2.5 (p. 33) The file DJIA Monthly Close.xlsx contains monthly values of the Dow Jones Industrial Average from 1950 through 2009. It also contains the percentage changes from month to month. (This file will be used for an example later in this chapter.) Create a new column for recoding the percentage changes into six categories: Large negative (< -3%)‚ Medium negative (< -1%‚ ≥ -3%)‚ Small negative (< 0%‚ ≥ -1%)‚ Small positive (< 1%‚ ≥ 0%)‚ Medium positive (< 3%‚ ≥ 1%)‚ and Large positive (≥
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APPENDIX Statistical Tables Table 1 Standard Normal Curve Areas Table 2 Percentage Points of Student’s t Distribution Table 3 t Test Type II Error Curves Table 4 Percentage Points of Sign Test: C␣‚n Table 5 Percentage Points of Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test: TL and TU Table 6 Percentage Points of Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test Table 7 Percentage Points of Chi-Square Distribution: 2␣ Table 8 Percentage Points of F Distribution: F␣ Table 9 Values of 2 Arcsin ͙ ˆ Table 10 Percentage Points
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Chapter 7: THE LIVES AND WORKS OF MASTERS IN VISUAL ARTS Reporter: Francis B. Corral BSECE II * Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519) - an Italian master of the arts of painting‚ sculpture‚ and architecture‚ a draftsman‚ an accomplished engineer‚ and a pioneer investigator‚ in the natural sciences. Life and works in painting * Born in 1452 in Vinci‚ Republic of Florence (now in Italy)‚ Leonardo spent his youth in Tuscany and in 1469‚ went to Florence with
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In Chapter 3 “Tools of the Mind”‚ by Nicholas Carr describes the development of maps‚ clocks and other innovative advancements through the years and how it has changed the way we communicate with each other. Scientific technology has affected the progress of society and improved the history of individual’s awareness. However‚ with modern technologies individuals are continuing to learn and progress with the present-day innovations. At the beginning of the chapter Carr describes the drawings and creativity
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Statistical Process Control Statistical Monitoring of Processes to Detect Special Causes of Variation Lecture Outline • • • • • • • Basics of Statistical Process Control Control Charts Control Charts for Attributes Control Charts for Variables Control Chart Patterns SPC with Excel Process Capability Statistical QA Approaches Statistical process control (SPC) • Monitors production process to prevent poor quality Acceptance sampling • Inspects random sample of product
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Systems Thinking and Kaizen: Tools for Hospital Pharmacy Process Improvement Abstract With increasing operation costs‚ patient safety awareness‚ and a shortage of trained personnel‚ it is becoming increasingly important for hospital pharmacy management to make good operational decisions. In the case of hospital inpatient pharmacies‚ making decisions about staffing and work flow is difficult due to the complexity of the
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as Texas Hold Em’‚ can be played with an educated mind at hand. Knowing your odds of winning and the chances of winning money is valuable and should be available in peoples realm of knowledge. Similarly‚ Lotto 649 can be gambled on. If one has statistical probability enrichment at hand‚ however‚ then one can make quick intelligent choices and decisions. Probability 101 will educate‚ advise‚ and provide an insight into probability beneficiaries which can be applied to regular life situations‚ such
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Chapter 7: America Goes to War Building a National Army-Meirion and Susie Harries * Early fall of 1917 watchers near rail tracks would have seen young Americans riding to their appointed camps and cantonments * Very diverse people riding: Chocktaws and Cochin Chinese‚ Hebrews‚ Greeks‚ Italians‚ English‚ Irish‚ Scots‚ Slavs‚ Swedes‚ Germans‚ Austrians‚ Albanians‚ Poles‚ Armenians‚ Syrians‚ Finns‚ Hispanics‚ and Japanese. Blacks went on separate trains * Attracted men with all shapes
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Ever since Henry Ford invented the assembly line‚ industrial innovators have constantly focused on improvement through a variety of different manufacturing strategies. Lean manufacturing is a manufacturing strategy that seeks to produce a high level of throughput with a minimum of inventory. Originally a Japanese methodology known as the Toyota Production System designed by Sakichi Toyoda‚ lean manufacturing centers around placing small stockpiles of inventory in strategic locations around the assembly
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Homework assignment for chapter 5: Problems 5.4 (page 177)‚ 5.4 A die is thrown (1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 5‚ 6) and a coin is tossed (H‚ T). (a) Enumerate the elementary events in the sample space for the die/coin combination. (b) Are the elementary events equally likely? Explain. A) Elementary events are - DIE COIN 1 2 3 4 5 6 HEADS H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6 TAILS T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 B) YES‚ EACH EVENT IS EQUALLY LIKELY TO OCCUR. THERE ARE 12 POSSIBLE OUTCOMES AS A RESULT OF ROLLING OE DIE AND
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