Identifying a Problem T. L. Wilson Grand Canyon University Professional Research Project NRS-441V March 19‚ 2013 Identifying a Problem The clinical environment that I previously worked in was a correctional institution. During the time that I worked in corrections I encountered several inmates that had HIV. It was this environment and the experience that I received this idea and it is what gives me the inspiration to build a proposal for change. Within this system is where I discovered
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Math – 213 Problem Set Solve each of the following problems. 1. A coin is tossed four times. What is the probability that at least 2 heads will occur? 2. A pair of dice is rolled. What is the probability that the sum is equal to the following? a. 5 b. 10 c. at most 9 d. at least 8 3. A chip is drawn at random from a jar containing 8 red‚ 2 blue‚ 3 green‚ 4 yellow‚ and 3 white chips. Determine the probability that it is: a. Red b. Yellow or red c. Not orange 4. In a graduating class of 300 students
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To make a statement of the problem in investigatory projects‚ come up with a detailed paragraph outlining the essential issue that you will be investigating. If your teacher wants a hypothesis‚ or educated guess‚ consider the problem‚ outline it in a paragraph‚ and then add your educated guess about what will happen in your investigation. The best hypothesis will be the result of research and logic. Once you’ve decided how to describe a problem in four sentences or so (use more paragraphs if needed)
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Socratic Problem The Socratic problem results from the inability to determine what‚ in the writings of Plato‚ is an accurate portrayal of Socrates’ thought and what is the thought of Plato with Socrates as a literary device. Socrates‚ often credited with founding western philosophy and who was put to death by the democracy of Athens in May‚ 399 BC‚ was Plato’s teacher and mentor; Plato‚ like some of his contemporaries‚ wrote dialogues about his departed teacher. Most of what we know about Socrates comes
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Problem 1 A gas station with only one gas pump employs the following policy: if a customer has to wait‚ the price is $3.50 per gallon; if they don’t have to wait‚ the price is $4.00 per gallon. Customers arrive according to a Poisson process with a mean rate of 20 per hour. Service times at the pump have an exponential distribution with a mean of 2 minutes. Arriving customers always wait until they can by gasoline. Determine the expected price of gasoline per gallon. Problem 3 The Old Colony theme
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Problem 1 On January 1‚ 2008‚ Arlo Company purchased the following two machines for use in its production process: Machine A: The cash price of this machine was $55‚000. Related expenditures included: sales tax $2‚750‚ shipping costs $100‚ insurance during shipping $75‚ installation and testing costs $75‚ and $90 of oil and lubricants to be used with the machinery during its first year of operation. Arlo estimates that the useful life of the machine is 4 years with a $5‚000 salvage value
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Answer 7. The Taguchi Loss Function for PlataLimpia‚ Inc. part is: L(x) = k (x - T)2 $15 = k (0.025)2 k = 24000 L(x) = k (x - T)2 = 24000 (x - T)2 8. A team was formed to study the dishwasher part at PlataLimpia‚ Inc. described in Problem 7. While continuing to work to find the root cause of scrap‚ they found a way to reduce the scrap cost to $10 per part. a. Determine the Taguchi loss function for this situation. b. If the process deviation from target can be held at 0.015 cm
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possible time. A serious challenge facing Tony Wang was in replacing these managers with competent and motivated KFC managers who spoke Mandarin Chinese and preferably some English. Even in Singapore and Hong Kong these people were hard to find. c. Problems with employees and
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When victims of cybercrime seek aid from the courts‚ they expect to be compensated financially and that they would be treated with respect and that they will get help to resolve their problem (vision statement). The scale of cybercriminal activity represents a considerable challenge to law enforcement agencies and the total cost of cybercrime to society is significant. A recent report suggests that victims lose around $290 billion each year worldwide as a result of cybercrime‚ making it more profitable
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Quindlen’s problem The problem Quindlen has is Child Hunger. The entire essay is about child hunger in america. In the first paragraph she was talking about public service announcements on child hunger‚ and that there were a fairly unanimous response from the participants. With what seems like a sarcastic tone she says “Not here. Not in America‚ if there was we would hear about it by reading it in papers or seeing it on the news and we would fix it.” Anna questions the slogan The Sooner You Believe
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