...This pack of MTH 157 Final Exam includes answers to the next questions: 1. Write a short paragraph describing what is illustrated by the given display. 2. Identify the misuse or misrepresentation of statistics. 3. Kevin asked some of his friends how many hours they had worked during the previous week at their after-school jobs. The results are shown below. 4. Explain why having a strong linear correlation does not imply causality. Give an example to support your answer. 5. What is the expected height range for a 2-year old child? 6. Over the past two weeks, Jane earned $292 and $193 respectively, at her part time job. What must she earn in the third week to bring her three-week average earnings to $200 per week? 7. If the 26 is replaced with 39, how will this affect the range? How will this affect the standard deviation? How does this illustrate one advantage of the standard deviation over the range as a measure of spread? 8. Suppose that you want to select the game giving the highest average output over a long period of time. Which machine would you select? Why? 9. Consider a bowl containing 36 different slips of paper. Ten of the slips of paper each contain one of the digits from the set 0 through 9 and 26 slips each contain one of the 26 letters of the alphabet. If one slip is drawn at random, what is P(slip contains a letter formed from straight-line segments only)? 10. How many different sequences of 4 digits are possible if the first digit must be 3, 4, or 5 and...
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...Reflective Paper MTH 157 June 17, 2012 Reflective Paper This course has covered numerous topics like data analysis, probability, geometry, and measurements. Data analysis is a specific process that includes inspecting information, clearing up information, transforming the information, and modeling the resulting data while highlighting the information in the data. While modeling the data it is important to show support in the decisions that were made. Data analysis encompasses many different techniques across many different subjects like math, science, and business. Probability is not an exact science, but is instead based on the conclusions of what will most likely happen. To calculate probabilities it is important to look at the whole picture. Geometry is the study of shapes, their size, positioning, and type like two dimensional and three dimensional. Geometry is all around us but is often overlooked in a mathematical sense. Each of the concepts learned in this course are relevant to the characteristics of a professional mathematics teacher. The climate of the classroom, assessments, reflections, instruction, engagement, relevance, and knowledge are all important. The climate of the classroom must be positively geared towards learning. Students should be able to be active participants alone and in groups. In order for this to be possible the teacher must be able to model literacy and numeracy with the appropriate strategies so that students can communicate effectively...
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...OFFICIAL CATALOG This Catalog contains information, policies, procedures, regulations and requirements that were correct at the time of publication and are subject to the terms and conditions of the Enrollment Agreement entered into between the Student and ECPI University. In keeping with the educational mission of the University, the information, policies, procedures, regulations and requirements contained herein are continually being reviewed, changed and updated. Consequently, this document cannot be considered binding. Students are responsible for keeping informed of official policies and meeting all relevant requirements. When required changes to the Catalog occur, they will be communicated through catalog inserts and other means until a revised edition of the Catalog is published. The policies in this Catalog have been approved under the authority of the ECPI University Board of Trustees and, therefore, constitute official University policy. Students should become familiar with the policies in this Catalog. These policies outline both student rights and student responsibilities. The University reserves the right and authority at any time to alter any or all of the statements contained herein, to modify the requirements for admission and graduation, to change or discontinue programs of study, to amend any regulation or policy affecting the student body, to increase tuition and fees, to deny admission, to revoke an offer of admission and to dismiss from the...
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...www.it-ebooks.info www.it-ebooks.info Programming Interviews Exposed: Secrets to Landing Your Next Job Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxv Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxix Chapter 1 Before the Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter 2 The Job Application Process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Chapter 3 Approaches to Programming Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Chapter 4 Linked Lists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Chapter 5 Trees and Graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Chapter 6 Arrays and Strings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
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...• BLISS, FORSYTHE, AND CHAN MIMO Wireless Communication MIMO Wireless Communication Daniel W. Bliss, Keith W. Forsythe, and Amanda M. Chan ■ Wireless communication using multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems enables increased spectral efficiency for a given total transmit power. Increased capacity is achieved by introducing additional spatial channels that are exploited by using space-time coding. In this article, we survey the environmental factors that affect MIMO capacity. These factors include channel complexity, external interference, and channel estimation error. We discuss examples of space-time codes, including space-time low-density parity-check codes and spacetime turbo codes, and we investigate receiver approaches, including multichannel multiuser detection (MCMUD). The ‘multichannel’ term indicates that the receiver incorporates multiple antennas by using space-time-frequency adaptive processing. The article reports the experimental performance of these codes and receivers. M - multiple-output (MIMO) systems are a natural extension of developments in antenna array communication. While the advantages of multiple receive antennas, such as gain and spatial diversity, have been known and exploited for some time [1, 2, 3], the use of transmit diversity has only been investigated recently [4, 5]. The advantages of MIMO communication, which exploits the physical channel between many transmit and receive antennas, are currently receiving significant...
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...Date of Sale Seal of Bank / Institution with Address Initial of authorized sale clerk CONTENTS Sl. No. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Appendix I. II. III. IV . V . VI. VII. VIII. IX. List of Institutions participated in CCB(AIEEE) -2010-Counseling .......................................................... 007 Nomenclature of Disciplines in Degree Engineering & Technology/ Architecture/Town Planning (Approved by AICTE) ............................................................................... 009 Syllabus .................................................................................................................................................... 010 Addresses of selling centers from where Application Forms can be procured against Cash Payment only ....................................................................................................... 019 Instructions for completing and sending the Application Form By Post ................................................. 024 List of Cities where All India Engineering/Architecture Entrance Examination will be conducted ................................................................................................................. 027 List of cities where on line examination will be conducted ...................................................................... 029 A. Procedure to be followed in conduct of AIEEE ...............................................................................
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...2012 Catalog Volume 20 Issue 1 March 5, 2012 – December 31, 2012 This Catalog contains information, policies, procedures, regulations and requirements that were correct at the time of publication and are subject to the terms and conditions of the Enrollment Agreement entered into between the Student and ECPI University. In keeping with the educational mission of the University, the information, policies, procedures, regulations and requirements contained herein are continually being reviewed, changed and updated. Consequently, this document cannot be considered binding. Students are responsible for keeping informed of official policies and meeting all relevant requirements. When required changes to the Catalog occur, they will be communicated through catalog inserts and other means until a revised edition of the Catalog is published. The policies in this Catalog have been approved under the authority of the ECPI University Board of Trustees and, therefore, constitute official University policy. Students should become familiar with the policies in this Catalog. These policies outline both student rights and student responsibilities. The University reserves the right and authority at any time to alter any or all of the statements contained herein, to modify the requirements for admission and graduation, to change or discontinue programs of study, to amend any regulation or policy affecting the student body, to increase tuition and fees, to deny admission, to revoke an offer...
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...INDEX Sl. No. 1. 2. Executive Summary Chapter 1 – Introduction Chapter 2 - Financing Healthcare for the Aged The aged in India—National Policy for the aged--Policy framework for reforms in Health in India— Health of the ageing population in India—Provision of healthcare: Access and Service quality— Financing of Health in India: Public and Private expenditure — Need for financial protection. Chapter 3 – Health Insurance in India Development of Insurance in India—Evolution of Health Insurance in India— Current Perspective. Chapter 4 – Need For Reforms In Health Insurance Existing Regulatory provisions- Need for Reforms from the Senior Citizens’ perspective Chapter 5 - Access To Health Insurance For Senior Citizens Products currently available for Senior Citizens—Underwriting practices of insurers—Affordability and accessibility Chapter 6- Product Design Proper product design—Design mechanisms: Insured persons; Providers; Insurers --- Basic, Standard, Enhanced products—Policy clauses—Health Insurance data—The ‘age’ factor— Overseas Travel Insurance— Government Subsidized and Low Cost Health Insurance Plans for Senior Citizens---Recommendations. Chapter 7– Risk Based Underwriting And Pricing Pricing adequacy and equity—Pricing of the mandatory cover for Senior Citizens—Underwriting based on health status-Affordability -Recommendations. Chapter 8 - Expanding The Coverage Of Health Insurance Socio-economic scenario in India—Penetration of Health Insurance in India—Health insurance...
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...Acknowledgments ix Acknowledgments This book owes a great deal to the mental energy of several generations of scholars. As an undergraduate at the University of Cape Town, Francis Wilson made me aware of the importance of migrant labour and Robin Hallett inspired me, and a generation of students, to study the African past. At the School of Oriental and African Studies in London I was fortunate enough to have David Birmingham as a thesis supervisor. I hope that some of his knowledge and understanding of Lusophone Africa has found its way into this book. I owe an equal debt to Shula Marks who, over the years, has provided me with criticism and inspiration. In the United States I learnt a great deal from ]eanne Penvenne, Marcia Wright and, especially, Leroy Vail. In Switzerland I benefitted from the friendship and assistance of Laurent Monier of the IUED in Geneva, Francois Iecquier of the University of Lausanne and Mariette Ouwerhand of the dépurtement évangélrlyue (the former Swiss Mission). In South Africa, Patricia Davison of the South African Museum introduced me to material culture and made me aware of the richness of difference; the late Monica Wilson taught me the fundamentals of anthropology and Andrew Spiegel and Robert Thornton struggled to keep me abreast of changes in the discipline; Sue Newton-King and Nigel Penn brought shafts of light from the eighteenthcentury to bear on early industrialism. Charles van Onselen laid a major part of the intellectual foundations on...
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...Vijay V. Vazirani College of Computing Georgia Institute of Technology Copyright c 2001 Approximation Algorithms Springer Berlin Heidelberg NewYork Barcelona Hong Kong London Milan Paris Singapore Tokyo To my parents Preface Although this may seem a paradox, all exact science is dominated by the idea of approximation. Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) Most natural optimization problems, including those arising in important application areas, are NP-hard. Therefore, under the widely believed conjecture that P = NP, their exact solution is prohibitively time consuming. Charting the landscape of approximability of these problems, via polynomial time algorithms, therefore becomes a compelling subject of scientific inquiry in computer science and mathematics. This book presents the theory of approximation algorithms as it stands today. It is reasonable to expect the picture to change with time. The book is divided into three parts. In Part I we cover a combinatorial algorithms for a number of important problems, using a wide variety of algorithm design techniques. The latter may give Part I a non-cohesive appearance. However, this is to be expected – nature is very rich, and we cannot expect a few tricks to help solve the diverse collection of NP-hard problems. Indeed, in this part, we have purposely refrained from tightly categorizing algorithmic techniques so as not to trivialize matters. Instead, we have attempted to capture, as accurately as possible, the individual character...
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...ealiie of India- s culture to the World at large and ham helped her towa.nls a reawakening and political alteration., and who by their discovery of the Universal aspect of this culture have made patent India's spiritual kinship with the other ancient nations of the World and ham paved the way for an ultimate triumph of Internationalism. PREFACE The preparation 'of an annotated English translation of the Natya&stra entrusted to me as early as 1944, by the Royal Asiatic Society, has been delayed for various reasons which need not be recounted here in detail. But mention must be made of one important factor of this delay, viz., the inherent difficulty of this very old text which is not yet available in a complete critical edition. From my first serious acquaintance with it in 1925 in connection with...
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...TLFeBOOK WHAT READERS ARE SAYIN6 "I wish I had had this book when I needed it most, which was during my pre-med classes. I t could have also been a great tool for me in a few medical school courses." Or. Kellie Aosley8 Recent Hedical school &a&ate "CALCULUS FOR THE UTTERLY CONFUSED has proven to be a wonderful review enabling me t o move forward in application of calculus and advanced topics in mathematics. I found it easy t o use and great as a reference for those darker aspects of calculus. I' Aaron Ladeville, Ekyiheeriky Student 'I1am so thankful for CALCULUS FOR THE UTTERLY CONFUSED! I started out Clueless but ended with an All' Erika Dickstein8 0usihess school Student "As a non-traditional student one thing I have learned is the Especially in importance of material supplementary t o texts. calculus it helps to have a second source, especially one as lucid and fun t o read as CALCULUS FOR THE UTTERtY CONFUSED. Anyone, whether you are a math weenie or not, will get something out of this book. With this book, your chances of survival in the calculus jungle are greatly increased.'I Brad &3~ker, Physics Student Other books i the Utterly Conhrsed Series include: n Financial Planning for the Utterly Confrcsed, Fifth Edition Job Hunting for the Utterly Confrcred Physics for the Utterly Confrred CALCULUS FOR THE UTTERLY CONFUSED Robert M. Oman Daniel M. Oman McGraw-Hill New York San Francisco Washington, D.C. Auckland Bogoth Caracas Lisbon...
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...This page intentionally left blank Quantitative Models in Marketing Research Recent advances in data collection and data storage techniques enable marketing researchers to study the characteristics of a large range of transactions and purchases, in particular the effects of household-specific characteristics and marketing-mix variables. This book presents the most important and practically relevant quantitative models for marketing research. Each model is presented in detail with a self-contained discussion, which includes: a demonstration of the mechanics of the model, empirical analysis, real-world examples, and interpretation of results and findings. The reader of the book will learn how to apply the techniques, as well as understand the latest methodological developments in the academic literature. Pathways are offered in the book for students and practitioners with differing statistical and mathematical skill levels, although a basic knowledge of elementary numerical techniques is assumed. PHILIP HANS FRANSES is Professor of Applied Econometrics affiliated with the Econometric Institute and Professor of Marketing Research affiliated with the Department of Marketing and Organization, both at Erasmus University Rotterdam. He has written successful textbooks in time series analysis. RICHARD PAAP is Postdoctoral Researcher with the Rotterdam Institute for Business Economic Studies at Erasmus University Rotterdam. His research interests cover applied (macro-)econometrics...
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...SUBJECT: BUSINESS STATISTICS COURSE CODE: MC-106 LESSON: 01 AUTHOR: SURINDER KUNDU VETTER: DR. B. S. BODLA AN INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS STATISTICS OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present lesson is to enable the students to understand the meaning, definition, nature, importance and limitations of statistics. “A knowledge of statistics is like a knowledge of foreign language of algebra; it may prove of use at any time under any circumstance”……………………………………...Bowley. STRUCTURE: 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 Introduction Meaning and Definitions of Statistics Types of Data and Data Sources Types of Statistics Scope of Statistics Importance of Statistics in Business Limitations of statistics Summary Self-Test Questions Suggested Readings 1.1 INTRODUCTION For a layman, ‘Statistics’ means numerical information expressed in quantitative terms. This information may relate to objects, subjects, activities, phenomena, or regions of space. As a matter of fact, data have no limits as to their reference, coverage, and scope. At the macro level, these are data on gross national product and shares of agriculture, manufacturing, and services in GDP (Gross Domestic Product). 1 At the micro level, individual firms, howsoever small or large, produce extensive statistics on their operations. The annual reports of companies contain variety of data on sales, production, expenditure, inventories, capital employed, and other activities. These data are often field data...
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