In: Economics
Imagine Washington State is considering implementing a program that pays monetary awards to families when their high school age children meet certain goals (for example, school attendance, achievement on standardized tests, receiving regular dental checkups, and receiving flu shots). WSIPP has been asked by the state legislature to assess whether the state should adopt this policy.
a. Name three potential secondary impacts that WSIPP might consider in evaluating the policy.
b. Indicate how WSIPP might go about making predictions of one of these impacts and then monetize them.
In: Economics
Deductive, valid OR Inductive, reasonable OR Inductive, unreasonable
1) If was an amateur theft. Matt's fingerprints were the only ones on the safe. Amateur thieves nearly always leave fingerprints. Therefore, Matt was the thief who broke into the safe.
2) Both presidential candidates have attended college. Most people who have attended college have graduated from high school. Therefore, both presidential candidates have graduated from high school.
3)Cats never play frisbee. So your cat certainly doesn't play frisbee.
In: Statistics and Probability
The average fee in a private school in Georgia is more than $13,000 for one year with σ = $3000. Assume the population is normally distributed. A random sample of 15 private schools in Georgia yielded a mean yearly fee of $14,500. Test using the critical value method if the population mean of the yearly fee in a private school in Georgia is more than $13,000, using α = 0.10.
| a. |
Zcrit = 1.28, reject H0. |
| b. |
Zcrit = 1.28, do not reject H0. |
| c. |
Zcrit = 2.34, do not reject H0. |
| d. |
Zcrit = 2.34, reject H0. |
In: Statistics and Probability
A recent national survey found that high school students watched an average (mean) of 6.6 DVDs per month with a population standard deviation of 0.90 hour. The distribution of DVDs watched per month follows the normal distribution. A random sample of 43 college students revealed that the mean number of DVDs watched last month was 6.10. At the 0.05 significance level, can we conclude that college students watch fewer DVDs a month than high school students?
| d. | What is your decision regarding H0? |
Reject H0
Cannot reject H0
In: Statistics and Probability
Identify a social structure, tradition, cultural norm, or group identity that can be explained by a theory or concept of the Marginalist school.
Your answer needs to provide at least three paragraphs.
The first paragraph identifies and explains in your own words the concept or theory of the Classical School.
The second paragraph identifies and explains the social
structure, tradition, cultural norm, or group identity.
The third paragraph explains the connection between the economic
concept/theory and the social structure, tradition, cultural norm,
or group identity.
Your answer needs to provide at least one paragraph for each item.
In: Economics
You have examined the schools of thought that make up the history of psychology and the theories that were or are held by those schools. What school of thought did you think made the most sense to you when trying to explain the behavior of the individual?
You can be eclectic and take some of one school and some of another, but be careful, sometimes when good things are taken out of their original context they do not work the same as before! There are no right or wrong ideas for this discussion but do defend why you selected the theory(ies) that you did. Have fun with this!
In: Psychology
educating a parent on the importance of vision screening
1) explanation on why it is important for vision screening for infant (you are making this for a parent to understand, not another healthcare provider)
2) minimum os 3 behaviors or observations a parent may see that may indicate a vision problem.
3) who will the child see for this exam? Explaining how first discuss with pediatrician, referral to ophthalmologist, and lastly explain what an ophthalmologist is.
4) Explain what follow up care they may need
5) if they are school age, explain the importance of informing the child's teacher or school
In: Nursing
We are interested in studying the effects of attending a private high school on the probability of attending college. For concreteness, let college be a binary variable equal to one if a student attends college, and zero otherwise. Let PrivateHS be a binary variable equal to one if the student attends a private high school. A linear probability model is:
college=B0+B1PrivateHS+other factors+u
where the other factors include gender, race, family income, and parental education.
(v) Propose an alternative instrument for PrivateHS and discuss whether the two requirements needed are valid.
In: Economics
In: Nursing