...variables such as marital, eservice, plusservice and totalservice we use the log-rank test of equality across strata which is a non-parametric test. For the continuous variables such as age, address, income, education, employment, and reside we use a univariate Cox proportional hazard regression which is a semi-parametric model. Univariate analysis We consider the Chi-squared test for age, address, income, education, and employ. All the variables have p-values of 0.0000 thus age, address, income, education, and employ are the potential candidate for the final model since the p-value is less than our cut-off value of 0.2. But we get different result in case of reside. We consider the Chi-squared test for reside which has a p-value of 0.5413 thus reside is not a potential candidate for the final model since the p-value is more than our cut-off value of 0.2. The log-rank test of equality across strata for the predictor marital has a p-value of 0.0136, thus marital will be included as a potential candidate for the final model because this p-value is still less than our cut-off of 0.2. From the graph (exhibit 1), we see that the survival function for each group of married or unmarried people are not perfectly parallel but separate except at the very beginning and at the very end. [pic] [pic] Exhibit 1: Kaplan-Meier Survival estimates for marital Exhibit 2:...
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...Belonging through relationships Meaning: A sense of belonging can be forstered through relationships this may be strengthened or broken down. Quote: Rosiland and Celia "To you I give myself for i am yours" 5.4.101 Conversation between rosiland and celia are witty and help us to understanf their friendship as close- as they banter between each other- we seee values and ideas to the society they belong to. Some characters choose not to Belong Meaning: Where most people choose to belong to a place or a person, some people choose not to belong at all. Quote: Jacques to Duke Senior "So to your pleasures; i am for other than for dancing measures" Jacques refuses Dukes invite to stay with him and his men and chooses to leave to go find the self-exiled Duke frederick. Jacques is seen to belong to himself rather than anything else. Belonging to a society or place Meaning: A person that finds pleasure or enjoyment in where they are rather than who they are with. Shown in As You Like It as a bad lifestyle. Technique: Shakespeare shows his discomfort to this lifestyle. This is shown through the murderous intentions of Duke Frederick and Oliver, who at first find their belonging to the court, until they are changed in the Forest of Ardern. Belonging to family Meaning: Where someone feels a sense of attachment to someone due to a family connection. Example: When Oliver is about to be attacked by a lion, Orlando his brother saves him, even though he knew Oliver had been sent...
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...what they can afford to buy; or even what they think they can afford to buy. With the economy being where it is right now, most people are also looking at the benefits that the car may offer, such as having low gas mileage. The hypothesis test will determine the percentage of imported cars sold at the dealership. In the conclusion, the hypothesis will either be accepted or rejected after determining the actual probability. The level of significance to be used for this calculation is .05 or 95% confidence level. Numerical Hypothesis X1: Selling price in dollars X2: Selling price in thousands of dollars X3: Age of buyer X4: 0=Domestic, 1=Imported 80 Autos Sold Ho- p= .5 (The true hypothesis should be that out of the 80 cars that were sold, 40 of them should be imported cars.) Ha- p < .5 or p > .5 (The actual statement states that out of the 80 cars sold, the number of imported cars will either be less than 40 or more than 40.) Verbal Hypothesis The percentage of imported cars sold at the Whitner Autoplex dealership should be 50%. Since the dealership carries both imported cars and domestic cars, the probability of the number of cars sold should be even, 50% imported -50% domestic. In the conclusion this hypothesis will be accepted or rejected. We tested the Autoplex data to determine the 90% and 95% chance that the cars sold on the lot are...
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...pleasured by tearing apart comic books. In this case, it is to do whatever one must feel comfortable doing in order to reach the final end. The ultimate end is pleasure. The best form of pleasure to be practiced is to be peaceful, and negotiable to whatever the action the individual may take on. This practice is beneficial to move further away from negative forms of pain, and instead enhance all sectors of life to the best form it can be. Nature has placed species all around the universe under two sectors of governance – Pain and Pleasure. Pain inflicts negative unpleasant experiences and feelings of guilt, remorse, aches, and discomfort. Pleasure inflicts delight, satisfaction, enjoyment, and elation. Virtue allows us to be free from forms of pain, and disturbing events. Practising the pleasure sector governs our perception of life in the most positive format. We are able to distinguish our morals by what gives us the most pleasure in what we do. We believe in the motivation of providing pleasurable lifestyles in order to produce successful outcomes. Although not every action one performs may produce pleasure right away, we teach our citizens to perceive all of life with happiness. Therefore, our citizens are thankful and positive individuals. We must practice to live with pleasure in order to live our lives to the best possible form...
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...de 0 a n * Para encontrar cuantas maneras hay de seleccionar x objetos entre n objetos se utiliza la regla de las combinaciones. * Para encontrar probabilidades: X≥ 3 = prob de 4 +3 x≤3 = prob de 2+3 x> 3 = prob de 4 x< 3= prob de 0+1+2 * La forma de probabilidad binomial depende de los valores n y p, siempre que p=0.5 la distribución binomial es simétrica, sin importar que tan grande o pequeña sea n. cuando es diferente de 0.5 es asimétrica. * 5.32 Cual es el significado del valor esperado de una distribución de probabilidad? R/: La media de una distribución de probabilidad es el valor esperado. Para calcularlo se multiplica cada resultado posible de x por su probabilidad correspondiente y luego se suman los productos. 5.33 Cuales son las cuatro propiedades que se requieren de una situación para utilizar la distribución binomial? R/:La distribución binomial se utiliza cuando la variable aleatoria es el numero de éxitos en una muestra, compuesta por n observaciones. Las propiedades son: * La muestra debe tener un numero fijo de observaciones n * Cada observación se clasifica en éxito (P) o fracaso (1-P) * La probabilidad de que una observación se clasifique como exitosa es constante de una observación a otra, al igual que la probabilidad de que sea un fracaso * El resultado de cualquier observación es independiente de cualquier otra. 5.34 Cuales son las cuatro propiedades que se requieren de una situación para utilizar...
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...A Generation of Young Christians 1. We are always right and we never accept correction..A corrector is seen as an enemy 2. We love to sing in church, but do not read our bibles at home 3. We are full of lust, sensuality and emotions and we call it love 4. we want to have wonderful marriages, but by the time we are 25years we've spent almost ten years in relationships already. Sometimes we may have had more boy lovers and girl lovers than even our parents. 5. Sexual activities are now part of our relationships calling it romance 6. we want to be rich in life, meanwhile we spent all our finances on the latest ipads, iphone, galaxies, htcs, laptops, cameras etc which in many cases we use less than 30% of their functions 7. We do not pay our tithes and offerings claiming we are students 8. We say we are christian women but dress like hollywood stars and we call it fashion 9. We love pleasures rather than God 10. In church you will see us with our hands lifted up singing slow songs which we call worship but on our phones in our pockets, you will see pics of naked and half naked women, hip hop, hip life and we have a nice way of justifying it. 11. We are hardly convicted when we go to church because our hearts have been hardened by the deceitfulness of sin and pride...etc etc etc But God forsaw this and warned us in 2Tim. 3.. That in the last days men and women will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient...
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...A high school principal wanted to know if the racial makeup of her teachers mirrored that of the student body. The student body broke down into 47% White, 28% Latino, 15% African American, and 10% other. Of the 65 teachers, 42 were White, 4 were Latino, 15 were African American, and 4 were Other. Do these results suggest that the racial makeup of the faculty members is different from that of the students? (Use the .05 significance level.) Use the five steps of hypothesis testing and explain your findings. Since the teachers are given in numbers and the students in percentage therefore we will write both in percentage. | |White |Latino |Af.American |Other |Total | |% of students |47 |28 |15 |10 |100 | |% of faculty |64.6 |6.15 |23.1 |6.15 |100 | |Total |111.6 |34.15 |38.1 |16.15 |200 | Step1- H0: The racial makeup of faculty members is independent of that of the students. H1: The racial makeup of faculty members is same as that of the students. Step2- Level of significance as stated in the problem alpha=0.05 Step3- For this problem we will be using Chi-Square test. Step4- [pic] Degrees of freedom=1x2=2 ...
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...dexterity and anxiety. Higher the dexterity of a person, lower is her anxiety. This is only to be expected because more skills a person has, more confident she is and therefore less prone to being anxious. (c) R = -0.9800 and R^2 = 0.9603 We see that R = -0.98, which is close to -1, indicating a high degree of negative correlation between dexterity and anxiety. R^2 = 0.9603, which implies that 96.03% of the variation in anxiety can be explained by the variation in dexterity. (d) Hypothesis Testing: H0: There is no correlation between the dexterity score and the anxiety score, that is, β = 0 Ha: The dexterity score and anxiety score are correlated, that is, β ≠ 0. From the Regression output, we see that the p-...
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... the r value is not significant since it’s associated p-value = 0.424 > 0.05 which is the level of significance. 2.Consider r = 1.00 and r = −1.00. Which r value is stronger? Provide a rationale for your answer. Answer: The r values have similar perfect strength. The positive r value shows a positive relationship between the variables, which means as one variable increases so does the other. The negative r values shows a negative relationship, which means as one variable increases the other decreases. 3.Describe the direction of the relationship between the Hamstring strength index 60°/s and the Shuttle run test. Answer: The r value in this case is negative. So as Hamstring strength index 60°/s increases the Shuttle run test decreases, and vice versa. 4.Without using numbers, describe the relationship between the Hamstring strength index 120°/s and the Triple hop index. Answer:There exists a moderate positive relationship between Hamstring strength index 120°/s and the Triple hop index. This means as Hamstring strength index 120°/sincreases, Triple hop index increases. Likewise as Hamstring strength index 120°/s decreases, Triple hop index decreases. 5.Which variable has the weakest relationship with the Quadriceps strength index 120°/s? Provide a rationale for your answer. Answer:The Shuttle run test has the weakest relationship with Quadriceps strength index120°/s. That is because the absolute value of the r value is less than all the others, and the p value is greater than all others...
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...Resources: Best Buy number one resource are their employees that have the skills and knowledge about what they sell. This makes them a service oriented company. They want to help customers realize the benefits of technology and technological changes so they could enrich their lives in a variety of ways through connectivity. p. (24-1) Capabilities: They have been very successful in a series of acquisitions. They have the ability to effectively determine where to expand. They have become a global company with acquisitions in Canada and China. They have many different markets with consumer electronics, Geek Squad Centers, Builders and Remodelers with Pacific Sales Kitchen and Bath Centers. Also acquired Speakeasy Inc. Provider of broadband, voice data and information technology services. Core Competencies: The company has the Centricity Model which was built abound a significant database of customer information, to construct a diversified portfolio of product offerings. They have also gained valuable experience in the process of integrating companies under the Best Buy family through acquisitions. And they have a talent of retaining their sales staff. Which are trained with the knowledge of all the equipment they sell. Finding of Facts #1: Available cash and long-term debt is not desirable. This is due to the acquisition of assets. (P.24-5) Recommendation: Best Buy should space out acquisitions so their available cash is not stretched so thin. It is great that...
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...abilities of their employees (Truitt, 2011). Thus organizations must implement effective training programs to help their employees gain essential skills they need for success, productivity and enhanced job performance. Training and education have shown to have a significant positive effect on job involvement, job satisfaction and organizational commitment (Truitt, 2011). Effective training programs should foster “positive relationship between learning satisfaction and the effectiveness of the learning applied” (Truitt, 2011, p.2). Training should be aimed to provide employees with proficiency in the execution of given tasks and allows employees to enhance their skills and competence levels and to ensure that they have access to all the resources that they need to support development and growth. Employee training “typically entails personal involvement, commitment, and experiential gains” and involves “learning by doing” (Hughey & Mussnug, 1997, p. ). Positive training may assist with the reduction of anxiety and frustration which most employees experience on more than one occasion during their employment careers (Truitt, 2011) Employee training should be a continuous process, where an individual is encouraged continuously enhance their skills, performance and seek self-growth. Training managers should initiate and maintain offerings of soft skills such as leadership, listening, communication and teamwork and technical...
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...Research Project IV Nicole L. King Baker College HRM315: Evaluating Human Resources Tae Dawson June 13, 2012 Abstract This purpose of this research project was to find out how well BWI HR is meeting the needs of its employees. Fifty surveys were collected and reviewed. One each survey were eight HR services. The HR services are Performance Appraisal, Wage & Salary Administration, Incentive Pay Program, Internal Job Posting, Healthcare Insurance, Technical Training, Career Counseling/Development and Flexible Work Schedule. Each of the HR services had a rating scale to see how important and satisfied the Target employees would rate them. There were three HR services that showed the largest gap between importance and satisfaction. The incentive pay program, performance appraisal system and career counseling and development all showed large negative gaps. The incentive pay program should be changed from an individual-based program to a team/group-based program. The performance appraisal system should evolve into a “social network” type of performance management system. This type of social performance management system will bring many advantages, including empowerment. Finally, the career counseling/development programs should see a small expansion and reviews of the eligible degrees, adding certificates, increasing the tuition reimbursement amount and adding mentoring programs. These improvements should be implemented to improve the HR services, our people and...
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...Innovation in Entrepreneurial Organizations The nature of entrepreneurial organizations is that they have the capabilities and competencies to create a culture of embedded behaviors that support the constant focus on identifying and subsequently taking advantage of profitable opportunities. In other words, they exist to find and take advantage of opportunities that have the highest potential return. Bateman (2010) states that, “…an entrepreneurial venture has growth and high profitability as primary objectives. Entrepreneurs manage aggressively and develop innovative strategies, practices, and products” (p. 238). Entrepreneurial organizations do this by being willing to try new things, challenge the status quo, and test out new processes. They encourage creativity, risk taking, and continuous learning and improvement. However creativity must then be harnessed and developed by innovation and it takes innovation to turn great ideas into something of value. Thus innovation should be considered fundamental to an entrepreneurial organization’s success. What then is innovation? Bruton (2012) says it well when he concludes that innovation is, “…a process of intentional change made to create value by meeting opportunity and seeking advantage.” (Innovation, para. 1). And although product innovation is a very important aspect of their business, it is only one area that entrepreneurs are interested and excited about. Rasmussen (2013) explains, “The very nature of innovation is changing...
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...The culture of Best Buy reflects a traditional business to being a more contemporary, flexible work schedule. Before the ROWE program, many workers were tired of being overworked, not being able to spend quality time with their families. It seemed like the employees worked on their day off, come in early, leave late to make deadlines and it was just overall stressful. As stated the company’s culture used to embraced long hours and sacrifice (Hellriegel/Slocum, 2011 p. 553). With all of this coming into play Best Buy chose to implement a new structure to help motivate the workers called the ROWE program. The number of people in the United States who say they are overworked as been rising from 28 percent of Americans in 2001 to 44 percent in 2009, according to Families and Work Institute. Instead of launching a “work-life balance” program, Best Buy rethought the very concept of work. Under the Results-Only Work Environment program, ROWE. Here the employees can work when and where they like, as long as they get the job done. (Hellriegel/Slocum, 2011 p. 553). The ROWE program consists of 13 principles and rules, the key ones are: There are no work schedules in the traditional sense, every meeting is optional, with a few key exceptions, employees are not to judge how colleagues spend their time, thus there is no focus on “how many hours did you work.”, Work is not a place you go , it’s something you do, as long as the work gets done, employees do whatever they want whenever...
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...Customer Satisfaction: Best Practices Customer Satisfaction is the most prominent factor in the success of a company. It is what puts the wheels in motion for a company to establish a strong foundation while simultaneously fulfilling it’s overall purpose to offer the goods and services that it is designed to provide. Consequently; in order to maintain that status and to provide valued goods or services to those customers in which any company is marketing to, it has to understand the customers needs and more specifically what provides the customer with complete satisfaction. Understanding the customer’s needs and what they require in order to be satisfied, opens up doors and provides the company with the opportunity to generate financial growth, repeat business, and a competitive advantage. In doing so, research has indicated that the best practices to measuring customer satisfaction; is to assess the goals that a company expects to deliver and identify the targeted customer, like: the existing, former, potential, or internal customers. Once a company identifies what their targeted goal is and who the targeted audience may be it is imperative that they then seek input from the customer by asking the customer for feedback. The Voice of the Customer (VOC), (Evans & Lindsay, 2011) is the “customer requirements, as expressed in the customer’s own terms (p. 201).” To develop a clear understanding of what a customer requires in their own terms, companies have been using...
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