Yearly Archives: 2022

This week you will use the theories of ethics discussed in class to reason through an ethical dilemma. Select one of the ethical dilemmas below to deconstruct. the key problems, choices, and the ethical theories that provide reasoning and guidance.   Ethical Dilemma 1: A newspaper columnist signs a contract with a newspaper chain. Several […]

Ethical Memoir   Compose a 2-page paper that describes a particular moral-ethical dilemma that you encountered and what the outcome of that dilemma was. Did you solve the dilemma? If so, how? If not, what were the repercussions or consequences? What would you do differently if faced with the same problem today? What is the […]

STUDY OF ETHICS   The study of Ethics brings many different kinds of “thinkers” together. One person’s philosophy on ethics may be another person’s philosophy on evil. We will be working this term on constructing personal ethical bases and understanding how Ethical Codes (both personal and professional) are created and followed.   To start us […]

Question 1A student believes that there is a 90% probability of getting an A on the next test. This would be considered:   Empirical probability   Manufactured probability     Subjective probability   Classical probability   Question 2Given the following information, find the probability that a randomly selected student will be tall, but not very tall. […]

Question 1The age of every fourth person entering a department store. The selected individuals would be considered a:     Statistic     Parameter     Population   Correct!     Sample   Question 2 In a survey of 1000 adults, 34% found they prefer charcoal to gas grills. The 1000 would be considered a: […]

DISCRETE PROBABILITY VARIABLES   For this discussion you will use technology to create a short 1-2 minute multimedia post/presentation.   Suggestions: Narrated PowerPoint, recorded video (.mp4), Screencast-O-Matic (.mp4), or a similar tool of your choice. Video can be recorded directly within a post as well, but make sure to plan out in advance what you […]

REGRESSION   This is the time to start preparing for the Reflection paper at the end of the course.  As such the discussions will take on a different tone/format for weeks 6 and 7.  The posts will consist of   ANALYTICAL: Describe how you could use Linear Regression to serve the needs of a decision-making […]

HYPOTHESES IN THE REAL WORLD This is the time to start preparing for the Reflection paper at the end of the course.  As such the discussions will take on a different tone/format for weeks 6 and 7.  The posts will consist of   ANALYTICAL: Describe how you could use Hypothesis Testing to serve the needs […]

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL CONCEPTS Look in the newspapers, magazines, and other news sources for results of a survey or poll that show the confidence interval, usually shows as a +/- some amount.  Describe the survey or poll and then describe the interval shown.  How does knowing the interval, rather than just the main result, impact your […]

INTERPRETING NORMAL DISTRIBUTIONS Assume that a population is normally distributed with a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15. Would it be unusual for the mean of a sample of 3 to be 115 or more? Why or why not?