Take it to the Bank Daryl Bank is an investment broker with Bank, Tank, & Shank a full service financial services firm serving the regional area of southern West Virginia. From the corporate offices in Beckley, Daryl manages a large number of clients throughout the southern part of the state. Daryl is very customer service oriented and makes a personal effort to visit every client […]

Final Exam Focus of the Final ExamThe purpose of the Final Exam is to assess your understanding of the main statistical concepts covered in this course and to evaluate your ability to critically review a quantitative research article.  The exam will consist of two parts: Part I includes three essay questions and Part II includes a research critique.  All of your responses should be included […]

Read the following case study. Ben Davis had just completed an intensive course in Statistical Thinking for Business Improvement, which was offered to all employees of a large health maintenance organization. There was no time to celebrate, however, because he was already under a lot of pressure. Ben works as a pharmacist’s assistant in the HMO’s pharmacy, and his manager, Juan de Pacotilla, was about […]

1. Let Ei be the mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive events with i=1,2,3,…,100; OD be the odds; P be the probabilities.Assume that OD = (i+1)^2.Calculate the probabilities P and plot the histogram of i with class boundaries at 0.5,1.5,2.5,…,100.5 2. For question 1, plot the histogram of X where X=cos(pi*i/20)   3. Let Ei be the mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive events with i=1,2,3,4,…,Infinity; OD be […]

Immune Responses Abnormal immune responses can trigger a range of autoimmune diseases, in which an individual’s immune system is attacking normal tissues in the body. Well-known examples of autoimmune diseases are type 1 diabetes mellitus, lupus, and multiple sclerosis.  Ideally, one would like to harness the immune system to attack abnormal substances or tissues like cancer, while sparing the normal (unaffected) tissue. Many tumor cells […]

 The CEO of your company has asked you, the human resource manager, to conduct a study to determine whether or not male managers and female managers perceive leadership styles differently and, if differences are found, to develop a training program that will benefit gender differences in leadership. To this end you selected, randomly, 10 male managers and 10 female managers to participate in your study. […]

The Discussion Board (DB) is part of the core of online learning. Classroom discussion in an online environment requires the active participation of students and the instructor to create robust interaction and dialogue. Every student is expected to create an original response to the open-ended DB question as well as engage in dialogue by responding to posts created by others throughout the week. At the […]

Case Study 1: Statistical Thinking in Health CareDue Week 4 and worth 150 points Read the following case study. Ben Davis had just completed an intensive course in Statistical Thinking for Business Improvement, which was offered to all employees of a large health maintenance organization. There was no time to celebrate, however, because he was already under a lot of pressure. Ben works as a […]

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