Please Answer the following regarding probability:

6. A 2011 Gallup poll found that 76% of Americans believe that high achieving high school students should be recruited to become teachers. This poll was based on a random sample of 1002 Americans.

a) Find a 90% confidence interval for the proportion of Americans who would agree with this.

b) Interpret your interval in this context.

Please show all work.

Please typed answers only, no handwriting.

• Discuss the issue of physician shortage in America. Since half of all medical school first year students are women, how would that fact contribute further to a physician shortage in the future? How would a physician shortage be overcome in the health care delivery system? What is the impact or burden on current physician staffing levels given the estimated 30 million additional people being added to a government mandated insurance plan?

Jennifer falls in the 98th% in her Stanford-Binet IQ test scores at age 12. Discuss:

   1. What her score would actually be and how it’s computed, including her MA.

   2. Whether this test can be a good or bad predictor of the child’s future

         success in school and work.

      3. What aspects of intelligence Sternberg and Gardner would argue are critical

          in determining intelligence and are not measured by the Stanford-Binet test.

For each assessment, please be sure to name the instruments that would be used in the process.

1. Discuss the assessment techniques of genitourinary system in an adult male and include one usual abnormal finding.

2. Discuss the assessment of a patient complaining of moderate abdominal pain and include one usual abnormal finding.

3. Discuss the assessment of the musculoskeletal system of a high school student, focusing on the spine and include one usual abnormal finding.

A recent study examined the merit aid program in Massachusetts (called the "Adams Scholarship"). This program gave students with high SAT scores and grades in high school free tuition at Massachusetts public universities. The study found that actually students who received scholarships and attended public universities became less likely to graduate college. Why do you think this happened? (Hint - the study is discussed in the lectures but it is not on the reading list.)

Joe is 40 years old and considering quitting his job to return for a college degree. He needs two more years full-time. Tuition is $10,000 per year. He earns $30,000 per year. A college degree would raise his annual income by $10,000 per year. He will retire at age 70. From an investment standpoint, should Joe go back full-time to school?

A sociologist wishes to estimate the proportion of parents of college-bound high school students who have not saved any money for college. What sample size would she need for the estimate to be correct within 6 percentage points with 95% confidence
(a) if she uses a similar study from 2015 that indicates that 32% of parents had saved no money for college?
(b) if she does not use any prior estimates?

Mohammed has consistently completed his smaller assignments in the course, like discussions, reflections, and other homework outside of essays. One week, he experiences several stressors outside of class, and has a difficult time balancing family and school life. He missed a peer workshop and a discussion. What should Mohammed do? Provide evidence from Professor Ten Eyck’s course syllabus to support the reasoning in your response.  

The following descriptions all relate to a local hair salon.

(a) Which of these are not random variables?

(i) The amount of hair on the floor after each client

(ii) The time between arrivals of clients

(iii) The type of hairstyle chosen by each client

(iv) The age group of each client (infant/school-aged/adult/senior)

(v) The total cost of the salon service for each client

(b) Explain your answer briefly.

Watch an hour or two of children’s television. What were the programs and what are the themes of the programs you watched? What assumptions do television producers appear to make about the kinds of entertainment that are suitable for children? What cognitive, social and emotional concepts were covered in the shows? How would your interpretation of the shows differ from that of an early school age child? Write a page about your thoughts and findings.