Your friend has decided to make some money during the next State Fair by inventing a game of skill. In the game, as she has developed it so far, the customer shoots a rifle at a 5.0 cm diameter target falling straight down. Anyone who hits the target in the center wins a stuffed animal. Each shot would cost 50 cents. The rifle would be mounted on a pivot 1.0 meter above the ground so that it can point in any direction at any angle. When shooting, the customer stands 100 meters from where the target would hit the ground if the bullet misses. At the instant that the bullet is fired (with a velocity of 1200 ft/sec according to the manual), the target is released from its holder 7.0 meters above the ground. (You see, the trigger is electronically connected to the release mechanism.) Your friend asks you to try out the game which she has set up on a farm outside of town. Before you fire the gun you calculate where you should aim. You may, as usual, neglect any effects of air resistance. Your conclusion? At what angle from the vertical should you aim?

The residents of Flint, Michigan are hoping to show that lead in the pipes is lowering the IQ of children in the city and need to have a statistician give evidence at the p<.05 level to do so. They have a psychologist randomly administer IQ tests to 200 children in the town and they find the average IQ of those children is 98. The IQ of children in general is known to have a mean of 100 with a standard deviation of 15.

1. Restate the question:

   • Population 1:

   • Population 2:

   • Research hypothesis:

   • Null hypothesis:

   • Determine the characteristics of the comparison distribution to compare to sample distribution:

     • μ 1 (Population 1):

     • N (Population 1):

     • μ2 (Population 2):

     • σ2(Population 2):

     • μ2M (Population 2, distribution of means):

     • σ2M (Population 2, distribution of means):

     • Is the distribution of means normally distributed?

     • Why does the distribution of means have a normal distribution, a non-normal distribution, or an unknown distribution?

     • c. Determine the critical value (cutoff score) on the comparison distribution at which the null hypothesis should be rejected

     • Determine the Z score of your sample

     • Decide whether to reject the null hypothesis

     • State the findings in term of the study

     • Calculate the 95% confidence interval for what the true IQ is of children in Flint.

You are working the day shift on a medical inpatient unit. You are discussing discharge instructions with
J.B., an 86-year-old man who was admitted for mitral valve repair. His serum blood glucose had been
averaging 250 mg/dL or higher for the past several months. During this admission, his dosage of insulin
was adjusted and he was given additional education in managing his diet. While you are giving these
instructions, J.B. tells you his wife died 9 months ago. He becomes tearful when telling you about that loss
and the loneliness he has been feeling. He tells you he just doesn't feel good lately, feels sad much of the
time, and hasn't been involved in his normal activities. He has few friends left in the community because
most of them have passed away. He has a daughter in town, but she is busy with her work and grandchildren.
He tells you that he has been feeling so down the past few months that he has had thoughts about
suicide.

Please help me write SBAR for this case study

The Situation At the board meeting, you give your financial report. You actually have a small profit to show for the month on the income statement, but as you are going over that report in the board packet, you notice that all six board members have already turned past the income statement to the accounts receivable report. One board member actually has his mouth open, jaw dropped, and another is looking at you over his glasses. This is not good. Your board members are community representatives; they care about the hospital, and they know how important the hospital is to the town of 35,000 people. They are all very worried. They know what has happened to other communities when their hospitals have failed financially. Everyone in this room has a tremendous stake in the survival and success of the hospital. After you give the accounts receivable report, there is a prolonged silence. You wish somebody would just yell at you and get it over with, but that does not happen. -Come up with a plan to bring AR days back in line. It will take cooperation from the medical staff, the clinical departments, health information management, the business office, and many others, so include how you will involve these departments in devising a solution.

Chrysler Concorde: Acceleration Consumer reports stated that the mean time for a Chrysler Concorde to go from 0 to 60 miles per hour was 8.7 seconds.

a.) If you want to set up a statistical test to challenge the claim of 8.7 seconds, what would you use for the null hypothesis?

b.) The town of Leadville, Colorado, has an elevation over 10,000 feet. Suppose you wanted to test the claim that the average time to accelerate from 0 to 60 miles per hour is longer in Leadville (because of less oxygen). What would you use as an alternative hypothesis?

c.) Suppose a newer model year Chrysler Concorde came out and you wanted to test whether the average time to accelerate from 0 to 60 miles per hour had changed from the previous year. What would you use as an alternative hypothesis?

d.) Suppose you made an engine modification and you think the average time to accelerate from 0 to 60 miles per hour is reduced. What would you use as an alternative hypothesis?

e.) For each of the tests in parts (b), (c), and (d) , would the P-value area be on the left, on the right, or on both sides of the mean?

Re-organize the scrambled accounts into the income statement for Pet Land Inc., a pet food and accessories retailer in a small Canadian town.

You will have to calculate Sales Revenue, Cost of Goods Sold, the amount of tax that was paid, the totals for the sections of the statement and determine Gross Margin, Operating Margin, Income Before Tax and Net Income.

Compile Sales Revenue from Gross Sales Revenue and record it on the statement.

Compile the Cost of Goods Sold from the appropriate accounts and add it to the statement. Calculate the Gross Margin and record it on the statement.

List the Operating Expenses on the statement and total it. Calculate the Operating Margin and record it on the statement.

List the Non-operating Expenses on the statement, calculate and record Income Before Tax, calculate and record Taxes and calculate and record Net Income.

The case studies in your course text Operations Management: An Integrated Approach offer glimpses into the real world of business operations, allowing for deeper analysis of issues related to operations management, budgeting, and business strategy.

Read the case "Hightone Electronics, Inc.," which begins on page 24 of your text. Then respond to case questions 1 and 2 on page 25.

Case: Hightone Electronics, Inc.

George Gonzales, operations director of Hightone Electronics, Inc. (HEI), sat quietly at the conference table overlooking the lobby of the corporate head-quarters office in Palo Alto, California. He reflected on the board meeting that had just adjourned and the challenge that lay ahead for him. The board had just announced their decision to start an Internet-based division of HEI. Web-based purchasing in the electronics industry had been growing rapidly. The board felt that HEI needed to offer on-line purchasing to its customers in order to maintain its competitive position. The board looked to George to outline the key operations management decisions that needed to be addressed in creating a successful Internet-based business. The next board meeting was just a week away. He had his work cut out for him.
Hightone Electronics, Inc. was founded in Palo Alto, California over 50 years ago. Originally, the company provided radio components to small repair shops. Products were offered for sale through a catalog that was mailed to prospective customers every four months. The company built its reputation on high quality and service. As time passed, HEI began supplying more than just radio parts, adding items such as fuses, transformers, computers, and electrical testing equipment. The expansion of the product line had been coupled with an increase in the number and type of customers the company served. Although the traditional repair shops still remained a part of the company's market, technical schools, universities, and well-known corporations in the Silicon Valley were added to the list of customers.

Today HEI operates the Palo Alto facility with the same dedication to supplying quality products through catalog sales that it had when it was first founded. Customer service remains the top priority. HEI stocks and sells over 22,000 different items. Most customers receive their orders within 48 hours, and all components are warranted for a full year.

Expanding HEI to include Web-based purchasing seems to be a natural extension of catalog sales that the company already does successfully. George Gonzales agrees that the company has no choice but to move in this competitive direction. However, George does not agree with the opinion of the board that this would be "business as usual." He believes that there are many operations decisions that need to be identified and addressed. As he stated in the meeting, "Having a slick Web site is one thing, but making sure the right product is delivered to the right location is another. Operations is the key to making this happen." His challenge for the next board meeting was to identify the key operations decisions and persuade the board that these issues needed serious consideration.

Case Questions

1. Explain why operations management is critical to the success of a business. Why would developing an Internet-based business require different operations considerations for HEI? Is George Gonzales correct in his assessment that this would not be "business as usual"?

2. Recall that HEI wishes to continue its reputation of high quality and service. Identify key operations management decisions that need to be considered. How different will these decisions be for the Internet business?

3. Brett's weekly phone call with his father has become a graphic rundown of all of his father's bodily functions and ailments. Brett wants the best for his father, but he isn't a fan of the graphic details, nor of his father complaining without changing anything about his nutrition or lifestyle. He did buy a multivitamin the other day at the store, and he's about to open the box, sometime today or tomorrow, to see what it's all about.

Which of the following is NOT an age-associated physiological gastrointestinal system change that affects nutritional status?

5. Brett's mother is an active mahjong player at the local library, and one of her mahjong friends has been recommending that the ladies in the league start using supplements. Brett's mother constantly sees supplement ads on television, and she reads in her daily digest magazine that women over 50 years of age should take several different supplements to maintain their health.

Which of the following is an age-related nutrient of concern?

6. Brett has been with Mark, one of his good buddies, about his parents' health issues. Mark is a doctor. Mark tells Brett that all he can do is show concern for his parents and offer ways to help them that don't sound like he's putting them down. Maintaining a sense of self is important to aging healthily. Brett hadn't thought of his parents like that.

There are many conditions a person may face in their elder years that affect their nutritional status. Which of the following is a condition that puts older adults at nutritional risk?