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Module 5 focuses on conducting parametric and nonparametric inferential statistical tests: t-tests, chi-square analyses. Using the website link below, please take some time to answer the following questions:

http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/mult_pkg/whatstat/

Identify the types of variables you would need to conduct a Chi-square (last name begins with A-H), one-sample t-test (last name begins with I-P) and paired t-test (last name begins with Q-Z. Be sure to explain the number of dependent and independent variables, and the types of dependent variables necessary for the statistical analysis. Furthermore, provide a health related example (or using a peer-reviewed article that used a chi-square test) to explain your answer.

This is a discussion post only have to have a max of 250 words.

A good friend, Maria, has just asked your advice now that you are taking business math. She has never owned a car before and doesn’t know if she should lease or buy one. She doesn’t really understand the financial or other advantages and disadvantages of owning versus leasing. She has visited a dealership and gotten some basic information on the car of her choice. Maria summarized the information from the dealer into a table and outlined some of her questions. She would like your help analyzing the information and deciding what to do.

 

 

1.Look under the Project icon and download the file name Car Worksheet. Save the worksheet to your computer with the filename your lastnamefirstinitial_worksheet_P3. For example, if Jenny Wu is doing this project she would save the worksheet as wuj_worksheet_P3. When you open the worksheet be sure to put a heading at the top with your name and the project title.

 

 

2.Complete the remaining entries under Solution Plan in the worksheet. Be sure to use complete sentences in items 1 through 5.

 

 

3.Scroll back up the worksheet and look at the questions under What we are looking for and include your answers under each question. Be sure to write in complete sentences.

 

 

4.Now its your turn. Pick a car that you like and that you may be able to afford. Complete the following. Use full sentences in all responses.

 

 

1.Call or visit a dealership and find out how much it would cost to lease and to purchase the car of your choice. Don’t forget to record the name of the person you speak to, their title, the date, and the dealership name. Be sure to specify what optional equipment you want. Be specific. Tell me the exact model you want.

 

 

2.Visit the two websites http://www.kbb.com/ and http://www.edmunds.com/ and get the car sticker price, dealer costs, and the average purchase price for the car you selected. How does the dealer cost compare to the sticker price? Be sure you include all the options you specified when you priced the car with the dealer. How does this information help you when negottiating with the dealer?

 

 

3.New cars depreciate, that is lose value, as soon as you drive them out of the showroom. Some cars hold their value better than others. Search on the web and find out about depreciation rates on new cars. See if you can find the rate for the car you are interested in. Use the websites listed above and look up the resale value of a three year old model of the car you are interested in. Compare it to some other cars. What does that tell you about the rate of depreciation on the car you are interested in?

 

 

4.After reviewing your answers to question 6 on the worksheet what would you do – buy or lease? Why?

 

 

5.You should be able to add the information to your worksheet file but if you created a new file to answer the questions be sure to name the file with with the filename your lastnamefirstinitial__car. For example, if Jenny Wu is doing this project she would save the file as wuj_P3. Remember the file must be a WORD or Rich Text file. Be sure you put a heading at the top with your name and the project title.

 

 

6.Include a Reference List giving all sources you consulted for this project. If you are not sure how to properly cite your references see http://www.bergen.edu/pages/2306.asp. (Note: The BCC English Department uses MLA format. You may use MLA, APA, or Chicago style but you must be consistent in your usage.)

 

 

7.Attach your file(s) to the drop box for Project 3 by the deadline, midnight May 3, by clicking on the Assignment icon in the Action Menu or under Course tools.

Assignment Objective:
The purpose of the Retail Shopify Project is to have student teams (3 per team) apply their course learnings by designing, merchandising, managing and promoting an ecommerce retail location.
The comprehensive project will also help each team gain an appreciation for the various sources of information required to successfully develop or source product for their website, select colour and/or style variations, evaluate pricing strategies and maintain sufficient inventory levels to ensure complete customer satisfaction.

Review Assignment Outline and Deliverables:

Each Shopify project team will submit a comprehensive report that will include the following;
(1) Identify three (3) target consumer groups using Environics segmentation prizms,
(2) An explanation of a promotional vehicle, you would suggest, designed specifically to reach your target groups
(3) A detailed description of the purpose of the website
(4) A description of the product assortment including your price point strategy
(5) An evaluation of your inventory management system
(4) Each team will deliver a supporting 15 minute in-class team presentation during week 13 and 14.

Report Format Requirements:

Your report will be word processed.
The report will include input from all 3 team members. Each section of the report should clearly identify which specific team member(s) provided the actual content.

It will clearly identify the URL for your website on the Cover Page of your assignment.

Your report should be minimum of 6 pages in length which includes a cover and reference page (include your team member names, student #’s, course name/section, professor’s name and supporting report rubric on the cover page – see below). Your reference page must utilize formal APA formatting

Your team report utilizes a font size of no less than 12, and no greater than 14 and is double spaced.

You will submit your teams written report at the beginning of class week 13 and 14 (dependent upon the week of your presentation.
Late papers will NOT be accepted unless extenuating circumstances prevail and the team can provide the professor with corresponding documentation.
Supporting report rubric follows. Again please copy and paste this rubric onto your cover page of your written report prior to submission.

To start your Shopify account go to

http://www.shopify.com/?ref=centennial-college-retailing-2015

After you have opened this account, you must fill out the following form using your Centennial College email address only. One group member should sign up as a representative for the website and share password access to other team members.

Fill out the following form;
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1bS05eePs0TXwbDYbgrmrKGfKwrL- 3TboWg_5s2W0kIY/viewform?usp=send_form

The following will give you a guided tour of how to work your Shopify program; https://docs.shopify.com/manual/your-store/orders/test-orders

Shopify account： fifizhangyoutucanada@gmail.com
Password： ZHANGyunfei123

Report Questions 25%

Part 1) Environics Target Groups
In a summary format (1 page) identify the elements of each of the Environics segments you are targeting (3), why and how your product relates to these groups

Part 2) Promotional Vehicle
Select a Promotional Vehicle that you feel best targets your segements (3). Identify why you have chosen this or these vehicles and how they will effectively reach reach your targets.
(eg) ) 60 second radio advertisement, You Tube Video, some form of social media promotion (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.)

Explain your rationale

Part 3) The Website

Provide a detailed descriptive of the website and it’s objectives

Part 4) Product Assortment

Provide a detailed description of your product assortment and explain your price point strategies and how they connect with your target groups

Part 5) Inventory System evaluation

Evaluate the product movement through your Inventory System maintenance over the next few weeks. How often were products purchased? Were you out of a specific colour/size, etc. How would you change the management of your Inventory System?
How much product did you sell over the past few weeks, by item/size? (During class time, each student will have time to visit your website and make purchases) You will need to track and evaluate these purchases

Assignment #4 – Retail Shopify Comprehensive Project – Report Rubric

Report Section Report Component Your Mark/
Potential Mark Comments
Part 1) Environics Target Groups /5

Part 2) Promotional Vehicle
/5

Part 3) The Website /10

Part 4) Product Assortment /10

Part 5) Inventory System evaluation /10

Part 6) In-class Presentation /10

Part 7) Written Report /10
Style/Format Overall Report Style/Format
Error free,
Spelling, grammar, punctuation /5
• Visual • Attractiveness of site,
• Engaging visuals, well planned

/10

• Presentation
• As per the requirements of the
Presentation rubric /10
Total Marks /85

Overall Comments:
Assignment #4 Presentation Rubric
Item 8-10 6-7 3-5 0 – 2

Preparedness

Well prepared.
Team provided clear rationale for IMC plan.
Presentation flowed smoothly. Mostly well prepared.
Team provided a somewhat clear rationale for IMC plan. Presentation for the most part flowed smoothly. Not very prepared.
There was not a strong rationale for the IMC plan.
The presentation did not have a good flow. Very unorganized. No clear rationale for the IMC plan. The presentation lacked flow.
Content /Q&A
Team showed full understanding of the IMC plan and answered all questions asked. Team showed good understanding of the IMC plan and answered most of the questions asked. Team showed some understanding of the IMC plan and answered some of the questions asked. Team showed no understanding of the IMC plan and could not answer questions asked.
Creativity of Presentation delivery Team had a very creative presentation delivery. Team showed some creativeness. Team showed little creativity. Team showed no creativeness.
Creativity of Promotional Mix (3 examples) Team had a very creative IMC promotional mix proposal. Demonstrated 3 examples. Team showed some creativeness in their IMC promotional mix proposal. Demonstrated 2 examples. Team showed little creativity in their IMC promotional mix proposal. Demonstrated 1 example Team showed no creativeness in their IMC promotional mix proposal.
Demonstrated zero examples.
Time Management
Presentation was on time (15-20 minutes).
Team utilized 10 slides. Presentation was between (12-14 minutes). Team utilized 7-9 slides. Presentation was between (9-11 minutes). Team utilized 4-6slides. Presentation ran over 21+ minutes in duration.
Or the Presentation ran significantly under allotted time (8 minutes or less). Slides were 11+ or < 4 in #.
Teamwork

The team demonstrated excellent collaboration with each other and showed strong communication. All team members contributed equally . The team showed good collaboration with each other and showed good communication. Most of the team contributed equally to the presentation delivery. Little evidence of collaboration within the group. The group showed weak communication. 1-2 members of team dominated presentation. There was no evidence of collaboration or coordinated communication.
1 team member delivered all of the presentation.

Due Date: Dec 10, 2015 23:59:59       Max Points: 260

Details:
Imagery and cognitive mapping originally focused on visual and spatial relations. Reading the literature prior to the discovery of the mirror neuron system by Giacomo Rizzolatti and his colleagues, one can see that many researchers observed phenomena in humans that implied the existence of mirror neurons. Keeping in mind characteristics of mirror neurons, this assignment will ask you to consider the application of imagery and cognitive mapping as tools to enhance transfer of information from short-term to long-term memory.
Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:
Scan the section “Using Imagery to Improve Memory “in chapter 10 of the textbook. This will provide background information for this assignment.
This assignment uses a grading rubric.
Include two scholarly resources other than those in the assigned readings with appropriate references and in-text citations.
Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
Write a paper of 1,000-1,250 words that addresses the application of imagery and cognitive mapping as tools to enhance transfer of information from short-term to long-term memory. Include the following in your paper:

A description of imagery and cognitive mapping and their common applications
A statement of how imagery and cognitive mapping might be applied to the improvement of long-term memory
A statement regarding the role of mirror neurons with regard to imagery, cognitive mapping, and information transfer

View Rubric

A thorough description and common applications of imagery and cognitive mapping are presented. Information presented is from current scholarly sources.
A thorough statement of application to improvement of long-term memory is presented. Information presented is from current scholarly sources.

A thorough statement regarding the role of mirror neurons is presented. Information presented is from current scholarly sources.

All required elements are present. Scholarly research sources are topic-related, and obtained from highly respected, professional, original sources.

Thesis and/or main claim are comprehensive. The essence of the paper is contained within the thesis. Thesis statement makes the purpose of the paper clear.

Clear and convincing argument that presents a persuasive claim in a distinctive and compelling manner. All sources are authoritative.

Writer is clearly in command of standard, written, academic English.

All format elements are correct.

In-text citations and a reference page are complete and correct. The documentation of cited sources is free of error.
NO PLAGIARISIM AND REFERRENCE PAGE

I have an example, so it won’t take that long)) Please, let me know if anyone is able to do it right and in the proper time.

 

Please put Course number, your Full Name, Assignment number on top right. Submit your homework on Blackboard. Please name your file as “ITS470HW5FirstNameLastName.(doc or docx)”. You should submit all source codes, script files, and all output files from job submission. Documentation is important. The more clear and detail documentation is a good way to earn better grade.

 

1. Complete the code that passes the array a and b from process 0 to process 1 using the algorithm shown in textbook p.246. Vary the size of arraya and b from 100, 1000, and 2000 to compare and discuss the results. Explain your results from each size. For MPI_Recv function, see sample code given in course website. (20 points)

 

2. In given code “mpi-pi.c”, the jobs aredistributedin cyclic manner.Modify and write the code that distributes the job using block partition, which assignsa set of consecutive jobs to each process. For example, if there are 40 jobs and 4 processes, distribute10 jobs each process such as 1to 10 to process 0, 11 to 20 to process 1, 21 to 30 to process 2, and 31 to 40 to process 3. For the simplicity, assume that userinputsthe number of steps that is the multiple of the number of processes. For example, if the number of processes is 4, the number of steps should be multiple of 4 such as 16, 100, 200, 10000, etc.Your code should dynamically distribute the same amount of jobs over the number of available processes. Explain your job distribution method and it should be clearly documented in your code. (20 points)

 

3. Re-write pi estimation code using MPI_Send and MPI_Recv communication functions only. You can download sample code at course website called “mpi-pi.c”. Explain how you did in word here and it should be documented in your code. (Hint: Process 0 receives all partial local results and computes the estimating pi)(20 points)

 

4. Use given “mpi-pi.c” code, modify it to compute and print the elapsed time at process 0 using Wtim( ) function. Then, choose the large number of steps (i.e., n = 2,000,000,000) and run the program by use of 1, 4, 8, and 16 processes to find each corresponding elapsed time. Do this with the small number of steps (i.e., 200) to find the elapsed time at each number of processes. Plot both results to observe the relation between the number of processes and elapsed time at each number of steps. (40 points)

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Training assessment is an important task for HR personnel. read about training assessments.

Then, consider the following scenario:

You have recently been appointed as a training manager for the southeast region of a major supermarket chain in the U.S. Your territory includes 15 retail stores. Your responsibility involves working directly with store managers and other stakeholders to develop training solutions to meet specific needs of employees in various stores. This includes, but is not limited to, performing needs assessments, determining appropriate instructional design and training delivery methods, as well as implementing and evaluating training initiatives.

Three of the stores in your territory have missed sales goals for the last two quarters. All three stores have received low customer satisfaction scores and are experiencing increased employee turnover rates. The high employee turnover has resulted in the store managers hiring many new and relatively inexperienced sales associates, which further contributes to the problem.

The senior management team of the supermarket chain believes that training and development may help decrease employee turnover and increase customer satisfaction. You have been asked to assess training needs and develop a proposal to address the situation in these three stores.

Instructions:

 

Use scholarly resources and your learning, address the following:

1. Identify, using simple heuristics, the indicators that show that the specific problems experienced by the three stores can be resolved through training.
2. Design a needs assessment plan and identify three specific training initiatives you would recommend for these employees. Include the expected outcomes for the three training initiatives in your proposal.
3. Select one of the specific training initiatives you identified and develop a budget of projected costs to implement this initiative.

Write a seven-to-nine-page training proposal in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

Make sure you write in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

 

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria

Identified the specific indicators that problems experienced by the three stores can be resolved through training.

Designed a needs assessment plan and recommended three specific training initiatives for these employees. Included the expected outcomes for the three training initiatives in the proposal.

Selected one of the identified specific training initiatives and developed a budget of estimated costs to implement this initiative. Used scholarly resources to justify your expenses.

Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Analyze the Case Study in Chapter 6 of the textbook, pp. 252-256, “U.S.-Cuban Trade: When does a Cold War Strategy Become a Cold War Relic?” Answer the first four questions, 6-3 through 6-6, at the end of the case.

 Your paper should be at least three pages in length.

 Make sure each question is used as a heading (as required by APA style guidelines) and answered in the order presented.

 All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced, and quoted or paraphrased material must have accompanying in-text citations.

 Title and reference pages do not count towards the minimum word count requirement.

 

Note: Please use in-text citation, title page including running head, book reference and other references,

 

Book Ref: Daniels, J. D., Radebaugh, L. H., & Sullivan, D. P. (2015). International business: Environments and operations (15th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education.

Defining Quality

Quality can have many different meanings and definitions, depending on the subject matter that is being discussed. After investigating the many facets of quality, respond to the following:

Define quality in terms of what it means for a product to have high quality.
Define quality in terms of what a customer’s perception of a product might be.
Define quality in terms of what a user’s perception of a service might be.
Explain how quality should be consistent with the strategy being pursued by an organization.
Select a business of some type and describe what quality would mean to that business and, if possible, how quality could be measured in such a business.

Click here to read the health care workforce shortage and its implications on America’s hospitals, at the American Hospitals Association’s (AHA) website.

Select a hospital, which is not more than two hours away from your place of residence. Based on your readings and understanding, create a 3- to 4-page report in a Microsoft Word document, that includes:

A plan for a rural, medium-sized hospital to deal with short- and long-term workforce shortages.

Your plan should include the following elements:

• An introduction.
• A description of the health care workforce shortage and its implications.
• The aspects that need immediate attention and aspects that need long term attention. Provide a rationale on why these aspects need attention.
• A description of the financial implications for these issues.
• An explanation of the risks associated with these problems.
• Your recommendations to solve these problems.
• An explanation of the methods to measure the success of the plan.
• A description of the next steps, if the plan failed.
• A conclusion and a reference list.

Support your responses with examples.

2000-2500 words

Weekly tasks or assignments (Individual or Group Projects) will be due by Monday, and late submissions will be assigned a late penalty in accordance with the late penalty policy found in the syllabus. NOTE: All submission posting times are based on midnight Central Time.

You have been placed on a committee in your health care organization. The committee has to create a set of cost containment strategies that will positively impact (decrease) operating expenses. The committee is also challenged with increasing reimbursement.

• Provide 5 cost-cutting strategies that the committee could recommend to the executive board.
  • Describe how these cuts will benefit patient care or business systems.
• Provide 5 ideas on how to increase revenue or reimbursement. This answer can include short-term and long-term goals.
  • Describe how these revenue or reimbursement systems benefit patient care or the business systems.

Provide at least 2 references that reinforce the strategies you have chosen.