What are your impressions of the HR Simulation? What was it like to complete the practice rounds? How do you think a simulation like this can help you learn more about HR analytics? Specifically, please outline at least 2 personal goals you have with the simulation. What do you want to get out of this? […]

Correlation and Causality   Watch the “Correlation and Causality” video.   Define a correlation and provide an example   Define causality?   Explain if correlation causes causality.   Provide evidence with an example.   Learning Activity: Using Time Series to Analyze Business Trends   Watch the “Using Time Series to Analyze Business Trends” video.   […]

Probability   Resource: Case Study 5.2 in Chapter 5 of Essentials of Business Statistics   Calculate the requested probabilities for items 1-3.   Discuss your findings for the probabilities.   • Identify the smoking trend from 1997-2007.   • Explain whether this is a discrete, continuous, or conditional probability.   • Explain how probabilities help […]

 Obtaining a Suitable Sample Watch the “Obtaining a Suitable Sample” video.   Consider the following as you watch:   • Discuss the difference between convenience and random sampling.   • Explain how you can obtain a sample size representative of a population.   • Provide three examples.   • Explain why a sample is used […]

The Role of Statistics in Business Decision-Making video   Watch the “The Role of Statistics in Business Decision-Making” video.   Consider the following as you watch:   • Describe probability theory.   • Explain how sampling theory relates to probability theory.   • Differentiate between a population and a sample.   • Explain, based on […]

Review the school board policy and student handbook of your local public school site or district for information regarding their policies on short- and long-term suspensions of students. You may also obtain this information by interviewing an administrator at your chosen site.   Based on the information that you gather, write a 500-750-word essay summarizing: […]

To choose a topic for each short analytical essay, follow your own ideas within the framework of Enlightenment themes and research what scholars in the field are writing. Review the articles you find during the course of your research, and see if one of them strikes a chord with you, and triggers an idea you […]

What is the name of the variable that’s used to predict another variable?   ?Professors at a local university earn an average salary of $80,000 with a standard deviation of $6,000. The salary distribution is approximately bell-shaped. What can be said about the percentage of salaries that are at least $74,000?   ?What type of […]

Which of the following violates the assumptions of regression analysis?   ?Consider the following simple linear regression model:   The response variable is:   ?Serial correlation is typically observed in:   ?The standard error of the estimate measures:   What is the name of the variable that’s used to predict another variable??   Which of the […]

For any normally distributed random variable with mean μ and standard deviation σ, the percent of the observations that fall between   and    is closest to _______. ?   You work in marketing for a company that produces work boots. Quality control has sent you a memo detailing the length of time before the boots […]