Essays on Parameter

Introduction. 2

Strategic Plan3 Program Description.5 Leadership Challenges..6 Ethical Implications..7

Engaging communities and building constituencies.7

Budgeting, financing, and human resources.8 Performance management & Health Informatics..9

Appendix 1 SWOT Analysis10

Appendix 2 SMART Objectives..11 Appendix 3 Budget..13 References15 Introduction In the past decade, chronic lifestyle diseases such as type 2 diabetes, heart/cardiovascular disease and stroke have increased exponentially in the state of Minnesota. Sedentary lifestyle and poor diet has led to an increase in obesity which in turn has led to an increase in heart disease and stroke. Most adults in Minnesota have poor lifestyle which has increased their risk to heart disease and stroke. As per the Minnesota department of health, ...

ADHD is a behavioral disorder that exhibits a severe long-term effect on victims. The condition poses, even more, grave consequences on the health of females than males. Therefore, given that it can progress unnoticed during childhood, there is the need to conduct a thorough assessment to enable accurate diagnosis. Diagnosis is usually made using the Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Fourth Edition-Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR) criteria. An in-depth exploration of all the possible treatment recommendations begins after the diagnosis. In the treatment of DHD detected in the patient in the case study, various approaches can be considered. Usually, the treatment of ...

Final Grade: 72/100

This paper is being submitted on January 18, 2017 for Tramaine Ingram’s STA3215 Inferential Statistics and Analytics course. At the request of the company’s client, we have performed research pertaining to the salary distributions of jobs in the state of Minnesota. The sampling was haphazard (non-statistical. The client is only interested in the jobs that pay salaries of between $40,000 and $120,000. Any job that that falls within this range was included in the analysis. The data set was obtained from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and consists of a total of 64 records. In ...

Quality Assessment

Scanning technology (3D laser scanner technique) measures the dimension of a precast concrete panel using extraction algorithms to measure boundary points with a compensation model to increase measurement accuracy (Kim et al., 2013). 3D laser scanning converts CAD models into BIM, which identifies scanned objects by ensuring precision for rebar mapping before actual drilling as well as rebar detailing for installing rebar cages (Hajian & Brandow, 2012). Before shipping precast concrete elements, dimensional quality assurance (DQA) is carried out to ensure that there are no dimensional defects using a scanner in an automated process that saves time and labor input ( ...

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to examine and evaluate the sustainable event management of the Montreux Jazz Company. Conversely, the paper aims at giving a prompt and deceive report on the corporate social responsibility in line with the Montreux Jazz Company. The analysis raise the relevant questions on whether the event examined and evaluated is viable and sustainable using the government policy and the existing theoretical concepts. Furthermore, the analysis is examined using deceive concept on the design and methodology so as to come up with a critical discourse in the line with sustainable event management. The selection ...

Importance of Confidence intervals

The confidence interval is a set or range of values that a population parameter is likely to fall within (Graham, 2008). It is calculated using the sample statistics and a given confidence level. For instance, a confidence interval of the mean calculated using the sample statistics, gives the lowest and highest possible value of the population mean. The population mean is expected to be within the confidence interval. A point estimate is a single value that approximates a population parameter (Graham, 2008). For instance, a sample mean is point estimate of the population mean, while a sample proportion is ...

Growth performance of Barbonymus schwanenfeldii (Lampam) fry feeding different protein content diets

Introduction Lampam or Tinfoil Barb (Barbonymus schwanenfeldii) is categorized under the family of Cyprinidae that is an important freshwater fish mostly found in tropical and sub-tropical areas including Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, and Sumatra. It is found in rivers and lakes with a pH ranging from 6.5 and 7.0 and the temperature ranging from 20.4 to 33.7ºC. The average weight of Lampam is 200 - 600 g and its size range between 10 and 25 cm. It is estimated that if a specific diet is provided Lampam may reach a size of 30 centimeters and its weight may exceed ...

The main objective of this design is to provide the most suitable Atypical Antipsychotic medications for children and adolescents with schizophrenia disorder. This program is in line with the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) practice parameter for the use of atypical antipsychotic medications for children and adolescents between the ages 8 and 18 years old who are suffering from schizophrenic disorder (Findling et al.). The AACAP rules characterize early-onset schizophrenia (EOS) as manifesting before the child reaches 18 years old. Early onset schizophrenia (VEOS) is less basic and is characterized as manifesting before the child reaches ...

Business Class Capstone Project

Introduction In this paper, I will describe and discuss the application of statistical techniques learned in class to a real-world problem. According to the instructions of the assignment, I am a chief analyst for a medium-sized company. I decided that my company is a medium sized diamond store. An executive gave me a data set of diamond sales and asked me to explore this data. The executive wants to know how this data can be used to improve the business. The data will be analyzed by the means of various statistical tools. I will start with the descriptive statistics ...

Introduction

In this report, we will critically analyze and summarize an interesting research work (Chachi, Taheri, and Viertl) related to testing statistical hypothesis when relevant data and confidence intervals are not precise. In classical Statistical inferences, we state a Null hypothesis about a precise parameter. Then, we test the validity of the Null hypothesis using classical Statistical tests using the concept of confidence intervals at some predefined level x (say 5%) based on uncertainty we can tolerate. If the value of the testing parameter lies in confidence interval 1-x, then the Null hypothesis cannot be rejected. If testing results shows ...

Background

The past several years have been graced with an increase in the production and use of hybrid cars. Numerous automobile companies are exploring and introducing hybrid electric vehicles to the market, with several other companies to follows soon given the demand. It is imperative to outline that the introduction and the fast embrace and use of hybrid electric cars over the past few decades have been stimulated by several factors. Apart from the increasing demand for hybrid cars based on their advantages, the increase in production of these vehicles has been stimulated by the declining fuel reserves and concerns ...

The main goal of speech modification is the control of non-linguistic information of various speech signals, as, for instance, voice quality and/or voice individuality. The term speech modification is usually used to refer to the different modifications, which may be applied to the sound produced by people. (McAulay and Quatieri, 1986) Speech modification is used in a big range of areas, such as speech synthesis, film and music industry, voice editing, dubbing, toys, chat rooms, games, communications (interpreting telephony, helium speech), voice pathology (voice restoration), high-end hearing aids, other applications (for example, confuse speaker identification systems). The process of ...

Part 1:

1. Calculate the sample size needed given these factors:

The factors given for calculating the sample size are as follows:

one-tailed t-test with two independent groups of equal size small effect size = 0.2 alpha = 0.05 beta = 0.2 Power = 1 – beta = 1 – 0.2 = 0.8

Using the priori function:

Using the priori function on GPower, the sample size based on the factors above was determined. The results of the analysis are as shown below.

Results:

t tests - Means: Difference between two independent means (two groups)

Analysis: A priori: Compute required sample size

Input: Tail(s) = One Effect size d = 0.2 α err prob = 0.05 Power (1-β err prob) = 0.8 Allocation ratio N2/N1 = 1 Output: Noncentrality parameter δ = 2.4899799 Critical t = 1.6473230 Df = 618 Sample size ...

a)SimpliMet 1000

Introduction

The SimpliMet 1000 machine is an automatic Mounting Press is a very new and versatile mounting press machine. This machine features electrohydraulic and also dual temperature controls which occur over a wide range of the mounting pressures. These machines are designed to allow for easy and quick preparation of the samples. The SimpliMet 1000 machine also increases the consistency of the specimen over the process of manual pressing.

Aim

The major aim of using the SimpliMet 1000 machine is to easily and quickly prepare consistent samples. Description of apparatus The SimpliMet 1000 machine is a very simple ...

Introduction

The electricity industry is facing numerous challenges today including environmental pollution, increased demand, and aging infrastructure. Environmental issues are the primary concern of the power generation industry and have necessitated the inclusion of renewable energy sources in the generation of electricity. Renewable portfolio standard has set forth new requirements in the industry obligating electricity generation companies to generate a certain percentage of generated electricity to come from renewable sources. However, rapid integration of new energy sources on the old transmission and distribution infrastructure will cause quality, security and reliability challenges on the electric power supply. The good thing is ...

Introduction

Stainless steel is an alloy with iron as major part and chromium with at least 11% by weight . Stainless steel industry grew rapidly during the 1989-93 period . This paper analyzes stress corrosion of stainless steel along with prevention measures and selection methods for stainless steel. After carrying out the study, it would be established whether stainless steel is an effective alloy or not for major uses in steel industry through adopting various selection parameters. Stainless steel is called stainless due to the resistance to rusting and corrosion .

Stress-corrosion in Stainless Steel

In order to reduce various occurrences of intergranular stress-corrosion cracking and severe ...

Investment Portfolio Management

The company was established in 1997 and its main activity is to provide is a global coverage for streaming movies and TV series. The total subscribers to the services are 75 million people spread over 190 countries. It is the world leading on the side of linear TV networks covering most of the entertainment movies and series. They offer their programming though this is done on-demand via the applications which run on both phones and the smart TVs.

Historical price method

Using the analyst consensus method to predict Netflix stock price 12 months from today we will rely heavily on the methodology. ...

Objectives

The study general objective was: The specific objectives were: Hypothesis The study hypothesis was: Demographic and socio-economic status of an individual affect their standard of happiness in a relationship. This resulted in the following null and alternative hypothesis to be tested using the multinomial logistic regression model.

H0: Demographic and socio-economic status of someone have no influence on their level of happiness in rapport.

H1: Demographic and socio-economic status of someone have an impact on their level of happiness in rapport. Descriptive Statistics Descriptive statistics are inclusive of the measures of central tendency, frequencies, percentage, measures of dispersion, skewness, and kurtosis. The statistics are used to describe the sampled population characteristics from which a generalization is ...

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Sometime back, this young boy was harassed at an elementary school by his seniors for being feminine. The matter is now in oblivion as no media covered the incident. Also, no action was taken against the harassers. One of the burning issues of the world in the present times is the incessant gender discrimination that thwarts the holistic development of the human society. In a society that is immensely patriarchal in nature, male dominance has become institutionalized. Concepts of gender have come to be complicated, as the individual is influenced by the hegemonic markers that tend to ascribe ...

INTRODUCTION

The electric car was introduced to the market over a hundred years ago. The car used a battery to power most of its applications during operation. There are two varieties of the electric vehicle in the market. First, the hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) has a battery and a system of the electric drive but has no capacity to plug in. The second type is a plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV) which obtains its energy from liquid fuel or the battery and has a plugin. Over the years, the performance capacities of these cars have been improved up to 300 hp ...

The laws of physics encompass both the matter and non-matter, and their implications have been very useful to mankind. In this technological era, mankind has relied on science for both efficiency and effectiveness of tools, equipment, and gears. Various materials used for particular functions, from heavy to menial, have been enhanced, improved, and upgraded based on our understanding of their science. In this discussion, we will examine the physics behind basketball shoes. This discussion will focus heavily on the parameters that would greatly enhance the performance of basketball shoes. The history of basketball shoes was greatly influenced by the ...

The principle of work of our brain and consciousness has always been a topic to investigate. This question is not only psychological, because it tries to get to know the deepest structures of our brain activity, but as well philosophical, as we question ourselves whereas we could believe in what we cannot see. Basically, I see it as it a discourse around the endlessness of our mind and its capacities. Are there any boundaries that cannot be crossed or it is an eternal structure that is unable to measure? Our mind is observed and considered by researchers in various ...

Discussion and Summary

The analysis of Process Capability of tablet compression process through the use of statistical control charts examines different parameters. Some of the parameters examined by the selected critical process step and quality control steps include; premix blending time, the drying time and method, oscillator screen size, comminutor screen size, loss of drying or granulation, final mix blending time and, final blend (Agalloco and Frederick 80). The analysis reported a consistent value of the premixing test. This indicated the level of efficiency of the process’s ability to maintain the components of premixing blending time within its performance limit. The ...

Part one: Experimental procedure

The experiment to establish the extended surface heat transfer employed the use of two apparatus: Extended surface heat transfer accessory (HT15) and heat transfer service unit (HT10X). The extended surface heat transfer accessory heater was connected to the HT10XC. The thermocouples from the HT15 were then connected to the HT10XC. This was followed by setting the voltage control potentiometer to a minimum. The switch selector was then set to manual. The voltage of the heater was set to 6 V and the measurements were taken afterward. The above steps were repeated for heater voltage of 9 V and 12 ...

Introduction

For the specification of the control of an aircraft, other parameters and equipment’s other than the basic aircraft control are required. This is because there are various dynamic performance criteria that need to be factored in the aircraft control system design. The basic aircraft system requires a navigation and control so that it works efficiently. The basic structure of the aircraft system is identified as below with the various parts performing various functions:

Aircraft system block diagram

The stability augmentation and transient response improvement are provided by the estimation control of the linear feedback block of the system. The forward loop provides ...

Null vs Alternative Hypothesis

The null hypothesis is the statement of equality between these two; it posits that a certain population parameter is at least equal to certain hypothesized value. Such value is derived from previous research or knowledge. Basically, a null hypothesis states that a certain parameter is not affected by a certain value, hence the value of equality. The alternative hypothesis, on the other hand, is a statement of non-equality—a population parameter is less than, greater than, or not equal to a value because there is a certain variable affecting it. The alternative hypothesis is often the opposite of the ...

Lab Report: Four Stroke Internal Combustion Engine Simulation

Introduction Internal combustion engines work utilizing the results of combustion as the working liquid as opposed to as heat exchange medium. The combustion is carried out in a way so as to yield high pressure gaseous products with sufficient energy to rotate a turbine or move a piston. The development of these high pressure systems presents various elements that significantly impact the formation of contaminations. There are three essential categories of internal combustion engines: (1) the spark ignition engines that are usedto drive automobiles; (2) the diesel engines, which is are used to run heavy vehicles and heavy machinery; ...

Purpose

This experiment is about the characterization of a two-port network by generating a set of coefficients that are defined by the voltages and currents applied and measured on the two ports of the network. The three sets of coefficients computed are as follows: (1) the Z parameters, (2) the Y parameters, and (3) the h parameters. These three sets are discussed in the next section.

Theory

A circuit with any number of components can be replaced by a two-port network with a set of coefficients that define the relationship among the voltages and the currents on the two terminals. Figure ...

Confidence Interval for the Mean of Population

Taking a sample from a population, we get the point estimate of the parameter of interest and calculate the standard error to indicate the accuracy of the estimate. However, in most cases the standard error is not acceptable as a measure of accuracy. Much more useful to combine this measure with the interval estimate of the population parameter. This can be done using knowledge of the theoretical probability distribution of sample statistics (parameter) in order to calculate the confidence interval (CI - Confidence Interval) for the parameter. The sample mean has a normal distribution when the sample size is ...

Proposal: Viability and effectiveness of purchasing cars for the Sales Staffs, who are engaged on active field work.

Introduction to this Initiative Every organization has a mandate to deliver its objective based on its set parameters. Either, these objectives could be effectively met when certain manifestations are achieved, and within a designated timeframe. Key decisions have direct impacts on the overall well-being of an organization, and this determines how well things are achieved at the organizational front. While referring to an initiative to buy cars to the sales staffs, a great deal of feasibility consideration has to be considered. One such parameter is the cost benefit analysis associated with move, which is expected to attract more operational ...

Macroeconomic Theory

Econ 385 – AS01 Winter 2016 Homework Assignment 1 William Easterly in his book ‘The Elusive Quest for Growth’ described the Solow’s growth theory as a ‘shocker’. Discuss why the Solow’s growth model was surprising. Which policy implication of the Solow model was surprising and how did Solow arrive at this policy implication? Up until the Solow model, economists mainly believed that capital accumulation (machinery and buildings) is the primary determinant of growth (capital fundamentalism). Solow’s growth model concludes that investment in machinery does not lead to long-term growth. The only possible source of growth is technological ...

Herbert Blumer’s perspective on sociology explicitly follows the theory of symbolic interactionism, in which society interprets the actions and attitudes of individuals through symbols and images to which we ascribe a certain kind of importance. The basic nature of society is comprised of individuals interacting with each other socially, in which significance and meaning is determined by the individuals and their interaction. To that end, Blumer’s perspective on Campbell’s five parameters of social theory would be viewed through that singular lens, and would heavily inform the applicability and utility of each parameter through the perspective of ...

Question 1

a. When a researcher studies a process or a phenomenon, it is impossible to involve the whole population in the analysis, therefore the certain assumptions and limitations are necessary. Supposing, the population has the mean μ and the standard deviation σ, and the quantity N. The sampling distribution is the smaller sample with the quantity n (N > n), taken from the population (part of the population), with μ that is equal to the population mean (μ=μ) and the standard deviation, that is calculated as: σM=σn. The sampling distribution of the mean approximately represents the properties of the population and can be ...

Introduction

Consumer dissatisfaction normally leads to sales decline and switching of customers loyalty to another brand of product. Inability in meeting consumer expectation due to reduction in quality or quantity leads to dissatisfaction. According to , consumers use the height of the container in making volume judgment. Customers engage in quality assurance behaviors in attempts to increase their satisfaction and to recover from service failures. A study on Consumer response to service and product quality explained that negative service incidents can harm owner perceptions of both the dealer and the manufacturer.

Hypothesis A hypothesis was designed to know if the ...

ABSTRACT

The aim of this dissertation is mainly to analyzethe risk in the New York Stock Exchange using Statistical aspects and the computation of Value at Risk. The technique of Value at Risk or Value at Risk (VaR) is a methodology to standardize the calculation of the various risks that occur in a business e.g. banks, stock exchanges and corporations. The risk is defined as the probability of obtaining a result different than expected, the factors that will depend on the position of the entity, the risk factor under consideration and the time of calculation. Thus, the VaR seeks to establish quantitatively the ...

An EMS controls the vehicle engine in response to both vehicle and engine inputs. It consists of an electronic control unit composed of a micro-processor with several electromechanical and electronic actuators and sensors. Sensor devices are used to monitor the vehicle engine and detect engine speed, lambda values, crank angle and other engine parameters. The electronic control unit determines the engine ignition time, the quantity of fuel and other engine parameters that keep the vehicle engine running. The ECU does this by use of input values that are calculated based on the inputs that originate from the sensors. Under this ...

The organizations have been adapting to different strategies with a view to beat the competition, as well as sustain their position in a given market. However, the organization also needs to consider both internal and external variables that could affect the overall performance of the organization. In today's challenging world, we often find the organizations competing in an over-crowded market. Hence, under such conditions, it is more important to focus upon either introducing a new product or to capture a new market, or to get into such a market space, wherein no one else can compete with the organization (Sparrow 2404-2427).

Such strategies ...

- What is Lipinski’s Rule of Five and why is it important to drug design?

Lipinski's rule of five is popular as the Rule of five (RO5) or Pfizer's rule of five. It is a standing rule that evaluates drug likeness in determining whether chemical compounds that have certain biological or pharmacological activities have properties that make it a probable orally active drug for human consumption. This rule is on observing that many medication drugs have lipophilic molecules (Anastas 56). This means that the rule is applicable in drug discovery when lead structures that are pharmacologically active optimized. This increases the activity and compound selectivity insuring proper maintenance of drug-like physicochemical properties as illustrated ...

I. CAPM Model

Capital asset pricing model (CAPM) is a model in finance that aims to explain the relationship between expected return and risk and formally represents the tradeoff between risk and return. It stipulates that a return of any portfolio or a security is a sum of the risk free security and a risk premium. This relationship can be expressed through an equation Rm = Rf + β ( Rm – Rf), where

Rf = risk free rate β = contribution coefficient of the stock to a diversified portfolio Rm = expected market return.

Here the risk-free rate is a theoretical return that is generated by an investment with ...

Research methodology describes the research design, data collection and analysis of data for interpretation of phenomenon under the study. Research methods are classified in to two namely qualitative and quantitative. The classification is based on the kind of phenomenon under the study. There is no research method, which is more suitable than the other the suitability depends on the nature of the study. Qualitative method is used in study of natural phenomenon that is observed in natural social science. They facilitate the researcher to research and study cultural phenomenon under social science. This method is naturalistic and studies the ...

Summary

Interval estimators specify methods of measuring sample that can be used to determine endpoint values of an interval. Intervals have a target parameter, and they are relatively narrow. At least one endpoint varies randomly since they are sample measurement functions. Interval estimators are confidence intervals with lower and upper limits. Confidence coefficient is the probability of intervals having a target parameter.

Hypothesis testing is a procedure of using observations to test theories. Theories concerning population parameters are sampled and compared with observations. If observations do not match with the theory, the hypothesis is rejected as false, otherwise the theory is true. Hypothesis ...

Business Analysis

The PESTEL Analysis is a strategic framework designed to analyze the external macro environment of an organization. PESTEL strategic framework stands for Political, Economic, Socio-cultural, Technological, Environmental and Legal. However, in this paper, only the five strategic factors will be analyzed.

Political

Legal issues and government regulations are the two essential factors to determine how an organization will operate in an industry. Costco is the largest membership warehouse club chain in the USA. Regulations applicable to the Warehouse Clubs and Supercenters are primarily related to size and pricing. For example, as per the requirements of some state laws, minimum markups need ...

Information systems project management plan for implementing

This assignment is being submitted on July 19, 2015 Project Definition The project definition phase is further classified into stating the project scope, establishing project priorities in terms of time to be taken, costs to be incurred and performance quality and creating a work breakdown structure, along with cost estimate for the project implementation.

Project Scope

Project objective: To implement the Electronic Medication management (EMM) at the district health centre, within next 6 months and assuring overall costs to not exceed $1, 00,000.

Key Deliverables: The key deliverables from the chosen product can be classified as:

Post implementation EMM coverage across the complete medication cycle of the centre, comprising of doctor’s ...

Introduction

The Home Depot is a retailer based in the United States of America. The retailer predominantly stocks construction and home improvement products. The company was founded in 1978. It has operations in all the states in the country. The Home Depot also has operations in all the provinces in Canada, District Columbia, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands. The Home Depot has several departments that store the various products it vends. Some of the departments at The Home Depot include plumbing, flooring, storage and organization, heating and cooling, and lawn and gardens among others (The Home Depot, 2013). ...

With Sales Report employee and the manager receives the necessary information that is needed for the analysis, planning and evaluation past sales results. Monitoring sales activities of employees and the company itself allows the manager to take timely measures to coordinate the work of their subordinates and rationally distribute the available resources. Also, such report provides a deep understanding how past actions reflected actual sales and whether it is better to change the strategy or to keep one. Experts recommend drawing up a report on its work to this end, always having a plan for the report. The Council also has to ...

Spectrum Allocation in Cognitive Radio Using Potential Game Theory

Spectrum Allocation in Cognitive Radio Using Potential Game Theory Cognitive Radio is another era of remote correspondence framework that empowers unlicensed clients to adventure underutilized authorized range to improve the radio range use. The asset distribution is hard to accomplish in an element appropriated environment, in which Cognitive Radio clients take choices to choose a channel without arrangement, and respond to the natural changes. In this examination we present the game hypothesis model for effective range designation (Benmammar & Amraoui, 2013). The proposed game hypothesis model uses the hereditary calculation application to break down a radio recurrence and advance the utility ...

Biometrika has fro the last 100 years published over 400 years concerning the subject of Time Series. Time series is a significant feature in Biometrika under the editorship of Professor E.S. Pearson. These papers grew enormously at a rate of 10% up to the present time. The first Time series paper was written by Gosset “student” and Anderson (1914). Correlation was a new and a crucial concept in Time series. Consider two time series, (Xt) and (Yt) as expressed below Xt = mt +et and Yt = Mt + Et Where et and Et are sequences of uncorrelated random variables, mt and Mt ...

Introduction

In this paper we will discuss what have we learned in mathematical statistics. Mathematical statistics is a branch of mathematics, which is developing methods for recording, describing and analyzing the data of observations and experiments in order to construct probabilistic models of random mass phenomena. Depending on the mathematical nature of the concrete results of observations divided by the mathematical statistics Statistics numbers, multivariate statistical analysis, the functions (processes) and time series, Statistics non-numeric objects of nature. There are three parts of mathematical statistics: descriptive statistics, estimation theory and the theory of testing hypotheses. Descriptive statistics is the ...

The first part of typical statistical research is descriptive statistics of the data sample.

Descriptive statistics allows to generalize the initial results obtained by observation or experiment. All calculations descriptive statistics are reduced to group data according to their values ​​, their frequency distribution of construction , identify trends central distribution and finally to the estimation variance of the data with respect to the central tendency found . Presentation of descriptive statistics is usually the first step in any analysis . The purpose of presenting data in the form of descriptive statistics - draw conclusions and make strategic ( for analysis) decisions based on available data.

Key indicators of descriptive statistics :

• The average (arithmetic mean , median, mode ) • The average value • ...

List of figures

Figure 1: Energy concept for green building 7

Introduction

With the concern for reduction of global warming effects on the environment, focus is now shifting to how buildings can be built so that they need fewer mechanisms for cooling and heating. Buildings play an important role in the quest to reduce the heat that is being released to the environment. The buildings that have been put in place offer people protection from the extremes of the environment. Although this is the case, there are many ways in which buildings affect the environment in negative ways. They also affect the health ...

Abstract

This report contains the results of point estimate and confidence interval analysis for five variables obtained from the results of Springdale community shopping activities survey. The survey was conducted to determine the strengths and weaknesses of three shopping mall areas; Springdale Mall, Downtown Area and West Mall. The variables analyzed are general attitude towards Springdale, Downtown and West malls, and gender and marital status of the respondents. The maximum likely error for mean general attitude ranged from 170 to 0.189. On the other hand, maximum likely error for gender and marital was 0.003.

Introduction

Point estimation is a statistical technique used ...

TELUS is an innovative telecommunications company of Canada. It began is journey from the provinces of Alberta and British Columbia; going on to become the country’s second largest telecommunications company. Today, they provide a range to internet solutions for home, workplace or on the move. They provide a wide range of communication products and services such as data, Internet Protocol (IP), voice, wireless, entertainment and video. We would like to provide you with the brief history of TELUS to highlight major landmarks in its recent history. In the year 2009, it acquired Black’s Photography, a chain of small format ...

Abstract

Studies in mechanics have evolved to be the most fundamental tool in the innovation of new materials and advanced technology. Specifically, studies in Continuum Mechanics, has been very influential in producing materials that exhibit various desirable characteristics at the expense of size and weight. Nanotubes are a perfect example of how this study has impacted the evolution in material technology. It has been used as the basis for the explanation of these complex materials as well as provisions for their behavioral effects during machining. The wide use of nanotubes in fragile fields like technical textile supplements, truly depict the stretchy ...

Introduction

Recent years have witnessed heightened competition between China and her neighbors over resources, sovereignty and security in the South China Sea. This increased competition and tension has attracted the attention of both military and diplomatic leaders from various nations across the world that seek to promote both security and stability in these important waters. In fact the competition for maritime rights in this sea has become the most important issue of security in East Asia and some analyst have even declared it as the central conflict theatre in the globe. The South China Sea spans about 3.5 million kilometers ...

Abstract

The fugacity is a term that has Latin origins, referring to pace and speed. Early work somewhere in the 20th century, on fugacity, demonstrated that chemical equilibrium is established by the free energies of reacting material. Since then, various approaches and concepts on fugacity have been provided. The gas fugacity of noble gasses has been studied, and models have been proposed for calculating the solubility of noble gasses. The development of various models has considered pressure effects, differential equilibrium between components and temperature changes. The paper discusses the evolution of various multimedia fugacity models and the fugacity of pure ...

Safety Issue in Engineering Work Place

Oxygen Saturation is a key parameter that is measured by Intensivists and doctors all over the world, and specifically in the critical care environments, since brain cannot survive beyond a couple of minutes without oxygen. This parameter needs constant monitoring of all critically ill patients. Oxygen saturation is usually measured today by inserting a thimble-like cap on one of the patient’s fingers, which is in turn attached to a monitor. There are a number of resulting leads that get attached to the patient’s body like the BP monitor and other cardiac leads. This is usually in addition to other intubations a patient might ...

Part 121 and Part 135 Operations in the USA

Part 121 and Part 135 Operations in the USA Passenger safety is the main concern of the U.S. aviation industry. As passenger enplanements in the U.S. dramatically increase, more individuals and institutions are becoming more concern on the survivability of each flight. The purpose of the study was to determine the difference in accidents and incidents between Part 121 and Part 135 Operations in the US. Part 121 covers all air carrier operations like for hire carriers. Part 135 covers all air taxi and commuter program and both include operations that are scheduled and non-scheduled. The data ...

Introduction

This report is about the evaluation of an attractiveness of one project of Wall-Mart using different methodologies and measures taking into account different theories. The main purpose of this investigation is determination of the advantages and disadvantages of the different methods and it is necessary to make a decision about investment in this Wall-Mart project using all computed values.

Present value is a parameter which reflects the present value of future cash flows that have been discounted. To calculate a present value it necessary to use the following formula: Present Value=i=1nCFi1+ri, where n is number of periods, r ...

Introduction

The various setbacks to developing and authenticating input distributions are well known in any institutions that deal with risk assessment and analysis. Due to all these, it has been given a considerable attention more recently. There are various strategies of estimating probability distribution from either empirical data or standard approaches, which are limit practical effectiveness especially whenever such data available are limited. Whenever such cases presents themselves, certain mechanisms and strategies are employed. Such include maximum entropy criteria which actually synthesizes distribution from priori constraints. The other mechanism is to employ the use of ‘default’ such include the triangle or ...

ABSTRACT

In the vibrating beam experiment, an aluminum cantilever beam was made to vibrate. An accelerometer transducer was used to convert the mechanical vibrations into a signal that was fed into an oscilloscope via a power supply. The oscilloscope mapped the signal into a sine curve and displayed it on the screen. The oscillations’ decay curve was studied and the beam’s damping ratio was determined. The decay curve’s logarithmic decrement was used to determine the beam’s damping ratio and its natural frequency. The beam’s damping ratio was observed to be underdamped at a damping ratio of 0.0066.

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