...Q1: Describe the four types of scales? Ans1: A scale is a tool or mechanisms by which individuals are distinguished as to how they differ from one another on the variables of interest to our study. There are four basic types of scales: nominal, ordinal, interval and ratio. Nominal scale: A nominal scale is one that allows the researcher to assign subject to certain categories or groups. For example, with respect to the variable of gender respondents can be grouped into two categories male and female. These two groups can be assigned code number 1 and 2. These numbers serves as simple and convenient category labels with no intrinsic values, other then to assign respondents to one of two non overlapping, or mutually exclusive categories. In other words there is no third category into which respondents would normally fall. Thus, nominal scale categorizes individuals or objects into mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive groups. Ordinal scale: An ordinal scale not only categorizes the variable in such a way as to denote differences among the various categorize, it also rank orders the categorise in some meaningful way. With any variable for which the categorise are to be ordered, according to some preference, the ordinal scale would be used. For example respondents might be asked to indicate there preferences by ranking the importance they attach to five distinct characteristics in a job that the researcher might be interested in studying. Interval: An interval scale...
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...I’ve prided myself on the thought that I don’t judge people on the merit of their works, but of their person. I do have to admit that actually do discriminate a person based on their works. I’ve often judged those with what I may have seen as menial occupations as people of less intelligence and drive. This is not true, as I have learned in the past, but was brought more to light with the example from our text book, page 77. Just considering how those of widely varied jobs in Denmark view each other as equals. I’ve never considered this perspective and feel a bit enlightened because of it. Ethically speaking, I do not condone speaking down to people because of their sex, orientation, race, color, creed, or religion. I do however practice treating people as they treat others. While I have befriended some people initially because of their similarities to myself, I have found that sometimes this is not good practice. Although I do falter on this issue, I do try to learn about a person by listening and observing their behavior. This is not quite as quick as picking someone that looks like or acts like you, but it is much more gratifying in the long run. Many times this has resulted in someone I’ve called a friend. Categorizing people is a two-sided blade. I try not to categorize, but I recognize the fact that we often categorize ourselves by gravitating to those we feel are most similar to ourselves. I have no problems speaking with someone that is quite different to...
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...I’ve prided myself on the thought that I don’t judge people on the merit of their works, but of their person. I do have to admit that actually do discriminate a person based on their works. I’ve often judged those with what I may have seen as menial occupations as people of less intelligence and drive. This is not true, as I have learned in the past, but was brought more to light with the example from our text book, page 77. Just considering how those of widely varied jobs in Denmark view each other as equals. I’ve never considered this perspective and feel a bit enlightened because of it. Ethically speaking, I do not condone speaking down to people because of their sex, orientation, race, color, creed, or religion. I do however practice treating people as they treat others. While I have befriended some people initially because of their similarities to myself, I have found that sometimes this is not good practice. Although I do falter on this issue, I do try to learn about a person by listening and observing their behavior. This is not quite as quick as picking someone that looks like or acts like you, but it is much more gratifying in the long run. Many times this has resulted in someone I’ve called a friend. Categorizing people is a two-sided blade. I try not to categorize, but I recognize the fact that we often categorize ourselves by gravitating to those we feel are most similar to ourselves. I have no problems speaking with someone that is...
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...of the 90’s for this. (the video is from 18.1.1999) I have found the music they have used in the video was very good. I add this information to give some positive feedback also. 2. Discuss what should be DELETED from the bungee jump tape. I would remove some of the jumps. In my eyes the jumps are not categorized and there are too many of them displayed. Fewer jump videos could do more in this case. Another thing is the slow motion snap shot part at the end of the video. I thing this is completely useless and is bad designed. I would simply remove it. 3. Select three areas where you think modifications should be made to the bungee jump tape. Discuss what modifications you would make in each of these three areas. a. The categorization of the jump videos is needed. I would categorize them based on jump types (eg. with or without water contact) and location b. I would label the video with some additional information like location, height of the jump, name,...
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...Shah Ahmed Atta ERPID: 09306 Once I Was Embarrassed, Now I am Proud Character: Black Female in Pakistan Once I was embarrassed. I was embarrassed of the individual I was and the values that I symbolized merely because I stood apart. I had no awareness of self-respect. At the young age of eleven, I was in the phase of self-discovery. My skin complexion was too dark. My wavy brown hair didn’t have the flow of the other children. I didn’t fit in anywhere. It was depressing to feel like an outcast. Despite how innocent they may seem, eleven year olds can be cruel to one another. The children spurned me, unconscious of what they were doing. My ears rang with racially disrespectful phrases such as “You look like a Kawwa [Crow],” or “You’ve got the colors of a bat.” Their mirth provoked me long past school hours. I cried endlessly and declined to go to school each subsequent day. All of peers being lighter than me, I sought desperately for individuals that were like to me in appearance, I know, I was wrong but I realize that now. I relentlessly had to battle to be accepted in with different groups of people. I so desperately craved acknowledgment. But, no matter how hard I tried, my efforts were in vain. The other kids saw that I was unusual and shunned me for that exact reason. As I grew older the level of insult intensified. Vicious and harsher things were being said to me as the children became more conscious of my diversity. The situation, as much as I had desired that...
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...Project Task-List CMGT/410 8 August 2013 Myrna Bravo Introduction We would like to thank the staff of PC World in taking the time to learn the new Point of Sales system. The system is much more modern than our last system that the company had and therefore all the users will need the proper training on its current functions. Within the Microsoft Project file you will find each step of the training session to include the preparation. The purpose of this memo is to explain each step along the way. Preparation The initial planning of the meeting will take some extra preparation. The next couple of days will entail gathering information that is necessary on the training staff that will be needed for the two days of training. The Human Resources department will be responsible for providing the list. Along with the preparation we also need to look at the facilities that will be available for the company to use. The list should be reviewed within a timely manner to narrow down the possibilities and setting one location for the accommodations and training room. There are some venues that has helped the company out before so it would be best to reach out to them again and see if they possibly would have any openings. The IT department will be responsible for creating a list of all necessary hardware which will be needed for the training session, during this period. Training Staff Once the list of trainers that will be available for the training session is complete...
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...Liam Green With specific reference to ‘Decanter’ and ‘Mens Health’, how audiences are categorised by the producer on media texts. Include: overview, purpose/impact, specific textual reference, demographic physics metric profiling. Representation is a producer’s construction of reality; in order to illustrate their view, they need to categorise audiences in terms of their content. For example, in the UK’s leading men’s magazine ‘Mens Health’, the audiences has been categorised to men only. ‘Mens Health’ isn’t a high end magazine as is aimed at the average man from giving them the tools to change/improve. Whereas ‘Decanter’ is a high end magazine specifically aimed at normally the upper class that enjoy wine tasting and brewing their own. Both magazines categorise their audiences in different ways but a main factor is content. Content on ‘Mens Health’ clearly indicates a male audience; this is done by numerous masculine ways. One of which is the use of image, normally a masculine figure on the magazine, in my specific magazine edition it is a UFC fighter centralised in a fighting pose. This conveys masculinity and appeals to the average man to want to look like and the want to be tougher. This is categorising the audience to people who want to change or improve their body. Terms such as ‘best’ are repeated on the cover, which we can see using Young and Rubicon’s 4C’s table that the category ‘aspirer’ would fit in perfectly for this. A person who wants nothing but the best;...
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...Parts of Speech Table This is a summary of the 8 parts of speech*. You can find more detail if you click on each part of speech. |part of speech |function or "job" |example words |example sentences | |Verb |action or state |(to) be, have, do, like, work, |EnglishClub.com is a web site. I like | | | |sing, can, must |EnglishClub.com. | |Noun |thing or person |pen, dog, work, music, town, |This is my dog. He lives in my house. We live in | | | |London, teacher, John |London. | |Adjective |describes a noun |a/an, the, 69, some, good, big, |My dog is big. I like big dogs. | | | |red, well, interesting | | |Adverb |describes a verb, adjective or |quickly, silently, well, badly, |My dog eats quickly. When he is very hungry, he | | |adverb |very, really |eats really quickly. | |Pronoun |replaces a noun |I, you...
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...In E-Commerce systems, like online shops, there is a need to present a variety of products to online customers. These products can be unrelated like food and books, or related in a hierarchical classification structure. The product information needs to be organized in a way that enables the customer to do searches, matches, and comparisons between different products based on some common product attributes. The common solution for this is to represent all products in a store in a catalog, either in a print format, or in case of online store, an electronic catalog. To simplify the catalog building process and customer browsing of a catalog, products are often classified into categories where similar products that share common attributes are in one broad category. An example would be footwear, where each product in this category shares some common attributes like size, material, color, gender (male, female, or children), and then can have more specialized sub-categories like sports footwear. Another example would be an appliances category where all have more specialized sub-categories like sports footwear. Products share common attributes as an operating voltage, color, energy consumption, dimensions (height, width and length), and further have some special sub-categories like refrigerators. An online store would be interested with categorizing its products to be able to add new products efficiently, as it would only need to add the new product to its sub-category...
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...How can the way in which we organise our thinking by using mental images, concepts and schemas help us improve our memory? There are many methods that can be used to improve our memory; in this essay we will look at the principles of mental images, concepts and schemas and how organising our thoughts can help improve our memory and our memory recall. In order to fully understand these principles, it is necessary to look at each method in turn, discuss the supporting evidence and evaluate how each can work in our favour. To gain a full insight; we need to also understand their restrictions and how each one can be subjective to the individual using it. The first way of improving memory is by using mental images, this can be used as a means to organise our thoughts by us creating iconic images in our heads (big, bold and colourful work best) and when amalgamated with semantic thought, these images provide an effective method of fixing the memory and providing better recall. This technique is often utilised when learning a new language and has been proven to be a successful way to remember basic vocabulary. An example defined by Spoors et al. 2011): imagery showing a bell being used as a bin can be used as a learning aid for the French word “poubelle” meaning “bin” as the illustration breaks down the unknown word into English counterparts which are then imagined as tangible objects – in this case a person lifting the lid off the bell shaped bin and exclaiming “pooh” at the...
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...Introduction We appreciate the staff of Riordan Manufacturing taking the time to learn our new Human Resources system, Quicksilver. This system is much more robust than our last system we had, and therefore, we will need to bring our users up to speed on its current functions. Each step of the training session, including the preparation, is spelled out within the Microsoft Project file. This memo will properly explain each step along the way. Preparation The initial planning of the meeting will take some extra preparation. We will spend a couple of days obtaining all the necessary information on the training staff that will be necessary for the two training days. Our Human Resources department will provide the list. In addition, in preparation for the event, we need to look at which facilities are available for our company to use. Narrow down the possibilities as quickly as possible, having one location for the accommodations and training room would be ideal. The Beverly Heritage Hotel has helped us before and it will be convenient to reach out to them again and see if they have any openings. Our IT department will begin a list of necessary hardware that will be needed for this training session, during this period. Training Staff After obtaining the list of all trainers available for the training session, it would be wise to categorize trainers by experience. If you are requiring recommendations, speak to the trainer’s and managers for assistance. They have...
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...Market Research on B2B procurement Every manufacturing organization categorizes all purchases under A/B/C categorization. 1. Category A is high value/high volume materials that are critical for manufacturing the end output. 2. Category B is medium value/medium volume materials that are necessary for manufacturing. 3. Category C is low value items that may not be required as input material but are used in the manufacturing process. To take the example of an auto component manufacturer, * Category A item would be steel/aluminium * Category B would be industrial paint * Category C would be the safety gloves that the assembly line worker would need for the welding process Our organization Power2sme is involved in sale and distribution of Category A and category B items to the SME industry in India. For details on our organization, please visit www.power2sme.com We are now evaluating offering items that would fall under Category C for the manufacturing industry. We need a team to research the market potential for these items and assess the viability of offering them through a B2B eCommerce portal. The research study would need to include the following details 1. Identify list of 20 proposed items that can be offered. Since there are literally 100s of such products, the team would need to first create a laundry list and then shortlist 20 products that they would recommend from that list. 2. Market sizing and demand estimation for these 20 shortlisted...
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...engaged in the activity sector. This categorization is seen as a continuum of distance from the natural environment. The continuum starts with the primary sector, which concerns itself with the utilization of raw materials from the earth such as agriculture and mining. From there, the distance from the raw materials of the earth increases. Primary Sector The primary sector of the economy extracts or harvests products from the earth. The primary sector includes the production of raw material and basic foods. Activities associated with the primary sector include: agriculture, mining, forestry, farming, grazing, hunting and gathering, fishing, and quarrying. The packaging and processing of the raw material is also considered to be part of this sector. About 3% of the U.S. labor force is engaged in primary sector activity today, while more than two-thirds of the labor forces were primary sector workers in the mid-nineteenth century. Secondary Sector The secondary sector of the economy manufactures finished goods. All of manufacturing, processing, and construction lies within the secondary sector. Activities associated with the secondary sector include metal working and smelting, automobile production, textile production, chemical and engineering industries, aerospace manufacturing, energy utilities, engineering, breweries and bottlers, construction, and shipbuilding. Tertiary Sector The tertiary sector of the economy is the service industry. This sector provides services to...
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...Steven 20123102 Class 1 2013-01-05 Economy of Thailand The economy of Thailand is a newly industrialized, highly export-dependent economy. In 2011, Thailand’s exports account for more than 60% of its total GDP. Also in 2011, The World Bank has upgraded Thailand’s income categorization from a lower-middle income economy to an upper-middle economy. Thailand develops successfully over the last decade, with constant economic growth and strong poverty reduction. Due to well-developed infrastructure, open foreign investment policy, strong manufacturing industry, and principles of free trade. Thailand becomes one of the most resilient economies. The agricultural sector plays an important role in the economic development of Thailand. The Thai government has opened its market to international trade. During the 1980s, the agriculture used up nearly 70% of the employment. From 2003 to 2011, Thailand’s agricultural percentage of the GDP has increased from 10.3% up to 12.1 %, with a little decreasing both from 2006 to 2007 and from 2008 to 2009. Thailand’s agricultural development has started since 1960s when large amount of new land and unemployed labor became accessible. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United...
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...Management University of Calabar, Nigeria +234-8037-796-936 efa_ewa@yahoo.com Abstract This paper discusses mainly the role of the capital market in financing the manufacturing sector in Nigeria. The discussion centered on the state of the Nigerian manufacturers, background, challenges and the imperatives of the capital market meeting the financial and investment challenges of the sector in the face of recent economic reforms and increasing competition posed by globalization. The study sought to determine the extent to which the Nigerian capital market contributes to the development of manufacturing industries. An attempt was made to highlight government intervention in funding the sector and the reality of the country’s manufacturing sector. The study revealed that the Nigerian manufacturing sector has been on the decline owing mainly to government reliance on the oil industry, the decaying infrastructural facilities in the country and non-access to investment fund by local manufacturers. The study concluded that the capital market, despite the problems and challenges it may faced, is a veritable tool in the growth and development drive of the country’s manufacturing sector. 1. Introduction The manufacturing sectors in any country of world rely on medium and long-term fund to carry out its productive activities. Equity capital alone is never adequate and external sources of funds are usually sought. Such needed funds are not available in the money market; The capital...
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