Milestone V Are ACT scores affected by whether or not a student lives in a rural or urban communities? And what major factors contribute to higher or lower ACT scores? Prepared by Group One: Albert‚ Krystle Ellis‚ Kenton Lara‚ Marina For: BUS 515: Managerial Statistics Dr. Gilchrist ADAMS STATE COLLEGE Due: April 20‚ 2012 Project Our project was developed on conducting research on urban and rural community school districts. We initially wanted to see if ACT scores were higher in urban
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“He scores!” says the announcer on the video game my uncle is playing. I was about seven years old at the time and my mom was upstairs in her bedroom. I was jumping around on the couch and that’s when I thought it would be a good idea to sit on top of a pile of pillows to do a backflip. So I got the pillows and stacked them on top of each other on top of the couch. I climbed on top of them when the pile started to falling over. As I felt the pile fall over‚ I was terrified. WHAM! My head hit the
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My credit score is the key to my financial future. It is the key that will open doors that will allow me to buy my own home‚ obtain car insurance‚ get lower interest rates on loans that I apply for‚ and to even buy a cell phone. Credit scores are used by potential lenders to gather information from credit reports‚ provided by three credit bureaus: Experian‚ TransUnion and Equifax‚ to represent individual creditworthiness. Credit scores are broken down into 5 components; payment history‚ amounts
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ability to get a car or home loan. If you’re approved for a loan with a low credit score‚ chances are you’ll be paying a higher than normal interest rate. Poor credit causes you to pay more money to borrow‚ when compared to people having a higher credit score. The highest possible credit score is 850. The average credit score is 680 in the United States. Any score above 700 is considered a good score. Credit scores take time to increase‚ but it seems they can decrease almost overnight. Despite the
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The Balanced Scorecard at Philips Electronics By Andra Gumbus and Bridget Lyons Strategic Finance It’s used to align company vision‚ focus employees on how they fit into the big picture‚ and educate them on what drives the business. When a management tool becomes popular‚ it’s only logical to question whether it’s a fad or the future. One performance measurement tool—the balanced scorecard (BSC)—has broad appeal. Approximately 50% of Fortune 1‚000 companies in North America and about 40%
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Determinants of intelligence test scores Heredity Is the passing of traits to offspring (from its parent or ancestors)? This is the process by which an offspring cell or organism acquires or becomes predisposed to the characteristics of its parent cell or organism. Through heredity‚ variations exhibited by individuals can accumulate and cause some species to evolve. The study of heredity in biology is called genetics‚ which includes the field of epigenetic. Social Refers to a characteristic
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childhood ICH Score‚ the NICH Score‚ may be used as a clinical tool to predict 12-months outcome. A NICH Score of ≥5‚ ≥6 and ≥7/13 is sensitive for predicting‚ respectively‚ moderate disability or worse‚ severe disability or worse and vegetative state or death at 12-months. A significant strength of this study was the sample size‚ though this study represents the largest prospective pediatric ICH cohort to date‚ allowing performing multivariable analyses on the components of the Score. By sequentially
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There have been a lot of controversy around the idea of standardized test scores‚ whether it actually measure the intelligence of students or do it standardized test is built to fail person. I remember when I was at my next college in a sociology class when my professor said that standardized test is built to fail a person especially minorities. I was shocked when I heard that in class that day. All I was thinking to myself‚ at that moment why build something to better one side of the spectrum and
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Net Promoter Score (NPS) The Net Promoter Score‚ or NPS®‚ is based on the fundamental perspective that every company’s customers can be divided into three categories: Promoters‚ Passives‚ and Detractors. By asking one simple question — How likely is it that you would recommend [your company] to a friend or colleague? — you can track these groups and get a clear measure of your company’s performance through your customers’ eyes. Customers respond on a 0-to-10 point rating scale and are categorized
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density? Your answer : a. The saline injections will increase the rat’s vertebral bone density (indicated by a less-negative T score). Predict Question 2: What effect will the estrogen injections have on the estrogen-treated rat’s vertebral bone density? Your answer : a. The estrogen injections will increase the rat’s vertebral bone density (indicated by a less-negative T score). Predict Question 3: What effect will the calcitonin injections have on the calcitonin-treated rat’s vertebral bone density
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