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Discuss and define reliability; the methods to estimate reliability; the concept of error and discuss and...

Discuss and define reliability; the methods to estimate reliability; the concept of error and discuss and define validity, and differentiate between content and criteria-related validation. Why are reliability and validity important to selection?

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Question 3. Scheduling (20 marks) ArtWork is a graphic design company. All jobs it receives must...

Question 3. Scheduling

ArtWork is a graphic design company. All jobs it receives must go through sketching (Process X) and then colouring (Process Y) in sequence. Each of the processes is operated by a dedicated designer.

Job

Process X (Hour)

Process Y (Hour)

A

11

6

B

8

3

C

7

10

D

4

3

E

1

2

F

5

9

G

2

4

H

12

4

I

6

1

J

4

9

  1. The above 10 jobs have just arrived. Use Johnson’s rule to determine the optimal sequence to schedule the jobs. If there is more than one optimal sequence, show them all.

E

  1. Draw a Gantt chart for your schedule. If there is more than one optimal sequence, show anyone of them.
  1. Calculate the average flow time.
  1. If you are allowed to split the last job in the sequence (pay attention, not necessarily the
    1. last job in the table) into two equal halves. For example, a job spends 6 hours in X and 4 hours in Y can be split into two jobs of 3 hours in X and 2 hours in Y. Without changing the sequence, do you think this arrangement is quicker? Why or why not?
  2. The company has received four special jobs. These jobs have to go through sketching (Process X), colouring (Process Y) and then printing and coating (Process Z) in sequence. Each of the processes is operated by a dedicated designer. What is the optimal sequence to schedule the jobs? Show your steps. [hint: self-study is required]

Job

Process X (hour)

Process Y (hour)

Process Z (hour)

P

6

1

5

Q

2

2

6

R

5

1

4

S

3

3

8

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The Wechsler IQ test has a normal shape with μ = 100 and σ = 15....

The Wechsler IQ test has a normal shape with μ = 100 and σ = 15. Describe the expected characteristics of the distribution of sample means for samples of n = 45. Mean = Standard error Shape = Still speaking of the Wechsler IQ test, if you take a random sample of n = 36 students, what is the probability that the sample mean will be between 96 and 104? Be careful about which formula you use. Still speaking of the Wechsler IQ test, if you take a random sample of n = 144 students, what is the probability that the sample mean will be between 96 and 104?

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In 1996, Planet X had a population of 26 million people. During that year, 630,000 deaths...

In 1996, Planet X had a population of 26 million people. During that year, 630,000 deaths occurred. 1,000,000 people became ill with cholera and 312, 000 deaths were attributed to this disease. Calculate your answers as per 100,000 population and be specific with units.

    1. A- What was the crude mortality rate?
    2. B- What was the cause-specific mortality rate from cholera in 1996?
    3. C- What was the case-fatality rate from cholera?
  1. Calculate an infection rate given the following information. You are an infection control practitioner in a small rural hospital. You have had 12 MRSA cases in the past year. During the year, you have had 1438 patient days. What was the infection rate per 1000 patient days?
  2. You are the manager of a wildlife preserve. You had 26,834 visitors to the preserve last year. 8,156 were adults and the rest were children. On the preserve, you have 13 species of deer, 513 species of flowering plants, 21 species of trees, and 60 species of birds.

                   a. Calculate the percent of visitors that were adults and children.

                   b. What is the ratio of children to adults?

                   c. What is the proportion of each species type?

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Q. You are an attorney working for a large law firm. Anthony, Paul and Silvio retain...

Q. You are an attorney working for a large law firm. Anthony, Paul and Silvio retain you to represent diem. With the material that you studied in the Chapters, prepare an essay explaining the issues presented. Be sure to explain the Courts (Federal or State) to which the matters could be brought and why, and the various legal issues that you studied with respect to the fact pattern. Hint: The best way to answer this essay is to take each set of facts the each paragraph, and explain the law as it applies to the facts.

You are an attorney working for a large law firm. Anthony, Paul and Silvio retain you to represent them. With the material given prepare an essay explaining the issues presented. Be sure to explain the courts to which the matters could be brought and why and the various legal issues that you find in the fact pattern. Anthony a New Jersey resident and owner of a waste disposal company in New Jersey decided to expand his business to the five boroughs of New York City. On a particular Sunday afternoon Anthony and some of his employees drove in the company SUV across the Bridge and headed to a meeting in the Queens with a local Queens based waste disposal company in order to enter into a joint venture for the collection of commercial waste. The SUV was traveling at approximately 30 miles per hr on the side streets of the Queens as it headed to the meeting. tony was driving the car and had his employees, Paul and Silvio (all NJ residents) sitting in the back seat of the vehicle. As Tony left the Long Island Expressway at the Utopia Parkway ramp he stopped at a traffic light. A truck travelling from behind was apparently traveling over the speed limit and was unable to stop in time. Tony's SUV was "rear ended" by the truck. The truck was owned by a local fireworks company, a New York domestic corporation and contained fireworks for the upcoming 4th of July display in the East River. Paul and Silvio sustained injuries as a result of the car crash. They were immediately hospitalized. The SUV was "totaled" and could not be repaired due to the extensive damage. The damage to the SUV ( a specially designed Porsche) was $85000. The cost of the hospitalization to Paul and Silvio was $15000 to each respectively. Anthony was able to keep his business appointment despite the fact that his entourage was hospitalized. During the business meeting, Anthony was angered that the Queens Company was not interested in the terms of the contract. He held a gun to the head of the Queens Company Vice President and as a result they agreed to enter into a joint venture agreement. His agreement with the Queens based company was as follows: THe Queens company could use his trucks for waste removal. they would pay him a monthly rental for the use of his trucks. the vice President then brought the agreement to the President of the Queens company for signature. The president was awoken from his sleep and presented with the agreement and was told he was signing a contract with a local vendor for truck parts. He signed the agreement without reading it as he was still groggy from being awoken. Two weeks later Paul, who owned a appliance store paid for an advertisement in the local Dollarsaver newspaper. The advertisement stated that the first person who entered the store at 9:00 am on Tuesday October 16, and who purchased a 19" plasmas TV set would receive a free outdoor barbeque set. Jim entered the store at 9:00 am on the 16th, purchased the 19" plasma TV and was advised that the appliance store had no barbeque sets in stock. The same day Paul signed an agreement with Sony to purchase all of the 19" plasma TVs that sony produces. Two weeks later, when the first shipment arrived, Paul rejects the shipment on the basis that there was no contract because the quantity was "too vague". Three weeks later Silvio decided to sell his home. He met with the potential buyers and advised them that the zoning for the house permitted the house to be used as a two family dwelling and that the property size was sufficient for the town to permit the construction of an in-ground pool. The real estate broker representing Silvo concurred. The broker was Silvio nephew. The purchasers , who wanted to convert the house to a two family dwelling in order to move their parent in, signed the agreement and relied upon the broker and Silvio's representation. Weeks later they met with the local Buildings Department for the town and were told that the zoning laws for the town nly permitted one family dwelling for their newly purchased house.

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Write a reserch proposal About "Depression" within 200-225 words(1 page and Within 3 paragarphs) Using MLA...

Write a reserch proposal About "Depression" within 200-225 words(1 page and Within 3 paragarphs) Using MLA format and Proper Citation is must. Please Include minimum 4 source of citation(Please remember you are only allowed to use MLA format). Please concern about the words( Not more than 225 words).

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The heights of all adult American women are normally distributed with a mean of 63.6 inches...

The heights of all adult American women are normally distributed with a mean of 63.6 inches and a standard deviation of 5 inches. Give the standard (z) score and approximate percentile (from the tables) for women with each of the following heights:

  1. 63 inches
  1. 60 inches

  1. 62.5 inches

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Read the article,“Internet privacy and the ‘right to be forgotten’”, and write an Argument Essay. You...

Read the article,“Internet privacy and the ‘right to be forgotten’”, and write an Argument Essay.

You should spend some time planning your ideas, and should include a clear introduction, main body, and conclusion. You must use and integrate content from the article for at least THREE times in your essay to provide support for your ideas and arguments (e.g., reasons, examples, and evidence).

. Avoid patch-writing (500 words)

Task:Write an argument essay on whether Internet users should be given the  

“right to be forgotten” online.

Guidelines: Analyze the arguments in favor and against, and state your own

opinion clearly.

Internet privacy and the “right to be forgotten”

When it comes to privacy, the Internet has long been something of a Wild West but that that is starting to change, with regulators in Europe and the United States beginning to pull in the reins.On both sides of the Atlantic, officials are scrutinizing how companies such as Facebook and Google handle users' personal data, as they draw up plans to protect surfers while ensuring the growth of rapidly expanding social media, search engine and other Web-based businesses.

In the first sign of where Europe may be headed with its privacy regulations, the European Union announced this week that social networking sites and search engines could face court action if they fail to obey new EU data privacy rules.Under proposals to be fleshed out in the coming months and that will update 16-year-old data-protection laws, the European Commission wants to force companies holding data to allow users to withdraw it from websites, calling it the "right to be forgotten."

Companies would also have to provide more information on what data they have collected from people and why."Any company operating in the EU market or any online product that is targeted at EU consumers must comply with EU rules," Viviane Reding, the European commissioner in charge of justice issues, said in a speech this week."To enforce EU law, national privacy watchdogs will be endowed with powers to investigate and engage in legal proceedings against non-EU data controllers," she added.Reding said that EU-based privacy watchdogs should even be given powers to enforce compliance outside Europe, which could include access to U.S.-based servers and other data sources.While privacy campaigners and Internet users may be pleased to hear what Reding has to say, her words will cause concern in parts of the United States, where many of the biggest and most successful search engines and social media companies are based.

Europe and the United States have traditionally differed on privacy issues, with the EU taking a stronger regulatory approach and U.S. officials more mindful of the need to balance entrepreneurship and business demands with data protection.But in recent weeks, as U.S. privacy experts have visited Brussels to try to close the gaps between the two regulatory frameworks, officials have emphasized how closely they are working together to come up with a common set of standards."I think our baseline understanding of the rules is very similar," said Fiona Alexander of the U.S. Department of Commerce, who was in Brussels this month to meet EU regulators. "The implementation in the past may have been different."

The EU and U.S. already agree on some general concepts, such as the idea that privacy safeguards need to be designed into Web products from the start. They also both want to require Web browsers to offer a "do not track" option to users.But differences remain on specifics and philosophy.EU officials are adamant that companies should obtain explicit permission from users before every use of their data -- such as through a pop-up consent box -- while that is not something U.S. regulators are pushing for, EU officials say.

The right to be forgotten is also a concept that goes against the grain for U.S. regulators, who favor a broader definition of freedom of information.In a sign of where Europe is going and how complex applying the law could become, Spanish data protection authorities ordered Google in January to remove links to more than 80 news articles mentioning people by name, saying it violated privacy.The case has been referred to Europe's highest court.

Some companies, such as Microsoft, support the effort by the European Union and the United States to align their policies, saying it will result in clearer, more uniform rules."Companies need solid, clear rules to be able to continue to invest and to be competitive," said John Vassallo, Microsoft's vice president of EU affairs. "Now, there are too many competing rules."

But even within individual EU countries, privacy rules vary so much that lawyers say it would be almost impossible for a multinational company to be compliant in all 27 EU countries.That suggests that Reding and her EU regulatory team will have their work cut out if they are to draw up a clear and workable policy in the months ahead, and one that fits well with the rules U.S. regulators are also drawing up.

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Research and find an example company following a Cost Leadership strategy (not from the book, i.e....

Research and find an example company following a Cost Leadership strategy (not from the book, i.e. no Southwest Air, no IKEA , also no McDonald's and no Dollar Store - these are all too easy and obvious. ) Describe what the firm is doing to implement this form of competitive advantage. Be specific in explain which benefits the company has eliminated to reduce costs.

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What are the different types of psychoeducation and psychotherapeutic clinical group therapies often used in treatment...

What are the different types of psychoeducation and psychotherapeutic clinical group therapies often used in treatment of substance use disorders? How would the prescreening process for referrals look different for each? If you determined a client needed a referral for an alternative treatment, how would you describe the referral process and complementary treatment alternatives?

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Discuss the major findings/rulings and selection/recruitment implications of the following select court cases. *Griggs v. Duke...

Discuss the major findings/rulings and selection/recruitment implications of the following select court cases.

*Griggs v. Duke Power (1971)
*US v. Georgia Power (1973)
*Spurlock v. United Airlines (1972)
*Watson v. Fort Worth Bank and Trust (1988)
*Rudder v. District of Columbia (1995)
*Frank Ricci et al. v. Hohn DeStefano et al. (2009)
*OFCCP v. Ozark Airlines (1986)
*Gross v. FBL Financial Services (2009)

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Problems 1 and 2 require the use of Excel’s “Solver” add-in. This may not be immediately...

Problems 1 and 2 require the use of Excel’s “Solver” add-in. This may not be immediately available on your installation of Excel. To get to “Solver”, you want to click on “Add-Ins” under in the “Developer” tab (or sometimes “Add-Ins” appears as a tab of its own). In “Add-Ins”, click the box to enable the “Solver Add-in”. “Solver” should then appear under the “Data” tab (probably on the far right). Alternatively you may be able to click on the Solver add-in through the sequence "File" "Options" "Add-ins", then at the bottom, for Manage: Excel Add-ins, click "Go". There you can click on "Solver" and "Ok".

If you do not have the “Developer” tab, you can add it to your ribbon. From “File” or “Home”, click on “Options”, where you can click on “Customize Ribbon”, in which you can click on “Developer”.

A bond with face value $1364 and a term of 12 years pays quarterly coupons of 12% per annum. The bond is offered at a price of $1751. You are to enter the above values into a spreadsheet, along with

    - an initial wild guess at what the yield would be, and
    - a calculation of the bond price using your guess as the yield.
(a) Use Excel’s “Solver” (which is different from “Goal Seek”) to solve for the actual yield that produces the correct bond price. Take a screen shot of your computer with “Solver” open showing clearly the entries that you put into Solver. Paste the screen shot into an application (like Paint), and save it as a (.png) file. Upload your screenshot below.
(b) What is the yield calculated by Solver?

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explain the story of us, now and why as it applies to transformational leadership.

explain the story of us, now and why as it applies to transformational leadership.

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Discuss about the importance of BC/DR Maintenance.1-2 paragraphs max

Discuss about the importance of BC/DR Maintenance.1-2 paragraphs max

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in your own words discuss: regarding adam smiths divison of labor theory written in 1776 how...

in your own words discuss:

regarding adam smiths divison of labor theory written in 1776 how is his work similar to business and managment today?
what seems intresting about it?
what does his divison of labor theory tell us about how people worked during the time he wrote it?
what would you question about his theory ?

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