Assume you have several years of student-level longitudinal data on math test scores, demographic characteristics, and what school each student enrolls in each year.

a. What would be the problem with simply comparing the math test scores of students attending a traditional public school with the outcomes of students who attend a charter school, even controlling for student demographic characteristics? Would this comparison yield the causal effect of attending a charter school on math test scores?

b. Some charter schools are oversubscribed, and by law they are required to admit people by lottery. How would you use the lottery data to overcome selection problems? Would this method tell you how an average charter school affects math test scores?

Please respond to the following: Think about the last event you had to plan for either at work or in your personal life. Did you have a process? How did having or not having a process impact the outcome of the event? Using outside research on formal planning strategies, please share a few ideas on how to improve your current process. Write a minimum of 300 words for your initial response and then post a reply to at least two (2) of your classmates’ posts. Note: All students are required to post a minimum of two (2) posts per online discussion thread. Students must have one (1) original post and a minimum of one (1) other post per discussion thread. Reply Quote

A professor in the accounting department of a business school claims that there is much more variability in the final exam scores of students taking the introductory accounting course as a requirement than for students taking the course as part of a major in accounting. Random samples of 16 non-accounting majors (group 1) and 15 accounting majors (group 2) are taken from the professor's class roster in his large lecture, and the following results are computed based on the final exam scores:

n₁ = 16, S₁² = 154.6,    n₂ = 15, S₂² = 48.5

(a) At the 0.05 level of significance, is there evidence to support the professor's claim?

(b) What assumptions do you make here about the two populations in order to justify your use of the F test?

play "Innovation Simulation: Breaking News"

This online simulation, you will manage the innovation process for The Citizen Sun, a struggling newspaper company. Working with limited time and budget, students design innovation initiatives-open innovation campaigns, customer focus groups, internal R&D projects-to generate a pool of innovation ideas. You will then review, test, and make a selection from among those ideas in order to choose the best possible innovation for The Citizen Sun news organization. The simulation teaches students about managing the innovation process, the different modes of innovation, idea generation and selection, and the role of organizational context in innovation.

After simulation write a 2 page brief about your outcomes and observations of this simulation.

Complete a Problem Solving discussion in Word. Your Problem Solving discussion should include Problem Statement, Problem Analysis, Program Design, Program Code and Program Test. For the Program Code section, use Raptor to code

1. Alberta Einstein teaches a business class at Podunk University. To evaluate the students in this class, she has given three tests. It is now the end of the semester and Alberta asks you to create a program that inputs each student’s test scores and outputs the average score for each student and the overall class average. (Hint: The outer loop should allow for Ms. Einstein to input all the students, one by one, and the inner loop should accept the three test scores and compute the average for each student.)

2.     The dataset QuizPulse10 contains pulse rates collected from 10 students in a class lecture and then from the same ten students during a quiz. We might expect the mean pulse rate to increase under the stress of a quiz. Use the dataset to test at the 5% significance level whether there is evidence to support this claim.

a.     Perform the hypothesis test in Minitab.

b.    Make a decision and mathematically justify your decision

c.     Interpret the results.

1. A healthy diastolic blood pressure at the level of the heart is about 104 Pa. Assuming blood has a density of 1.1 g/cm3, what is the diastolic blood pressure in the feet of a standing person if his heart is 1.4 m above the ground?
A) 104 Pa
B) 1.1 104 Pa
C) 1.4 104 Pa
D) 1.5 104 Pa
E) 1.6 104 Pa

2. A horizontal pipe has a part with a diameter 1/3 of the rest of the pipe. If v is the speed of the fluid in the wider section, then the speed in the narrower section is:
A) v/9
B) v/3
C) v
D) 3v
E) 9v

3. The part of an iceberg that extends above the water for ice density of 0.9g/cm3 and salted water of 1.1 g/cm3 is
A) 9%.
B) 18%
C) 20%
D) 80%.
E) 82%
F) 91%

4. The weight of a solid metal object in air is 25 N and the apparent weight in water (=1g/cm3) is 20 N. It's density is
A) 1 g/cm3
B) 2 g/cm3.
C) 5 g/cm3
D) 10 g/cm3
E) 20 g/cm3

10-14. A 2 kg object in simple harmonic motion obeys the following position versus time equation: y = (0.25 m) sin (πt).
10. What is the amplitude of vibration?
A) 0.25 m
B) 0.50 m
C) 0.75 m
D) 1.0 m
E) 0.5 π m

11. What is the frequency of the vibration?
A) 0.25 Hz 2πft = πt
B) 0.50 Hz
C) 1 Hz
D) 4 Hz
E) 0.5 π Hz

12. What is the maximum velocity ?
A) 0.25 m/s
B) 0.50 m/s
C) 1.0 m/s
D) 0.25 π m/s
E) 0.5 π m/s

13. What is the total energy of the system?
A) 1.23 J
B) 2.46 J
C) 4.92 J
D) 9.9 J
E) 0 J

14. What is the magnitude of the force acting on the mass after 2 s ?
A) 1.23 N
B) 2.13 N
C) 2.46 N
D) 4.92 N
E) 0 N

1.The procedure used to align many sequences at the same time is called: *

• diversity sequence alignment
• multiple sequence alignment
• local alignment
• multiple statistical alignment
• substitution matrix alignment

2.The method of alignment that tries to align regions with high level matches without considering the alignment of the rest of the sequence is called: *

• global alignment
• multiple sequence alignment
• local alignment
• multiple statistical alignment
• high level matching alignment

3.The type of sequence alignments that is most suited for finding conserved patterns in DNA or protein sequences is called: *

• global alignment / multiple sequence alignment
• local multiple alignment
• local alignment / multiple polymorphism search
• multiple statistical alignment
• high level matching alignment

4. An outbreak of pneumonia has occurred. This outbreak appears to involve a family who had attended a family gathering and wedding ceremony. The samples from the patients were then tested by PCR using the primers for 16S rRNA and RT-PCR using primers for SARS and SARS-CoV-2 coronaviruses. Select statements that are TRUE pertaining to the case involving this family. The sequence of the amplified fragment from the PCR is provided here: AACACGGAGAGTTTGATCCTGGCTCAGAACTAACGCTGGCGGCGCGTCTTAAACATGCAAGTCAAGCGGAGTAGCAATACTCAGCGGCGAACGGGTGAGTAACACGTGGGTAATCTTCCTCTGAGTCTGGGATAACTTTCCGAAAGGGAAGCTAATACTGGATGGTCCCGAGAGATCACAAGATTTTTCGGGTAAAGATTTATTGCTCGGAGATGAGCCCGCGTCCGATTAGCTAGTTGGTGAGGTAAAGGCTCACCAAGGCGACGATCGGTAGCCGGCCTGAGAGGGTGTTCGGCCACAATGGAACTGAGACACGGTCC ATACTCCTACGGGAGGCAGCAGTTAAGAATCTTGCTCAATGGGGGGAACCTGAAGCAGCGACGCCGCGTGAACGATGAAGGTCTTCGGATTGTAAAGTTCAGTAAGCAGGGAAAAATAAGCAGCAATGTGATGATGGTACCTGCCTAAAGCCACCGGCTAACTACGTGCCAGCAGCCGCGGTAAAACGTATGGTGCAAGCGTTGTTCGGAATCATTGGGCGTAAAGGGTGCGTAGGCGGACATGTAAGTCAGGTGTGAAAACTGCGGGCTCAACTCGCAGCCTGCACTTGAAACTATGTGTCTGGAGTTTGGGAGAGGCAAGTGGAATTCCAGGTGTAGCGGTGAAATGCGTAGATATCTGGAGGAACACCAGTGGCGAAGGCGACTTGCTGGCCTAAAACTGACCCTGAGGCACGAAAGCGTGGGTAGTGAACGGGATTAGATACCCCGGTAATCCACGCCCTAAACGTTGTCTACCAGTTGTTGGGGGTTTTAACCCTCAGTAACGAACCTAACGGATTAAGTAGACCGCCTGGGGACTATGCTCGCAAGAGTGAAACTCAAAGGAATTGACGGGGGTCCGCACAAGCGGTGGAGCATGGTGGTTTAATTCGATGATACGCGAAAAACCTCACCTAG GCTTGACATGGAGTGGAATCATGTAGAGATACATGAGCCTTCGGGCCGCTTCACAGTTGCTGCATGGTTGTCGTCAGCTCGTGTCGTGAGATGTTGGGTTAAGTCCCGCAACGAGCGCAACCCTCACCTTATGTTGCCATCATTCAGTTGGGCACTCGTAAGGAACTGCCGGTGACAAACCGGAGGAAGGCGGGGATGACGTCAAATCCTCATGGCCTTTATGTCTAGGGCAACACACG *

• The pathogen is a type of coronavirus.
• The physician can inform the family that they are suffering from a disease called leptospirosis.
• The patients should be quarantined because they have COVID-19
• The pneumonia is due to a bacterial infection.
• The pneumonia can be treated with antibiotics.

5.Your research group has just completed the genome sequencing for a new bacterial species named V. novela. This newly sequenced genome has not yet been annotated. Your colleague has been studying the VTOX protein in E. modeli for many years and is interested in finding out whether a homolog for the VTOX protein can be found in the bacterial species V. novela. Select the options that are TRUE that can be used to provide an answer to your colleague.

• Do a blastn against the PDB database.
• Use the blastp program with the VTOX protein as the query to search the UniProt database.
• Use the VTOX protein sequence as a query for the tblastn program to search the V. novela genome as the database.
• Search the E. modeli database using tblastn and the VTOX protein as the query.
• Carry out a gene prediction for the V. novela genome and use the resulting genes as blastx queries to search a protein sequence database.

Write a Case Brief on one of the following cases in a similar format to the example case brief below. (Please write in format where I can copy and paste)

• Case 22.1 Contemporary Cars, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board.
• Case 22.2 Staffing Network Holdings, LLC v. National Labor Relations Board.
• Case 22.3 Unite Here! Local 5 v. National Labor Relations Board.

EXAMPLE CASE BRIEF:

Rael v. Cadena, 93 N.M. 684, 604 P.2d 822 (Ct. App. 1979)

Parties:

Eddie Rael, Plaintiff‐Appellee

Emilio Cadena and Manuel Cadena,

Defendants‐Appellants

Prior Proceedings:

Eddie Rael sued Emilio and Manuel Cadena for civil battery. The trial court, sitting without a jury (bench trial), found Emilio jointly liable with Manuel for the battery. Emilio appealed the judgment of the trial court.

Facts

While visiting Emilio Cadena’s home, Eddie Rael was beaten by Emilio’s nephew, Manuel Cadena. After the attack began, Emilio yelled to Manuel “kill him!” and “hit him more!” Emilio never actually struck Rael nor physically participated in the battery. Rael was hospitalized as a result of the beating.

Issue

Under New Mexico tort law, does liability for battery arise when an individual, present during the battery, encourages the perpetrator of the battery by yelling “kill him” and “hit him more” thus inciting the perpetration of the battery though he takes no actual part in the physical beating?

Rule

Yes. An individual may be liable for battery by encouraging or inciting the perpetrator by words or acts.

Analysis/Reasoning

The rule of law in the United States is: Civil liability for assault and battery is not limited to the direct perpetrator, but extends to any person who, by any means, aids or encourages the act. The act of verbal encouragement at the scene may give rise to liability because the perpetrator is goaded and encouraged at the behest of the person encouraging the battery. Here, Emilio encouraged Manuel to beat Rael and to continue to beat him. The battery may not have occurred or continued but for Emilio’s encouragement. Therefore, Emilio had some part in the beating even though he never physically contacted Rael. Thus, Emilio is liable for the battery for aiding in its commission and encouraging the act.

Conclusion (holding/disposition)

The judgment against Emilio Cadena is affirmed.

One Way ANOVA

The “Award” variable represents whether the student said that they would prefer to win an Academy Award, Nobel Prize, or Olympic Medal. The “SAT” variable is the students’ total SAT score (Verbal + Math). We want to compare the SAT scores for the three Award categories. Remember to include all relevant output that supports your answers. And, remember to clearly identify your final answer from any output used.

A. Use Minitab Express to compute the mean and standard deviation of total SAT scores for students who selected each of the three different awards. Include your output below.

B. Use Minitab Express to construct side-by-side boxplots to compare the total SAT scores for students who selected each of the three different awards. Copy + paste your graph here.

C. Based on the boxplot created in part b, do you think the average SAT score statistically differs by award? Explain.

D. Use Minitab Express to conduct a one-way ANOVA to compare the mean total SAT scores for students who selected each of the three different awards. Use the five-step hypothesis testing procedure.

Step 1: State hypotheses and check assumptions

Step 2: Compute the test statistic

Step 3: Determine the p-value

Step 4: Make a decision (reject or fail to reject the null)

Step 5: State a real world conclusion

E. Use Minitab Express to conduct Tukey simultaneous tests for differences in means. Remember to include your relevant output here. Clearly state which pairs are different and which pairs are not different.

F. Explain why it would not be appropriate to just conduct a series of three independent means t tests in this scenario.

REQUIRED FILE:

https://www.upload.ee/files/8711961/StudentSurvey.MTW.html