Discuss the following quote from Steve Jobs, Co-Founder of Apple, Inc. Also, detail whether you agree/disagree with the quote and why. Please support your stance with specific details.
"Apple is a very disciplined company, and we have great processes. But that's not what it's about. Process makes you more efficient." (min 200 words)
In: Operations Management
Explain in detail and support your argument
Make distinctions between the net present value (NPV) and the profitability (PI) method in the capital budgeting analysis.
In: Finance
In this question you will work with A*. Let’s suppose that you are given an upper bound Z to the cost of the optimal solution of a search problem. We decide to modify A* in the following manner: every time that a node i with f(i) > Z is generated, the node is immediately discarded. • Is this new algorithm guaranteed to find the optimal solution? Explain your answer and state your assumptions. • What will happen if you use a non-admissible heuristic?
In: Computer Science
Please explain what section 1.164-1 in the Internal Revenue Code means?
In: Accounting
What is the purpose of section 1245 and 1250? Explain rather than describe them.
In: Accounting
Could you please make sure to answer the last question completely because that one is really hard for me to complete. Also, could you explain thoroughly how you find the p-value? I don't know how to find the p-value using excel or TI84 Calculator. Thank you in advance!
You might think that if you looked at the first digit in randomly selected numbers that the distribution would be uniform. Actually, it is not! Simon Newcomb and later Frank Benford both discovered that the digits occur according to the following distribution: (digit, probability)
(1,0.301),(2,0.176),(3,0.125),(4,0.097),(5,0.079),(6,0.067),(7,0.058),(8,0.051),(9,0.046)(1,0.301),(2,0.176),(3,0.125),(4,0.097),(5,0.079),(6,0.067),(7,0.058),(8,0.051),(9,0.046)
The IRS currently uses Benford's Law to detect fraudulent tax data.
Suppose you work for the IRS and are investigating an individual
suspected of embezzling. The first digit of 165 checks to a
supposed company are as follows:
| Digit | Observed Frequency |
|---|---|
| 1 | 43 |
| 2 | 27 |
| 3 | 21 |
| 4 | 18 |
| 5 | 23 |
| 6 | 5 |
| 7 | 17 |
| 8 | 9 |
| 9 | 2 |
a. State the appropriate null and alternative hypotheses for this
test.
b. Explain why α=0.01α=0.01 is an appropriate choice for the level
of significance in this situation.
c. What is the P-Value? Report answer to 4 decimal places
P-Value =
d. What is your decision?
e. Write a statement to the law enforcement officials that will use it to decide whether to pursue the case further or not. Structure your essay as follows: Given a brief explanation of what a Goodness of Fit test is. Explain why a Goodness of Fit test should be applied in this situation. State the hypotheses for this situation Interpret the answer to part c Use the answer to part c to justify the decision in part d Use the decision in part d to make a conclusion about whether the individual is likely to have embezzled. Use this to then tell the law enforcement officials whether they should pursue the case or not.
In: Statistics and Probability
there has been numerous studies presented on dendrites and dendritic spines, because of their essential roles within a functional neurocircuit. First, describe and explain how dendrites and dendritic spines play a significant role in neurocognitive processing on a circuit level. Second, discuss in detail how dendrites and spines can reflect alterations of brain state in the following topics: (answer all of them)
a) During hormonal changes
b) During learning/memory
c) Social deprivation
In: Biology
In: Anatomy and Physiology
Imagine that a state site visit of your facility is scheduled for next month. During a previous visit, the state revealed you were poorly graded on:
- Substandard food not meeting nutritional standards and cultural needs.
- Supplies for personal care were too limited for census in facility size.
- Medication errors were numerous.
- Eight out of 10 of your residents were tested positive for Urinary Tract Infections.
the Governments have a central role in defining and enforcing basic standards of quality for long-term care? Would you enforce these precautions or checklist following a time schedule? how would you improve the quality of services for your residents? Mention all the possible quality improvement measures. What tools and actions would you use to correct each of these infractions?
WHAT about the time frame in which the corrective actions will be initiated and executed and why?
In: Nursing
After reading about Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning and observational learning use the information to explain what you learned and how you can apply each of these principles to the following situation.
Distracted driving is a serious problem on our roadways. After reading the chapter on Learning explain how you could use the information to change drivers' behavior. Give specific examples of how you might use (a) positive reinforcement, (b) negative reinforcement, (c) positive punishment, and (d) negative punishment to bring about desirable changes in the behavior of distracted drivers.
In order to receive full credit, your post must be detailed and show that you understand the psychological principles. Posts should show that you read and understood the material.
In: Psychology