EMGT 571 STATISTICS I TAKE HOME FINAL EXAM Problems – Answer the following problems…BE SURE TO SHOW ALL WORK!!!. You can use excel‚ SPSS or word as the medium for generating solutions to the problems. I recommend you use excel and SPSS 1. The time at which the mailman delivers the mail follows a normal distribution with a mean of 2:00PM and a standard deviation of 15 minutes (20 pts) a) What is the probability that the mail will arrive before 1:50PM? b) What is the probability
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In recent years sports statistics have become more valued by professional teams‚ although this change has been a slow process. Hall of Fame baseball general manager Branch Rickey hired the first full time statistician in 1947‚ and made numerous statistical formulas to enhance his performance. Yet despite his decades of success‚ most sports owners did not value advancing statistical methods of evaluating players. For instance‚ noted statistician Bill James did his research as an outsider to baseball
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Medical Assisting & the Ever Changing Medical Field Thomas Edison once said “The doctor of the future will give no medicine but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame‚ in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.” The Medical field as a whole is rapidly growing and changing on a daily basis due to new laws and research being conducted. In my chosen profession‚ Medical Assistants are the key to the relationship between the doctors and the patients. The basic job skills
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Martin Luther King/Drew Medical Center Accreditation Status The accreditation status of Martin Luther King-Drew Medical Center was threatened by the commission in charge on the assessment on the quality and safety of care at hospitals (Herrera‚ 2004). This was due to the number of times that the said hospital failed to comply with the rules by the commission to improve health care many times after numerous inspections. This status has affected most of the hospital ’s operation and resulted to
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Descriptive statistics information Descriptive statistics organize‚ summarize‚ and communicate a group of numerical observations and describe large amounts of data in a single number or in just a few numbers Inferential statistics Use samples to draw conclusions about a population Inferential statistical use sample data to make general estimates about the larger population‚ and infer or make an intelligence guess about‚ the population Sample: a set of observations drawn from the population
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Abstract Medical errors and the quality problems to which they lead harm millions of Americans each year. If we are to reduce errors and improve quality substantially‚ we must create systems and care processes that anticipate inevitable human errors and either prevent them or compensate for them before they cause harm. Formidable barriers now stand in the way of progress. Success will require a multifaceted strategy‚ including public education‚ government investment and regulation‚ payment system
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Outline and assess the usefulness of official statistics in measuring crime (50 marks) Crime is behaviour that breaks the law. Crime itself is deviant. Deviance refers to the behaviour that most people see as differing from acceptable social norms or standards of society – as abnormal or immoral. Official statistics is crime reported by the public and recorded by the police (or detected by the police themselves). Records are published every three months. The process involves the witness discovering
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Asthma is the most common chronic medical condition among children and adolescents aged 5-17‚ with a lifetime prevalence of 14% (National Center for Health Statistics [NCHS]‚ 2014). In 2014‚ asthma accounted for 159 deaths‚ 633‚000 emergency room visits‚ was the third leading cause of hospitalization in children under age 15 and accounted for 10.5 million missed school days (National Center for Health Statistics [NCHS]‚ 2014 & CDC‚ 2014). In 2009 the estimated direct and indirect national cost
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medicines on the rise‚ so is the need for adequately educated trained personnel. Diagnostic Medical Sonography is becoming an increasingly attractive alternative to radiologic procedures such as x-ray and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Accounting for approximately 50‚300 jobs in the United States in 2008‚ compared to the 214‚000 jobs held by radiologic technicians‚ according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Sonography is a small yet rapidly growing field. In diagnostic imaging‚ there are several
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incentive of competitive pay‚ benefits‚ reasonable hours and positive job outlook‚ this is why I have chosen to major in Diagnostic Medical Sonography. I am positive this
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