I ’ll be honest. Standard deviation is a more difficult concept than the others we ’ve covered. And unless you are writing for a specialized‚ professional audience‚ you ’ll probably never use the words "standard deviation" in a story. But that doesn ’t mean you should ignore this concept. The standard deviation is kind of the "mean of the mean‚" and often can help you find the story behind the data. To understand this concept‚ it can help to learn about what statisticians call normal distribution
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a. Do you think the US government was right in proceeding with the anti-trust case against Microsoft? Explain. What are the disadvantages to customers when one company dominates an industry? Why should competition be encouraged? The settlement focused on Microsoft’s selling practices with computer manufacturers. Until now‚ Microsoft would sell MS-DOS and Microsoft’s other operating systems to original equipment manufacturers (OEM’s) at a 60% discount if that OEM agreed to pay a royalty to Microsoft
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Indian Oil Corporation Ltd- Company Analysis Indian oil corporation Ltd is the largest commercial enterprise. First Indian corporate to cross sales above Rs.2‚ 00‚000cr. Its finance director S.V. Narsimham bags excellence in finance awards. It signs MOU with Transparency International India for implementing integrity Pact. Merger of BRPL with Indian oil. Background: Indian Oil Company Ltd began its operations in the year 1959; later in 1964 Indian Oil Corporation Ltd was formed with merger of Indian
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CEC Standards CEC‚ Council for Exceptional Children was founded in 1922. “It began when educators from New York attended a summer session at Teachers College of Columbia University. The group was concerned that exceptional children were receiving inappropriate‚ and in many cases no‚ instruction in the public schools and was formed to provide advocacy and support for exceptional children and their parents.” (pg. 18‚ text Exceptional Students) CEC standards are the same as normal academic standards
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Cost and Variance Analysis. At the beginning of 2011‚ Jejemon Corporation adopted the following standards: Direct Materials (3 lbs. @ P2.50 / lb) P 7.50 Direct Labor (5 hours @ P7.50 / hr) 37.50 Factory Overhead: Variable (P3.00 per direct labor hour) 15.00 Fixed (P4.00 per direct labor hour) 20.00 Standard Cost per unit P 80.00 Normal volume per month is 40‚000 standard labor hours. Jejemon’s january budget was based on normal volume. During January Jejemon’s produced
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Case 10-27 /Rigging Standards 1) How did Preston Lansing Probably ‘rig’ the standard costs-are the standards set too high or too low? Explain The standards are set too high. When the products are run at a lower cost than the standard‚ then this produces a favorable variance. The cost of goods sold and variance should net to the correct cost though and this is the reason the system creates the variance. Lansing set a loose standard which the standard quantities and standard price are high‚ flowing
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Emerging Standards of Care Deanna Powell NUR/531 December 9‚ 2012 Melanie Wassel Emerging Standards of Care Diversity is exhibited in many ways‚ including a multiplicity of upbringing‚ dress‚ thought‚ lifestyle‚ values‚ food preferences‚ family relationships‚ and in gender‚ ethnicity‚ and age. These factors exist throughout the gamut of health care patients and the interactions designed with the nurses who care for them. Diversity in healthcare refers to the cultural setting in how the patient
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PSEUDOCODE STANDARD Example Pseudocode is a kind of structured english for describing algorithms. It allows the designer to focus on the logic of the algorithm without being distracted by details of language syntax. At the same time‚ the pseudocode needs to be complete. It describe the entire logic of the algorithm so that implementation becomes a rote mechanical task of translating line by line into source code. In general the vocabulary used in the pseudocode should be the vocabulary of
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I believe that it is important to have one strong set of behavioral standards in your life. These standards should be something that you deeply believe in and are willing to stand up for. The reason that I do not think one should have many behavioral standards is because if you are constantly changing your standards for different situations than what is it that you truly believe. Having one firm set of behavioral standards will allow one to stay true to what they believe and others will know where
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