Do you have any recommendations for improving reliability and validity?
Discussion 1
When you develop a research project, you need to have a reliable and valid method of measurement in your study. Using your anticipated research proposal, how will you address the issues of reliability and validity? What concerns do you have over reliability and validity in your study and how will you overcome these concerns? Next, read two of your classmates’ posts and analyze how they addressed reliability and validity in their studies. Do you have any recommendations for improving reliability and validity?
Do online research and find examples of cases where companies have “fired customers” – which had successful outcomes; which were unsuccessful, and why?
Refer to Chapter 5( File Given Below ): Under what conditions should a customer-strategy enterprise consider firing an unprofitable customer?
Think of the different types of conditions that a company should fire customers, identify those conditions and share your thoughts.
Do online research and find examples of cases where companies have “fired customers” – which had successful outcomes; which were unsuccessful, and why?
Can you develop a forecasting system or model that may be more reliable and accurate? Explain.
You are an investment advisor, and your client is interested in buying the XPO Logistics company stock. To make the best financial decision for your client, you want to forecast the direction of the stock and determine whether your client should buy the stock based on forecasting and quantitative analysis. You start the process by gathering data and determining what forecasting technique to use.
Complete the following steps.
· Retrieve data on the closing price of the XPO stock (Symbol XPO) from January 1, 2020 to July 31, 2020. You can do this on multiple websites by using a search engine and inserting the name of the stock.
· Using the time series forecasting method, moving average, compute the 10–, 30–, and 50–day continuous moving averages.
· Show all data and computations for your moving averages.
. Take each number computed for the 10–day moving average, and record it in a table. Do the same for the 30– and 50–day averages.
. You can now either plot these data points in a graph or just compare them against each other to complete the next step.
· Write your final analysis, and make a recommendation to your client:
. What is the data telling you?
. How do you explain it to your client?
. How accurate is this forecast for XPO?
. Can you develop a forecasting system or model that may be more reliable and accurate? Explain.
Your completed paper must be at least three pages in length, and you must use at least two academic sources. Be sure to include a brief introduction section in which you provide a background, purpose, and road map for the paper. Adhere to APA Style when constructing this assignment, including in-text citations and references for all sources that are used. Please note that no abstract is needed.
Determine the state of probabilities for all the demands
Vasco da Gama Industries is deciding whether to make or outsource the new batteries that will power its new Hydro Bat-Boat. Guy Josobo is the CEO, and he runs all the production management for the project. He has determined the following costs: Respectively the amounts are $-20,000 (lose money) low, $40,000 medium, and $100,000 high demand to produce at Vasco da Gama. To outsource the project, he has determined the following costs: $10,000 low, $45,000 medium, and $70,000 high demand.
Using this information, complete the following steps:
1. Develop a decision tree or decision-tree chart to solve Guy Josobo’s dilemma.
2. At each decision node, select the best decision alternative for both the manufacture and outsource choices.
3. Determine the state of probabilities for all the demands: low demand is .30, medium demand is .45, and high demand is .25.
4. Using your decision tree and states of probabilities, calculate the cost at each outcome node, and determine the best solution.
5. Show all your work for these steps.
6. Describe and justify the steps in a decision tree analysis that Guy Josobo performed for Vasco da Gama Industries, and include any possible challenges he will face.
7. Explain what decision Guy Josobo should make, and explain your reasoning.
Your completed assignment must be at least three pages in length, and you must use at least two academic sources. Be sure to include an introduction that provides background of the topic and the purpose of the paper. Adhere to APA Style when constructing this assignment, including in-text citations and references for all sources that are used. Please note that no abstract is needed.
Unit 7
This is a real-world project that involves analyzing and evaluating a business of your choice that is in your local area. By completing this project, you will demonstrate what you have learned in this course by analyzing a business.
To complete this project, select a local business of your choice. Examples include, but are not limited to, a movie theater, state-operated toll booth, supermarket, fast food restaurant, car wash, or a retailer like TJ Maxx, HomeGoods, or Best Buy.
Imagine you have just been hired as the new manager. As a good manager, you want to have a solid understanding of the business operations processes so you can determine if the business is operating efficiently, timely, and at a profit.
You are to go observe your business and view it from a data-gathering and quantitative analysis approach. For example, if you choose a car wash, how many cars entered the wash? What times did they arrive? What type of wash did they get? (You can ask the manager if you can record data). What type of car was it? Was there correlation in the wash type and car? You have to think critically about this scenario. Remember, you are the new manager, so you want to make an impact and improve processes.
As you can see, data are gathered, recorded, and then analyzed to determine the findings (what do the data tell you?). A car wash may use the data to hire more people during certain times, to refill soap in the machine during down times, or even raise the price on certain washes for more revenue. You have to think critically and creatively when you observe your business.
After you have completed all of the quantitative findings on the processes, you are to write a paper that analyzes your selected business. At a minimum, you should accomplish the following tasks.
· Describe the business and how quantitative analysis can be used to make it more efficient.
· Explain the quantitative processes you used to analyze the business.
· Determine if the business exhibits any type of distribution? What type? Explain your findings.
· Outline the decision-making steps with regard to your analysis.
· Is there correlation or causation in your findings? Explain.
· Examine the coefficient of determination and the coefficient of correlation, and deduce their meanings. In your response to this, explain the four values of the correlation coefficient.
· Summarize your data findings from the business you selected.
· Display any computations you used (probability, distributions, decision trees).
Your completed project must be at least four pages in length. It should include an introduction section where you include what you will prove regarding the quantitative analysis tools you used, the main points of your paper, and a conclusion section that includes a summary of what the data display about your selected business and how it could improve.
You must use at least two academic resources in your paper, one of which must come from the CSU Online Library. Adhere to APA Style when constructing this assignment, including in-text citations and references for all sources that are used. Please note that no abstract is needed.
Decide whether the syllogisms are valid in format (as opposed to using true premises).
SYLLOGISMS: Deductive Reasoning
Remember: There is a difference between asserting that a premise is untrue and asserting that the logic of the argument is faulty. “All dogs can fly. Fido is a dog. Fido can fly.” That is a perfectly valid argument in terms of logic, but this flawless logic is based on an untrue premise. If a person accepts the major and minor premises of an argument, the conclusion follows undeniably by the sheer force of reason. If in an argument, the logic reaches a conclusion that seems absurd, it behooves you to analyze each sentence separately (to see if each premise is true without exception) and then to analyze the structure of the argument (to see if the reasoning of the argument itself is valid). Also be on the lookout for “equivocation,” the use of two different meanings of one word during the process of an argument. APA Format
Directions: Pick 5 of the following syllogisms. For each syllogism:
1. Identify the following:
a. Major premise
b. Minor premise
c. Conclusions
d. Major term
e. Minor term
f. Middle term
2. Decide whether the syllogisms are valid in format (as opposed to using true premises).
3. Explain why the syllogism is valid or invalid. You can use a Venn diagram, transference of
middle terms, or illustrate using circles.
Invalid example: All snakes are cold-blooded. Valid example: All humans are selfish. All snails are cold-blooded. Confucius is a human. All snails are snakes. Confucius is selfish.
What impact has the detention of Hispanic immigrants had on the mental health of first-generation Hispanic Americans in the last 20 years at the US-Mexico border towns in Texas?
RESEARCH QUESTION:
Highlighted in yellow is my first research paper information. Use this information in this paper. Be sure to answer all bullet points in research paper.
Subjects:
Length: Between 1-2 pages.
Identify the target population and whom you propose to include in your study (your sample). Consider the following questions at a minimum.
· Define your unit of analysis
· Define your population.
· Define your sample (a subset of your population) if you will not be collecting data from your entire population.
Variables and Measures:
Length: 2 pages
Your variables and measures should be clear to you and the reader. They also determine what type of analysis you can use. Consider the following questions.
· Repeat your hypothesis: H1: If Hispanic immigrant family members are detained, it will negatively impact the mental health of first-generation Americans.
· What are your independent and dependent variables? The independent variable is the detention of immigrants, and the dependent variable is the mental health outcomes of first-generation Americans.
· What levels of measurement are your variables (nominal, ordinal, ratio, interval)?
What is the moral issue you will discuss/analyze in the game?
Modification Comments： I’d like to see more engagement with a more specific issue in the game. I have outlined one for you that came to my mind as I read of your experience in the game. It is very interesting that you uncovered a way that the game seems to incentivize kinds fo immoral action. Say more! Much of your draft is a lot of description of events in the game that do not hang together on a structure just yet, but if you narrow your focus to one thing, you’ll be in a better position to redescribe elements of the game by how they relate to your question.
The game must be: this war of mine
Your paper must have a point. Talk about something that’s interesting. If you can’t say why someone should care to read your paper, you’re in trouble.
“ Say something interesting” is not exactly an objective measure. But, there are a few heuristics you can use to see if you’re on a good track with your idea for your paper:
1. Are you interested in what you want to write about. If you’re not, odds are that no one else will be. Find something that you’re interested in writing about!
2. Talk to other people about your idea – are they interested in it? If they are, that’s a good sign.
3. Have other people written about what you’ll be writing about? If they have, that’s a bad sign – your idea is less interesting because it’s been “done”.
4. Talk to me (the instructor) about your idea.
5. Finally, can you tell me what the point of your paper is? What are you trying to argue for? If you can’t say this – you need to work on your idea more!
In order to make your point you need to provide detailed examples that support it. You should not describe the entire game and all of its features, only those things that are relevant to your point and that provide enough context for the reader to understand the point you’re trying to make. If your examples are factually incorrect, you will get an “F”!
The paper should probably have these 4 sections:
1. Introduction (briefly identify and describe the game you’re analyzing)
2. Describe your argument. For example:
1. What is the moral issue you will discuss/analyze in the game?
2. What moral question or issue are the game creators raising? What are they trying to express through the game they’ve made?
3. Why is the thing you will talk about interesting?
3. Support your argument
1. Provide evidence (examples) and reasoning (logic) that supports your argument!
4. Conclusion (restate your argument)
Define the strengths and weaknesses of placing regulatory authority at each level of government.
In response to your peers, highlight in detail and discuss which aspects of healthcare are best regulated by the states and which by the federal government. Define the strengths and weaknesses of placing regulatory authority at each level of government. Finally, illustrate the arguments for and against private regulation of healthcare and health insurance.
Discuss a lesson that can be learned by leadership on attempting to expand into another country.
Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read A Dollar Store’s Rich Allure in India: A U.S. Franchise’s Success Shows How “Made in America” Sells; Lessons for Wal-Mart’s Entry? (Links to an external site.), Walmart: What happened in India? (Links to an external site.), and Walmart expands again in India—but still not able to open consumer stores to consumer detriment (Links to an external site.).
Leaders often look for new opportunities for expanding the operations of their organizations beyond the borders of the country of origin. Research and discuss two articles that detail difficulties experienced by Walmart in attempting to expand operations into another country. Discuss a lesson that can be learned by leadership on attempting to expand into another country. Your discussion post should be 250 words.
explain the importance of their contribution to the development of Christianity, and indicate their continuing influence today.
Alexander or Alexandria
(He was a pope)
Need help – Must be at least 800
-should have at least four reputable academic sources. All sources should be acknowledged, both within the work and on a Works Cited page at the end. You may use any citation system as long as it is used accurately and consistently.
Topic: A study of an important figure in the history of Christianity. should situate this person in his/her historical and cultural context, explain the importance of their contribution to the development of Christianity, and indicate their continuing influence today. Include:
- WHO is this person?
- WHEN did he/she live? What was going on at the time?
- WHERE did he/she live/work? Does this make a difference?
- WHAT were his/her major accomplishments and/or major ideas?
- WHY was he/she important or what was his/her lasting influence?
