffee shop was too long; therefore, Wendy decided to get a cup of coffee from the vending machine at work. The coffee was so hot that Wendy dropped it all over herself and was badly burned. Wendy filed suit against the vending company, the manufacturer of the vending machine, the owner of the building and the distributor of the coffee. What rights does Wendy have? Explain Wendy’s case against each party and possible defenses by each defendant.
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WEEK 8 – EXERCISESEnter your answers in the spaces pro.docxwendolynhalbert
WEEK 8 – EXERCISES
Enter your answers in the spaces provided. Save the file using your last name as the beginning of the file name (e.g., ruf_week8_exercises) and submit via “Assignments.” When appropriate,
show your work
. You can do the work by hand, scan/take a digital picture, and attach that file with your work.
1.
A researcher plans a study in which a crucial step is offering participants a food reward. It is important that the three food rewards be equal in appeal. Thus, a prestudy was designed in which participants were asked which of the rewards they preferred. Of the 60 participants, 16 preferred cupcakes, 26 preferred candy bars, and 18 favored dried apricots. Do these scores suggest that the different foods are differentially preferred by people in general? (Use the .05 significance level.)
a.Use the five steps of hypothesis testing.
b.Sketch the distribution involved.
c.Explain your findings.
2.
A high school principal wanted to know if the racial makeup of her teachers mirrored that of the student body. The student body broke down into 47% White, 28% Latino, 15% African American, and 10% other. Of the 65 teachers, 42 were White, 4 were Latino, 15 were African American, and 4 were Other. Do these results suggest that the racial makeup of the faculty members is different from that of the students? (Use the .05 significance level.)
Use the five steps of hypothesis testing and explain your findings.
3.
Please make up and discuss research examples corresponding to the various techniques introduced throughout this course. Describe a plausible study for each of the following statistical procedures, indicating how it would apply and what results you would predict. Also include information about the number of participants you would assess and how you would go about estimating effect size and statistical power (when relevant).
a.correlation
b.multiple regression
c.
t
test for independent means
d.
t
test for dependent means
e.ANOVA
f.chi square for goodness of fit
g.chi-square test for independence
SPSS ASSIGNMENT #8
Chi-Square
SPSS instructions:
Chi-Square Test for Goodness of Fit:
Open SPSS
Remember that SPSS assumes that all the scores in a row are from the same participant. In the study presented in #1, there are 20 students, some of whom have been suspended for misbehavior. The primary conflict-resolution style used by each student is also entered. [Ignore the first variable in this analysis.]
When you have entered the data for all 20 students, move to the Variable View window and change the first variable name to “SUSPEND” and the second to “STYLE”. Set the number of decimals for both variables to zero.
Click Analyze
à
Non-Parametric Tests
à
Chi-Square
Click the variable “STYLE” and then the arrow next to the box labeled “Test Variable List” to indicate that the chi-square for goodness of fit should be conducted on the conflict-resolution style variable.
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Week 8The Trouble with Aid Please respond to the following.docxwendolynhalbert
Week 8
"The Trouble with Aid"
Please respond to the following:
Based on the lecture and Webtext materials, address the following:
Identify the most significant problems with the way foreign aid is presently dispensed by international lending institutions. Then, discuss at least three (3) recommendations that you would make to remedy this situation so that food, medical, and financial assistance actually reaches the poor.
Week 9
"Rocky Road"
Please respond to the following:
Based on the lecture and Webtext materials, address the following:
Some of the most serious abuses taking place in developing countries deal with child labor, human slavery, sweatshops, bad governance, and environmental degradation. Select one (1) developing country, and examine the extent to which two (2) of these five (5) issues are occurring. Support your response with specific examples.
Week 10
"Act Local"
Please respond to the following:
Based on the lecture and Webtext materials, address the following:
Select one (1) developing country, and discuss the fundamental actions that the leadership of the selected country is — or is not — taking to improve the living standards of its people. Next, using this same country, cite one (1) specific example of progress or regress that its government is making in terms of the economy, the political system, and the environment.
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Week 8 Assignment 2 Submission
Instructions
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Students
, please view the "Submit a Clickable Rubric Assignment" in the Student Center.
Instructors
, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center.
Click the link above to submit your assignment.
Assignment 2: Religious Health Care
Due Week 8 and worth 200 points
Religious Health Care operates in a community of 225,000, called Middleville. Summary statistics on Religious and its competitors, from the AHA Guide, are shown in Table 1. All of the organizations in the area are not-for-profit. Although Samaritan Hospital and Protestant Hospital have religious origins, they now view themselves as secular, not-for-profit organizations.
Table 1: Middleville Health Care Systems
Name
Beds
Admissions
Census
OP Visits
Births
Expenses (000)
Personnel
Religious
575
13,000
350
221,000
2300
$125,000
2000
Samaritan
380
17,000
260
175,000
1200
$130,000
1875
Protestant
350
10,000
180
40,000
900
$80,000
1200
The governing board of Religious hired a consulting company to evaluate its strategic performance. As part of the consultant’s evaluation, several leaders of Religious’ units were asked their perspective of the organization’s performance.
You are working for the consultant. Your job is to identify the issues from the response that should be considered further by the consultant team and possibly discussed with the governing board and the CEO. The firm has a rule, “Never offer a criticism or negative finding without suggesting how the client organization can correct it,” so you must indicate what sort of correction would be recommended as part of your list. Because you know there were about two dozen other interviews, you decide you should rank your issues in importance, to make sure the most critical are discussed.
Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:
Describe the five (5) important elements of the governing board’ s agenda for areas of improvement in core functions.
Many organizations now use a balanced scorecard or multiple dimensions of performance measurement, such as productivity, profit, market trends, quality, patient satisfaction, and worker satisfaction. Describe three (3) key performance dimensions (other than those mentioned here) and include specific measures that Religious Health Care could use to improve overall institutional performance.
Determine the performance measures Religious Health Care could use to evaluate nursing staff performance in its Emergency Room. Explain the rationale for each performance measure.
Suggest the steps that should be taken next by Religious Health Care to get better at managing specific patient groups. Explain the rationale for each step.
Decide what strategies Religious Health Care could implement to enhance its public image and increase market share. Explain the rationale for each strategy.
Describe two (2) technology-based data-collection strategie.
Week1Writing SituationsOct 21 - Oct 27 15 pointsTasks.docxwendolynhalbert
This document outlines the tasks, readings, and assignments for Week 1 of a writing course. Students are expected to read chapters from "The Student Writer" on editing, criticism, and styles of writing. They must also complete an exercise on grammar, write a persuasive essay, and finalize a learning team charter by the end of the week. The objectives for the week are to apply rhetorical strategies to persuasive writing and utilize different writing styles appropriately.
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Week 8 -- Provide an example of some form of misrepresentation in media over the years (includes: staging news, re-creations, selective editing and fictional methods). Give some background for context and answer; why, in your opinion is this an example of misrepresentation and why is it egregious? Provide the link to the example.
Additionally for the Week 8 discussion, consider media bias. Both conservative and liberal sides claim that there is media bias (to the other side of their beliefs) yet, it is evident that there is bias on both sides. It is no secret that the traditional views of the following 3 media outlets are as follows: Fox News--Conservative/Right, MSNBC--Liberal/Left, CNN--Moderate. A) Track a relatively current news story and report to the class the way the 3 media outlets presented the story. Were there surprises to you in your findings? B) Also pick one additional media outlet of your choice (perhaps NPR, AL JAZEERA , or BBC) and look at their perspective of the same story. Please comment on at least 3 of your classmates' postings with questions or thoughtful, respectful, thorough responses.
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WEEK 7 – EXERCISES Enter your answers in the spaces pr.docxwendolynhalbert
WEEK 7 – EXERCISES
Enter your answers in the spaces provided. Save the file using your last name as the beginning of the file name (e.g., ruf_week6_exercises) and submit via “Assignments.” When appropriate,
show your work
. You can do the work by hand, scan/take a digital picture, and attach that file with your work.
A sports researcher gave a standard written test of eating habits to 12 randomly selected professionals, four each from baseball, football, and basketball. The results were as follows:
Eating Habits Scores
Baseball Players
Football Players
Basketball Players
34
27
35
18
28
44
21
67
47
65
42
61
Is there a difference in eating habits among professionals in the three sports? (Use the .05 significance level.)
a.
Use the five steps of hypothesis testing.
b.
Sketch the distribution involved.
c.
Determine effect size.
2.
To study the effectiveness of treatments for insomnia, a sleep researcher conducted a study with 12 participants.
Four participants were instructed to count sheep (Sheep Condition), four were told to concentrate on their breathing (Breathing Condition), and four were not given any special instructions. Over the next few days, measures were taken of how many minutes it took each participant to fall asleep. The average times for the participants in the Sheep Condition were 14, 28, 27, and 31; for those in the Breathing Condition, 25, 22, 17, and 14; and for those in the control condition, 45, 33, 30, and 41.
Do these results suggest that the different techniques have different effects?
(Use the .05 significance level.)
a.
Use the five steps of hypothesis testing.
b.
Sketch the distribution involved.
c.
Figure the effect size of the study.
d.
Explain your findings (including the logic of comparing within-group to between-group population variance estimates, how each of these is figured, and the
F
distribution).
High school juniors planning to attend college were randomly assigned to view one of four videos about a particular college, each differing according to what aspect of college life was emphasized: athletics, social life, scholarship, or artistic/cultural opportunities. After viewing the videos, the students took a test measuring their desire to attend this college. The results were as follows:
Desire to Attend this College
Athletics
Social Life
Scholarship
Art/Cultural
68
89
74
76
56
78
82
71
69
81
79
69
70
77
80
65
Do these results suggest that the type of activity emphasized in a college film affects desire to attend that college? (Use the .01 significance level.)
a.
Use the five steps of hypothesis testing.
b.
Sketch the distribution involved.
c.
Figure the effect size of the study.
d.
Explain the logic of what you have done to a person who is unfamiliar with the analysis of variance.
A team of psychologists designed a study in which 12 psychiatric patients diagnosed as having generalized anxiety disorder were randomly assigned to one of three new types of th.
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The Hawthorne study found that changes in working conditions, such as improved lighting or breaks, temporarily increased productivity regardless of the specific changes. This showed that the social and psychological aspects of work are important. Current HR functions aim to understand and motivate employees through factors like inclusion, communication, and work culture. The study highlighted the impact of social and psychological factors on work and the need to consider these aspects to improve productivity and employee well-being.
Week1. Basics of Critical Thinking. 7 daysWeek1Basics of Critica.docxwendolynhalbert
This document outlines a 5-week course on critical thinking and decision-making. Week 1 focuses on basics of critical thinking. Week 2 covers problem identification and formulation. Week 3 is about creativity. Week 4 is dedicated to decision-making. Week 5 examines critical thinking and decision-making outcomes. Each week includes required readings, presentations, videos, quizzes, and assignments designed to help students meet the weekly learning objectives.
Week-2Here I attached two file. First one is poem file. In thi.docxwendolynhalbert
Week-2
Here I attached two file. First one is
poem file
. In this file you can choose any poem whatever you like..
Second one is
format file
….in this file you can see how to make proper format and how to write it.
Even I explain Format here.
How to make it
Format:
1)
Choose any one poem from attachment and put the title.
Than
2)
Make a poem in your own words means (imitate).
Give the title my poem I imitated
and poem title. This poem must be in your own word it should not copy with others.
Give title
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3)
Give all five question answer in brief in your words regarding poems.
Poetry Writing Analysis
In a well-crafted essay of three to four pages (excluding the pages on which your own poem and the poem you are working with are placed), refer to our lecture and consider the following questions.
1.
Does your poem extend or argue with the tradition of the poem you selected to imitate?
2.
What relationship to historical context does your primary poem bear?
3.
What relationship to historical context does your own poem bear?
4.
What is the role your reader plays as a participant in creating the poem’s meaning?
5.
Look at William Wordsworth’s
Preface to the Second Edition of Lyrical Ballads
, particularly his concept of “the overflow of powerful emotion...recollected in tranquility” compared to T. S. Eliot’s
Tradition and the Individual Talent
, in which he rejects emotion: “It is neither emotion, nor recollection, nor, without distortion of meaning, tranquility” from which poetry is crafted.
(These essays are online and easily found.)
This assignment asks you to understand the lecture material fully. You may wish to read Wordsworth’s essay,
Preface to the Second Edition of Lyrical Ballads
and T. S. Eliot’s
Tradition and the Individual Talent
on your own. Both essays are available online. It is recommended that you not conduct research outside of your text and the essays mentioned above, and that all sources used must be scrupulously cited in APA format.
.
Week 7 Exercise Prosocial BehaviorMuch of what we tend to focus.docxwendolynhalbert
Week 7 Exercise: Prosocial Behavior
Much of what we tend to focus on when we study social psychology are topics that often have a negative connotation such as conformity, prejudice, aggression or obedience. A huge component of the study of social psychology; however, focuses on prosocial behavior – behaviors that focus on compassion and helping others. For this activity, you will focus on this more uplifting aspect of social psychology. Topics that fall under the area of prosocial behavior include altruism, helping, bystander intervention, empathy, and compassion, among others.
For this exercise, pick one day and seek to structure your thoughts and behaviors entirely around helping others. With each interaction or action you take, pause to think and ask yourself "is there a way I might help another here?" Hold a door for someone, offer your seat, share a smile, give a sincere compliment, show empathy to another, attempt to be more patient or understanding, etc. Your efforts should be in social settings that involve interactions with others (rather than something such as donating to a charity for instance). The goal is to be as thoughtfully prosocial in your interactions throughout the day as possible.
At the beginning of the day, jot down your general mood, feelings, attitude, etc.
Then throughout the day, whenever possible, carry a small notebook with you or make notes in an app on your phone to jot down meaningful encounters or experiences as you attempt to engage in prosocial behaviors.
At the end of the day, again reflect and take notes on how you feel, your general mood, feelings and attitudes, etc.
PLEASE NOTE: If you are unable to engage in prosocial behavior outside of your home due to COVID-19 restrictions/precautions, you are encouraged to engage in such behaviors with your family/people with whom you are sheltering.
You may also engage in prosocial behavior with others virtually or through other means (e.g., through video calls, emails, etc...). This assignment will be more meaningful if you are able to engage in-person with acquaintances or strangers, but you can still find ways to make a significant difference to others even if quarantined or sheltering in place.
In a 5-7 slide PowerPoint presentation, not counting title or reference slides:
Summarize your experience. Describe the prosocial behaviors you engaged in, others' reactions to these behaviors, and your assessment of any changes in mood, attitude, good fortune, or anything else of note you experienced.
Review what you have learned about human behavior in social settings this week in your readings. Connect what you learned or experienced through your day of conscious, prosocial behavior with the terms, concepts, and theories from your research. Integrate at least two academic sources (your assigned readings/resources can comprise one of these sources), citing any references used in APA format.
Describe any new insights you gained through this exper.
Week4 Project Human Resources and Procurement Management.docxwendolynhalbert
Week4
Project Human Resources and Procurement Management
1
.
Supporting Activity: High Performing Teams
Write
a 200- to 300-word short-answer response to the following: three assignments,
• Since the success of a project rests largely on the performance of the team, what are some techniques a project manager can employ to foster a group of individuals in becoming a cohesive and high-performing team?
2
.
Supporting Activity: Outsourcing
•Under what circumstances is it ethically or not in the best interest of project morals to consider outsourcing parts of a project? Provide examples illustrating both and discuss why.
3.
Conceptualizing and Initializing the IT Project
•
Describe the five phases of the IT project methodology.
Write a 100- to 200-word short-answer response to the following:
five assignments
4
.
Conceptualizing and Initializing the IT Project
Why is it important to have deliverables for each phase of the IT project methodology?
5.
Conceptualizing and Initializing the IT Project
How can the experiences of and lessons learned by past project team members be incorporated into a project methodology?
6.
Conceptualizing and Initializing the IT Project
What are the advantages of developing a detailed project plan after a project has been approved for funding?
7.
Conceptualizing and Initializing the IT Project
Describe the conceptualize and initialize phase of the IT project methodology.
8
.
Conceptualizing and Initializing the IT Project
How can the experiences of and lessons learned by past project team members be incorporated into a project methodology?
Individual: Project Controls
The company offsite 2-day training session project is about ready to enter the execution phase. However, management has a history of being surprised with projects that finished over-budget, did not adhere to the timeline, evinced waste of resources, or did not meet expectations.
Address
your strategy for the following in a 2- to 3-page
memo
to gain their confidence in your project management abilities:
•Analyze and report unplanned changes
•Evaluate project quality
•Procedures you plan to implement for handling change control issues
•How you plan to communicate whether the project is meeting any stated performance and quality
objectives
.
Week4 Discussion
Wireless Communications
Supporting Activity: Introduction to the OSI Protocol Model Format
Write
a 200- to 300-word response to the following:
•After reviewing the concepts, pictorially model the TCP/IP protocol against the 7-layer OSI model. In your depiction, include the common protocol sections that fit in the various levels.
Supporting Activity: Introduction to Wireless
Write
a 200- to 300-word response to the following question:
•Differentiating among the protocols used in wireless (Media Access Control layer, FDMA, TDMA, and CDMA), what are the problems with existing protocols with satellite communications?
Supporting Activity: Network Operating Systems
Write
a 200- to 300-word response to the following questions:
•
What are the predominant network operating systems in use today? What are the differences between LAN and WAN operating systems?
.
Week3 Project Cost and Quality ManagementSupporting .docxwendolynhalbert
Week3
Project Cost and Quality Management
Supporting Activity: Cost and Time
Write
a 200- to 300-word short-answer response to the following:
•While cost and time are critical components of projects, how would you define the quality of a project? Provide some examples of project reporting metrics a project manager could use to measure and communicate the status of quality during a project.
Supporting Activity: Dependency Types
•Provide real-world examples of activities where each dependency type is used: finish-to-start, start-to-start, finish-to-finish, and start-to-finish.
Supporting Activity: Metrics
•Which metric does a project manager have most control over: cost variance, schedule variance, cost performance index, and schedule performance index? Explain how so. Which one does a project manager have least control over?
Write
a 100- to 200-word short-answer response to the following:
The Nature of Information Technology Projects
What is a methodology? What are the advantages of following a methodology when developing an information system? Information Technology Project Management
The Nature of Information Technology Projects
What is project management?
Conceptualizing and Initializing the IT Project
Describe the project life cycle (PLC) and the systems development life cycle (SDLC), and their relationship?
7
.
Conceptualizing and Initializing the IT Project
What is fast tracking? When should fast tracking be used? When is fast tracking not appropriate?
Conceptualizing and Initializing the IT Project
Why is it important to have deliverables for each phase of the IT project methodology?
Individual:
Project Budget
The project for the company offsite 2-day training session has been given a preliminary go-ahead. However a budget needs to be submitted for approval.
Write
a 2- to 3-page memo explaining the financial implications of your project that does the following.
• Adds costs estimates to your resources (both labor and material) – Refer to websites like the United States Department of Labor for estimates.
• Adds estimates for all task duration and sequencing of tasks (including precedence relations)
•Summarizes any relevant facts about the project duration, number or type of resources, critical task sequencing, and how duration estimates were arrived at
•Highlights if there are any milestones for your project
Include
a Microsoft® Project Gantt chart, as an attachment, showing the WBS of tasks (with dependencies) and task sequences, along with any budget or cost reports to support your memo.
Learning Team: Project Schedule
We are doing our project
Riordan Manufacturing
Choose a project involving an IT requirement with multiple tasks and human resources. This project must come from a business situation—for example, hardware procurement and installation, network acquisition, implementation, or expansion—in which each Learning Team member contributes backg.
Week Two IndividualReliability and ValidityWrite a 1,0.docxwendolynhalbert
Week Two Individual
Reliability and Validity
Write
a 1,050-word paper describing observation and measurement as they relate to human services research.
Refer
to Ch. 4 and 5 of
Beginning Behavioral Research
.
Address
each of the following points in your paper:
Define and describe the types of reliability. Provide examples of these types of reliability as they apply to human services research or to human services management research.
Define and describe the types of validity. Provide examples of these types of validity as they apply to human services research or to human services management research.
Provide examples of a data collection method and data collection instrument used in human services research. Why is it important to ensure that these data collection methods and instruments are both reliable and valid?
Provide examples of a different data collection method and a data collection instrument used in managerial research. Why is it important to ensure that these data collection methods and instruments are both reliable and valid?
Format
your paper consistent with APA guidelines and include at least two references.(and in text citations)
.
Week 7 DiscussionDiversity in the work environment promotes ac.docxwendolynhalbert
Week 7 Discussion
Diversity in the work environment promotes acceptance, respect, and teamwork despite differences in race, age, gender, language, political beliefs, religion, sexual orientation, communication styles, and other differences. Discuss the following:
What is your selected company’s stance on diversity?
If you were starting a business that required you to hire new personnel, would diversity be a priority? How important would it be to you on a list of other considerations? Explain.
Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates' posts.
.
Week Lecture - Evaluating the Quality of Financial ReportsThe coll.docxwendolynhalbert
Week Lecture - Evaluating the Quality of Financial Reports
The collapse of Enron in the early 2000s, which was a result of massive financial manipulation, gave rise to a new era of financial reporting supervision with the establishment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in 2002. The Act required all executives to give certified and accurate financial information. Various mechanisms were put in place to reduce financial accounting irregularities (Cunningham, 2005). Managers are therefore required to have a clear understanding of the regulations put in place and the bodies which enforce them in order to conform with them accordingly.
Issuance of financial reports and sale of securities to the public is monitored by such organizations as:
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FIRA)
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has developed the financial accounting standards to be used in the U.S. since 1973. Its function is to oversee the preparation of financial reports by non-governmental entities. FASB ensures that financial statements contain information relevant for sound decision making. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been charged with the statutory authority of establishing reporting standards for U.S. public companies. Although it does not develop the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), it has power to monitor financial reporting. The SEC seeks its authority from three security laws: The Securities Act of 1933 (SEC, 2012b), The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (SEC, 2012c), The Investment Company Act of 1940 (SEC, 2012a), The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SEC, 2005), and The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (SEC, 2014).
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FIRA) regulates securities firms conducting business with the public in the U.S. The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) develops and Publishes International Financial Reporting Standards through the help of its 15-full time members from different countries working with stakeholders all over the world.
The usefulness of financial reports to readers depends on report quality. The conceptual framework for financial reporting categorizes qualitative characteristics of financial reports into two broad categories: fundamental qualitative characteristics, which include relevance and faithful representation, and enhancing qualitative characteristics, which make financial reports more useful and include comparability, timeliness, verifiability, and understandability. Presentation of financial reporting is limited by materiality and cost constraints. There exist differences in U.S. reporting requirements and the international requirements, although efforts have been undertaken to congregate the U.S. GAAP rules with the international financial reporting rules (Oxford Analytica, 2009). Differences in U.S. reporting req.
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Case Study 2 SCADA WormProtecting the nation’s critical infra.docx
1. Case Study 2: SCADA Worm
Protecting the nation’s critical infrastructure is a major security
challenge within the U.S. Likewise, the responsibility for
protecting the nation’s critical infrastructure encompasses all
sectors of government, including private sector cooperation.
Search on the Internet for information on the SCADA Worm,
such as the article located
athttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/22/stuxnet_worm_weap
on/.
Write a three to five (3-5) page paper in which you:
1. Describe the impact and the vulnerability of the SCADA /
Stuxnet Worm on the critical infrastructure of the United States.
2. Describe the methods to mitigate the vulnerabilities, as they
relate to the seven (7) domains.
3. Assess the levels of responsibility between government
agencies and the private sector for mitigating threats and
vulnerabilities to our critical infrastructure.
4. Assess the elements of an effective IT Security Policy
Framework, and how these elements, if properly implemented,
could prevent or mitigate and attack similar to the SCADA /
Stuxnet Worm.
5. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment.
Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality
resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
· Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size
12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references
must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your
professor for any additional instructions.
· Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the
student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the
date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in
2. the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
· Identify the role of an information systems security (ISS)
policy framework in overcoming business challenges.
· Compare and contrast the different methods, roles,
responsibilities, and accountabilities of personnel, along with
the governance and compliance of security policy framework.
· Describe the different ISS policies associated with the user
domain.
· Analyze the different ISS policies associated with the IT
infrastructure.
· Use technology and information resources to research issues in
security strategy and policy formation.
· Write clearly and concisely about Information Systems
Security Policy topics using proper writing mechanics and
technical style conventions.
DataIDSalaryCompaMidpoint AgePerformance
RatingServiceGenderRaiseDegreeGender1GrStudents: Copy the
Student Data file data values into this sheet to assist in doing
your weekly assignments.1601.053573485805.70METhe
ongoing question that the weekly assignments will focus on is:
Are males and females paid the same for equal work (under the
Equal Pay Act)? 226.80.866315280703.90MBNote: to simplfy
the analysis, we will assume that jobs within each grade
comprise equal
work.334.71.120313075513.61FB457.91.01657421001605.51M
EThe column labels in the table
mean:548.51.0104836901605.71MDID – Employee sample
number Salary – Salary in thousands
674.31.1096736701204.51MFAge – Age in yearsPerformance
Rating - Appraisal rating (employee evaluation
score)7421.0504032100815.71FCService – Years of service
3. (rounded)Gender – 0 = male, 1 = female
823.61.025233290915.81FAMidpoint – salary grade midpoint
Raise – percent of last raise974.21.107674910010041MFGrade
– job/pay gradeDegree (0= BSBA 1 =
MS)1022.60.984233080714.71FAGender1 (Male or
Female)Compa - salary divided by
midpoint1123.41.01823411001914.81FA1261.71.082575295220
4.50ME1341.31.0334030100214.70FC1422.90.99723329012161
FA1524.91.084233280814.91FA1646.61.166404490405.70MC1
766.51.1665727553131FE1836.31.1703131801115.60FB1924.51
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week 1Week 1.Measurement and Description - chapters 1 and
2The goal this week is to gain an understanding of our data set -
what kind of data we are looking at, some descriptive measurse,
and a look at how the data is distributed (shape).1Measurement
issues. Data, even numerically coded variables, can be one of 4
levels - nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio. It is important to
identify which level a variable is, asthis impact the kind of
analysis we can do with the data. For example, descriptive
statistics such as means can only be done on interval or ratio
level data.Please list under each label, the variables in our data
set that belong in each
4. group.NominalOrdinalIntervalRatioGenderIDDegreeSalaryGend
er1CompaGradeMid pointPerformanceServicsraiseb.For each
variable that you did not call ratio, why did you make that
decision?ratio tells us about the order,exact value between units
no one variable is ratio since no variable tells us about the order
among them hence they are ratio variablesThe first step in
analyzing data sets is to find some summary descriptive
statistics for key variables.For salary, compa, age, performance
rating, and service; find the mean, standard deviation, and range
for 3 groups: overall sample, Females, and Males.You can use
either the Data Analysis Descriptive Statistics tool or the Fx
=average and =stdev functions. (the range must be found using
the difference between the =max and =min functions with Fx)
functions.Note: Place data to the right, if you use Descriptive
statistics, place that to the right as well.Some of the values are
completed for you - please finish the table.Note - data is a
sample from the larger company
populationSalaryCompaAgePerf.
Rat.ServiceMean45.0221.603035.785.99.0OverallStandard
Deviation19.20800.08208.251311.41475.7177Range54.70.36530
4521Mean38.211.073032.584.27.9FemaleStandard
Deviation18.50.07606.913.64.9Range54.70.24226.045.018.0Me
an51.831.053038.987.610.0MaleStandard
Deviation17.70.08708.48.76.4Range52.50.31028.030.021.03Wh
at is the probability for a:probabilitya. Randomly selected
person being a male in grade E?0.17b. Randomly selected
male being in grade E? Note part b is the same as given a male,
what is probabilty of being in grade E?0.83c. Why are the
results different?results are diffferent due to the samples and
population for both cases are different.The first case the
population is male and we are choosing males who have grade
E4A key issue in comparing data sets is to see if they are
distributed/shaped the same. We can do this by looking at some
measures of wheresome selected values are within each data set
- that is how many values are above and below a comparable
value.For each group (overall, females, and males)
5. find:OverallFemaleMaleAThe value that cuts off the top 1/3
salary value in each group4222.739.4"=large" functioniThe z
score for this value within each group?0.204-0.8370.064Excel's
standize functioniiThe normal curve probability of exceeding
this score:0.4190.7990.4741-normsdist functioniiiWhat is the
empirical probability of being at or exceeding this salary
value?0.4190.9500.632BThe value that cuts off the top 1/3
compa value in each group.1.0251.0431.075iThe z score for this
value within each group?-0.632-0.115-0.123iiThe normal curve
probability of exceeding this score:0.7360.5460.312iiiWhat is
the empirical probability of being at or exceeding this compa
value?0.7360.5460.312CHow do you interpret the relationship
between the data sets? What do they mean about our equal pay
for equal work question?by using correlation matrix to find
relationship between the variablesEqual pay for equal works
means that the correlation of the salaries with remaining
variable in the data are dependent to each other and are set
high5What conclusions can you make about the issue of male
and female pay equality? Are all of the results consistent? Yes
the result is consistentmeans of compa and salaries are not
equalWhat is the difference between the sal and compa
measures of pay?Females and males salary are not
equalConclusions from looking at salary results:Taking a look
at the female and male salaries payment are not
equalConclusions from looking at compa results:Compa
payment results are not equalDo both salary measures show the
same results?Yes for both cases the payments results are not
equal both for female and maleCan we make any conclusions
about equal pay for equal work yet?No since the payments for
males and female according to compa and salary are not equal
hence we cannot say equal pay for equal work
Week 2 Week 2Testing means - T-testsIn questions 2, 3, and 4
be sure to include the null and alternate hypotheses you will be
testing. In the first 4 questions use alpha = 0.05 in making your
decisions on rejecting or not rejecting the null
hypothesis.1Below are 2 one-sample t-tests comparing male and
6. female average salaries to the overall sample mean. (Note: a
one-sample t-test in Excel can be performed by selecting the 2-
sample unequal variance t-test and making the second variable =
Ho value - a constant.)Note: These values are not the same as
the data the assignment uses. The purpose is to analyze the
results of t-tests rather than directly answer our equal pay
question.Based on these results, how do you interpret the results
and what do these results suggest about the population means
for male and female average salaries?MalesFemalesHo: Mean
salary =45.00Ho: Mean salary =45.00Ha: Mean salary
=/=45.00Ha: Mean salary =/=45.00Note: While the results both
below are actually from Excel's t-Test: Two-Sample Assuming
Unequal Variances, having no variance in the Ho variable
makes the calculations default to the one-sample t-test outcome
- we are tricking Excel into doing a one sample test for
us.MaleHoFemaleHoMean5245Mean3845Variance3160Variance
334.66666666670Observations2525Observations2525Hypothesi
zed Mean Difference0Hypothesized Mean Difference0df24df24t
Stat1.9689038266t Stat-1.9132063573P(T<=t) one-
tail0.0303078503P(T<=t) one-tail0.0338621184t Critical one-
tail1.7108820799t Critical one-tail1.7108820799P(T<=t) two-
tail0.0606157006P(T<=t) two-tail0.0677242369t Critical two-
tail2.0638985616t Critical two-tail2.0638985616Conclusion: Do
not reject Ho; mean equals 45Conclusion: Do not reject Ho;
mean equals 45Note: the Female results are done for you, please
complete the male results.Is this a 1 or 2 tail test?Is this a 1 or 2
tail test?2 tail- why?- why?Ho contains =P-value is:P-value
is:0.0677242369Is P-value < 0.05 (one tail test) or 0.025 (two
tail test)?Is P-value < 0.05 (one tail test) or 0.025 (two tail
test)?NoWhy do we not reject the null hypothesis?Why do we
not reject the null hypothesis?P-value greater than (>) rejection
alphaInterpretation of test outcomes:2Based on our sample data
set, perform a 2-sample t-test to see if the population male and
female average salaries could be equal to each other.(Since we
have not yet covered testing for variance equality, assume the
data sets have statistically equal variances.)Ho: Male salary
7. mean = Female salary meanHa: Male salary mean =/= Female
salary meanTest to use:t-Test: Two-Sample Assuming Equal
VariancesP-value is:Is P-value < 0.05 (one tail test) or 0.025
(two tail test)?Reject or do not reject Ho:If the null hypothesis
was rejected, calculate the effect size value:If calculated, what
is the meaning of effect size measure:Interpretation:b.Is the one
or two sample t-test the proper/correct apporach to comparing
salary equality? Why?3Based on our sample data set, can the
male and female compas in the population be equal to each
other? (Another 2-sample t-test.)Again, please assume equal
variances for these groups.Ho:Ha:Statistical test to use:What is
the p-value:Is P-value < 0.05 (one tail test) or 0.025 (two tail
test)?Reject or do not reject Ho:If the null hypothesis was
rejected, calculate the effect size value:If calculated, what is the
meaning of effect size measure: Interpretation: 4Since
performance is often a factor in pay levels, is the average
Performance Rating the same for both genders?NOTE: do NOT
assume variances are equal in this situation.Ho:Ha:Test to use:t-
Test: Two-Sample Assuming Unequal VariancesWhat is the p-
value:Is P-value < 0.05 (one tail test) or 0.025 (two tail
test)?Do we REJ or Not reject the null?If the null hypothesis
was rejected, calculate the effect size value:If calculated, what
is the meaning of effect size measure:Interpretation:5If the
salary and compa mean tests in questions 2 and 3 provide
different results about male and female salary equality, which
would be more appropriate to use in answering the question
about salary equity? Why?What are your conclusions about
equal pay at this point?
Week 3Week 3Paired T-test and ANOVAFor this week's work,
again be sure to state the null and alternate hypotheses and use
alpha = 0.05 for our decisionvalue in the reject or do not reject
decision on the null hypothesis.1Many companies consider the
grade midpoint to be the "market rate" - the salary needed to
hire a new employee.SalaryMidpointDiffDoes the company, on
average, pay its existing employees at or above the market
rate?Use the data columns at the right to set up the paired data
8. set for the analysis.Null Hypothesis:Alt. Hypothesis:Statistical
test to use:What is the p-value:Is P-value < 0.05 (one tail test)
or 0.025 (two tail test)?What else needs to be checked on a 1-
tail test in order to reject the null?Do we REJ or Not reject the
null?If the null hypothesis was rejected, what is the effect size
value:If calculated, what is the meaning of effect size
measure:Interpretation of test results:Let's look at some other
factors that might influence pay - education(degree) and
performance ratings.2Last week, we found that average
performance ratings do not differ between males and females in
the population.Now we need to see if they differ among the
grades. Is the average performace rating the same for all
grades?(Assume variances are equal across the grades for this
ANOVA.)Here are the data values sorted by grade level.The
rating values sorted by grade have been placed in columns I - N
for you.ABCDEFNull Hypothesis:Ho: means equal for all
grades9080100908570Alt. Hypothesis:Ha: at least one mean is
unequal807510065100100Place B17 in Outcome range
box.1008090759595907080905595809580959095858095956590
90707595956090909575809590100Interpretation of test
results:What is the p-value:0.57If the ANVOA was done
correctly, this is the p-value shown.Is P-value < 0.05?Do we
REJ or Not reject the null?If the null hypothesis was rejected,
what is the effect size value (eta squared):Meaning of effect
size measure:What does that decision mean in terms of our
equal pay question:3While it appears that average salaries per
each grade differ, we need to test this assumption. Is the
average salary the same for each of the grade levels? Use the
input table to the right to list salaries under each grade level.
(Assume equal variance, and use the analysis toolpak function
ANOVA.) Null Hypothesis:If desired, place salaries per grade
in these columnsAlt. Hypothesis:ABCDEFPlace B51 in
Outcome range box.Note: Sometimes we see a p-value in the
format of 3.4E-5; this means move the decimal point left 5
places. In this example, the p-value is 0.000034What is the p-
value:Is P-value < 0.05?Do we REJ or Not reject the null?If the
9. null hypothesis was rejected, calculate the effect size value (eta
squared):If calculated, what is the meaning of effect size
measure:Interpretation:4The table and analysis below
demonstrate a 2-way ANOVA with replication. Please interpret
the results.Note: These values are not the same as the data the
assignment uses. The purpose of this question is to analyze the
result of a 2-way ANOVA test rather than directly answer our
equal pay question.BAMAHo: Average compas by gender are
equalMale1.0171.157Ha: Average compas by gender are not
equal0.8700.979Ho: Average compas are equal for each
degree1.0521.134Ha: Average compas are not equal for each
degree1.1751.149Ho: Interaction is not
significant1.0431.043Ha: Interaction is
significant1.0741.1341.0201.000Perform
analysis:0.9031.1220.9820.903Anova: Two-Factor With
Replication1.0861.0521.0751.140SUMMARYBAMATotal1.052
1.087MaleFemale1.0961.050Count1212241.0251.161Sum12.349
12.925.2491.0001.096Average1.02908333331.0751.0520416667
0.9561.000Variance0.0066864470.00651981820.00686604171.0
001.0411.0431.043Female1.0431.119Count1212241.2101.043Su
m12.79112.78725.5781.1871.000Average1.06591666671.06558
333331.065751.0430.956Variance0.0061024470.00421281060.0
049334131.0431.1291.1451.149TotalCount2424Sum25.1425.68
7Average1.04751.0702916667Variance0.00647034780.0051561
286ANOVASource of VariationSSdfMSFP-valueF
critSample0.002255020810.00225502080.38348211710.5389389
5074.0617064601 (This is the row variable or
gender.)Columns0.006233520810.00623352081.06005396090.3
0882956334.0617064601 (This is the column variable or
Degree.)Interaction0.006417187510.00641718751.09128776640
.30189150624.0617064601Within0.25873675440.0058803807To
tal0.273642479247Interpretation:For Ho: Average compas by
gender are equalHa: Average compas by gender are not
equalWhat is the p-value:Is P-value < 0.05?Do you reject or not
reject the null hypothesis:If the null hypothesis was rejected,
what is the effect size value (eta squared):Meaning of effect
10. size measure:For Ho: Average compas are equal for all degrees
Ha: Average compas are not equal for all gradesWhat is the p-
value:Is P-value < 0.05?Do you reject or not reject the null
hypothesis:If the null hypothesis was rejected, what is the
effect size value (eta squared):Meaning of effect size
measure:For: Ho: Interaction is not significantHa: Interaction is
significantWhat is the p-value:Is P-value < 0.05?Do you reject
or not reject the null hypothesis:If the null hypothesis was
rejected, what is the effect size value (eta squared):Meaning of
effect size measure:What do these three decisions mean in terms
of our equal pay question:Place data values in these columns5.
Using the results up thru this week, what are your conclusions
about gender equal pay for equal work at this point?Dif
Week 4Week 4Confidence Intervals and Chi Square (Chs 11 -
12)For questions 3 and 4 below, be sure to list the null and
alternate hypothesis statements. Use .05 for your significance
level in making your decisions.For full credit, you need to also
show the statistical outcomes - either the Excel test result or the
calculations you performed.1Using our sample data, construct a
95% confidence interval for the population's mean salary for
each gender. Interpret the results. MeanSt error t valueLow to
HighMalesFemales<Reminder: standard error is the sample
standard deviation divided by the square root of the sample
size.>Interpretation:2Using our sample data, construct a 95%
confidence interval for the mean salary difference between the
genders in the population. How does this compare to the
findings in week 2, question 2?DifferenceSt Err.T valueLow to
HighYes/NoCan the means be equal?Why?How does this
compare to the week 2, question 2 result (2 sampe t-
test)?Results are the same - means are not equal.a.Why is using
a two sample tool (t-test, confidence interval) a better choice
than using 2 one-sample techniques when comparing two
samples?3We found last week that the degree values within the
population do not impact compa rates. This does not mean that
degrees are distributed evenly across the grades and genders.Do
males and females have athe same distribution of degrees by
11. grade?(Note: while technically the sample size might not be
large enough to perform this test, ignore this limitation for this
exercise.)Ignore any cell size limitations.What are the
hypothesis statements:Ho: Ha:Note: You can either use the
Excel Chi-related functions or do the calculations
manually.Data InTablesThe Observed Table is completed for
you.OBSERVEDA BCDEFTotalIf desired, you can do manual
calculations per cell here.M Grad11115312A BCDEFFem
Grad53111213M GradMale Und22215113Fem GradFemale
Und71121012Male Und1575512650Female UndSum
=EXPECTEDM GradFor this exercise - ignore the requirement
for a correctionFem Gradfor expected values less than 5.Male
UndFemale UndInterpretation:What is the value of the chi
square statistic: What is the p-value associated with this value:
Is the p-value <0.05?Do you reject or not reject the null
hypothesis: If you rejected the null, what is the Cramer's V
correlation:What does this correlation mean?What does this
decision mean for our equal pay question: 4Based on our sample
data, can we conclude that males and females are distributed
across grades in a similar patternwithin the population?Again,
ignore any cell size limitations.What are the hypothesis
statements:Ho: Ha:Do manual calculations per cell here (if
desired)A BCDEFA BCDEFOBS COUNT - mMOBS COUNT -
fFSum = EXPECTEDWhat is the value of the chi square
statistic: What is the p-value associated with this value: Is the
p-value <0.05?Do you reject or not reject the null hypothesis: If
you rejected the null, what is the Phi correlation:If calculated,
what is the meaning of effect size measure:What does this
decision mean for our equal pay question: 5. How do you
interpret these results in light of our question about equal pay
for equal work?
Week 5Week 5 Correlation and Regression1. Create a
correlation table for the variables in our data set. (Use analysis
ToolPak or StatPlus:mac LE function Correlation.)a. Reviewing
the data levels from week 1, what variables can be used in a
Pearson's Correlation table (which is what Excel produces)?b.
12. Place table here (C8):c.Using r = approximately .28 as the
signicant r value (at p = 0.05) for a correlation between 50
values, what variables aresignificantly related to Salary?To
compa?d.Looking at the above correlations - both significant or
not - are there any surprises -by that I mean any relationships
you expected to be meaningful and are not and vice-
versa?e.Does this help us answer our equal pay for equal work
question?2Below is a regression analysis for salary being
predicted/explained by the other variables in our sample
(Midpoint, age, performance rating, service, gender, and degree
variables. (Note: since salary and compa are different ways of
expressing an employee’s salary, we do not want to have both
used in the same regression.)Plase interpret the findings.Note:
These values are not the same as the data the assignment uses.
The purpose is to analyze the result of a regression test rather
than directly answer our equal pay question.Ho: The regression
equation is not significant.Ha: The regression equation is
significant.Ho: The regression coefficient for each variable is
not significant Note: technically we have one for each input
variable.Ha: The regression coefficient for each variable is
significant Listing it this way to save space.SalSUMMARY
OUTPUTRegression StatisticsMultiple R0.9915590747R
Square0.9831893985Adjusted R Square0.9808437332Standard
Error2.6575925726Observations50ANOVAdfSSMSFSignificanc
e
FRegression617762.29967387432960.383278979419.151611129
41.8121523852609E-
36Residual43303.70032612577.062798282Total4918066Coeffic
ientsStandard Errort StatP-valueLower 95%Upper 95%Lower
95.0%Upper 95.0%Intercept-1.74962121233.6183676583-
0.48353881570.6311664899-9.04675504275.547512618-
9.04675504275.547512618Midpoint1.21670105050.0319023509
38.13828811638.66416336978111E-
351.15236382831.28103827271.15236382831.2810382727Note:
These values are not the same as in the data the assignment
uses. The purpose is to analyze the result of a 2-way ANOVA
13. test rather than directly answer our equal pay question.Age-
0.00462801020.065197212-0.07098478760.9437389875-
0.13611071910.1268546987-
0.13611071910.1268546987Performace Rating-
0.05659644050.0344950678-1.64071109710.1081531819-
0.12616237470.0129694936-
0.12616237470.0129694936Service-
0.04250035730.0843369821-0.50393500330.6168793519-
0.21258209120.1275813765-
0.21258209120.1275813765Gender2.4203372120.86084431762.
81158528040.00739661880.6842791924.1563952320.68427919
24.156395232Degree0.27553341430.79980230480.34450190090
.732148119-1.33742165471.8884884833-
1.33742165471.8884884833Note: since Gender and Degree are
expressed as 0 and 1, they are considered dummy variables and
can be used in a multiple regression equation.Interpretation:For
the Regression as a whole:What is the value of the F statistic:
What is the p-value associated with this value: Is the p-value
<0.05?Do you reject or not reject the null hypothesis: What
does this decision mean for our equal pay question: For each of
the coefficients:InterceptMidpointAgePerf.
Rat.ServiceGenderDegreeWhat is the coefficient's p-value for
each of the variables: NAIs the p-value < 0.05?NADo you reject
or not reject each null hypothesis: NAWhat are the coefficients
for the significant variables?Using the intercept coefficient and
only the significant variables, what is the equation?Salary =Is
gender a significant factor in salary:If so, who gets paid more
with all other things being equal?How do we know? 3Perform a
regression analysis using compa as the dependent variable and
the same independentvariables as used in question 2. Show the
result, and interpret your findings by answering the same
questions.Note: be sure to include the appropriate hypothesis
statements.Regression hypothesesHo:Ha:Coefficient
hyhpotheses (one to stand for all the separate
variables)Ho:Ha:Place c94 in output box.Interpretation:For the
Regression as a whole:What is the value of the F statistic: What
14. is the p-value associated with this value: Is the p-value <
0.05?Do you reject or not reject the null hypothesis: What does
this decision mean for our equal pay question: For each of the
coefficients: InterceptMidpointAgePerf.
Rat.ServiceGenderDegreeWhat is the coefficient's p-value for
each of the variables: NAIs the p-value < 0.05?NADo you reject
or not reject each null hypothesis: NAWhat are the coefficients
for the significant variables?Using the intercept coefficient and
only the significant variables, what is the equation?Compa = Is
gender a significant factor in compa:Regardless of statistical
significance, who gets paid more with all other things being
equal?How do we know? 4Based on all of your results to date,
Do we have an answer to the question of are males and females
paid equally for equal work?Does the company pay employees
equally for for equal work? How do we know?Which is the best
variable to use in analyzing pay practices - salary or compa?
Why?What is most interesting or surprising about the results we
got doing the analysis during the last 5 weeks?5Why did the
single factor tests and analysis (such as t and single factor
ANOVA tests on salary equality) not provide a complete answer
to our salary equality question?What outcomes in your life or
work might benefit from a multiple regression examination
rather than a simpler one variable test?
Assignment 3: Export / Import Research Paper, Part 1
This two-part research paper, with Part 2 due in Week 10, will
analyze the cultural perspectives of doing business in another
country. The focus of the paper is to explore the economic and
business resources of the selected country to decide if it
presents a viable and productive import / export opportunity for
your organization.
Because the following countries are currently newsworthy, it is
tempting to get wrapped up in political and social issues rather
than the business focus of this assignment. Countries to avoid
for this assignment include: Afghanistan, China, India, Iran,
15. Iraq, Israel, Libya, Pakistan, Palestine, North Korea, Venezuela,
and Yemen. Select a different country from the one you selected
in Assignment 1
Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:
1. Determine the major elements and dimensions of the business
culture in the selected country.
2. Determine how these elements and dimensions are integrated
by local residents conducting business in the country.
3. Compare both the major elements and dimensions with U.S.
culture and business.
4. Determine the challenges for U.S. businesses that wish to
conduct business in that country.
5. Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and
other Websites do not quality as academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
· Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size
12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow
APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for
any additional instructions.
· Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the
student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the
date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in
the required page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
· Plan for the required human resources to support international
trade operations.
· Analyze the trade assistance typically provided by
government, universities, and business organizations.
· Use technology and information resources to research issues in
exporting and importing.
· Write clearly and concisely about exporting and importing
using proper writing mechanics.