Introduction to Basic Statistics Pat Hammett‚ Ph.D. 2005 Instructor Comments: This document contains an overview of basic probability and statistics. It also includes a practice test at the end of the document. Note: answers to the practice test questions are included in an appendix. 1 Pat Hammett University of Michigan Table of Contents 1. VARIABLES- QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE......................3 1.1 Qualitative Data (Categorical Variables or Attributes) .............
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Plot Sonny Koufax (Adam Sandler) is an unreliable‚ unmotivated 32-year-old bachelor who lives in New York City and has declined to take on adult responsibility. He has a degree in law but has chosen not to take the bar exam since he was awarded $200‚000 in a vehicle accident compensation years prior‚ and lives off his restitution. He is employed‚ on a part-time basis only‚ as a toll booth attendant‚ and more or less does this job just to get out of the apartment once in a while. Meanwhile‚ Sonny’s
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catastrophes in modern history‚ with more than 220‚000 lives lost. Nils Lofgrin‚ who had managed several construction projects in Australia and New Guinea‚ was sent by his construction firm to restore a five-star resort along the Andaman coast in southern Thailand that had been ravaged by this tsunami. Casualties at the resort included 12 staff and 37 guests. This was Nils’s first assignment in Thailand. Nils flew down and toured the site. His assessment of the damage was that it was not as
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RESPONSES SHOULD BE ATLEAST 350 WORDS Question 1 of 4 25.0 Points 1. Explain why there were no major witchcraft scares in the Chesapeake colonies and no uprising like Bacon’s Rebellion in New England. Consider the possible social‚ economic‚ and religious causes of both phenomena. Ans There were real dissimilarities between the Chesapeake and New England provinces‚ due to the diverse reasons the pilgrims came to America. The New England pilgrims were devout Puritan yeoman living in speaking to toward
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THE MAGIC OF THINKING BIG This wonderful book authored by Dr. David Schwartz reveals the secrets of SUCCESS. The SUCCESS for which we strive all our life only to find that at times that harder we try to achieve our goal…the more difficult it gets. In this world where only the toughest survive and flourish‚ we need a weapon to rise out of ashes‚ to fulfill our deepest of desires‚ our wildest of the dreams…we need a weapon to fight against the odd circumstances…against our disabilities….against
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Case Scenario: Big Time Toymaker This scenario deals with Big Time Toymaker and a contract they were negotiating with Chou‚ the inventor of a new strategy game that BTT wanted exclusive negotiation rights for a 90-day period. When Chou received an email with the details of what they were going to agree upon‚ he thought that was the contract and did not proceed in drawing up a contract himself. Months passed and when BTT changed management‚ they informed Chou that they were not interested in distributing
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When you do something bad you have to pay for it later. Every think will come back. In the Crucible by Artur Miller‚ John Proctor’s biggest mistake is to have an affair with Abigail‚ what had an big influence at the story of the Proctors! The Crucible‚ a play about Salem Witch Trials‚ details the story of the Proctor Family‚ where John Proctor made a big mistake he had to pay for. Elizabeth life is fully changed because of John Proctor‚ her husband. Everything begins with the affair between John
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Financial Globalisation Essay Topic: Does the term “too big to fail” adequately explain why many financial institutions continue to encourage risk-taking activities by their executives? Discuss. The term ‘too big to fail’ is the idea that a business has become so large and generally does business with many companies for suppliers and services. The company will ingrain in the economy and others company will rely on it for portions of income. If it facing financial problem may cause of failure
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Me and the Wooooooooooooooorm… How many levels are there? Span of Control? Centralized/Decentralized? Formal/Informal? Functional Specialization or Cross-functional interaction? Control/Autonomy? Rigid or flexible? Communication top-down or bottom-up????? Pg 223 (Galbraith‚ 1995) – Shape‚ Specialization‚ Distribution of power‚ and departmentalization How has Sony’s structure evolved? Larry Griener‚ 1972. Work on organisational life cycle Mintzberg‚ 1979. What type of
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Avoid these two start-up pitch „fatal errors‟ Writing on the Business Insider War Room‚ Tim Berry‚ president and founder of Palo Alto Software and a co-founder of Borland International‚ observes that there‟s plenty of good advice available on how to make a pitch‚ but a dearth of information on how not to pitch. In particular‚ he warns start-ups about “two fatal errors I‟m seeing pretty frequently these days”: 1. It’s not about you. Understand the pitch as a medium. It‟s about what investors want
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