Collecting Data Maria Bond BSHS 405 April 6‚ 2013 Dr. Kimberly Eaton Collecting Data The human service field has many different moving parts. Along with heavy caseloads‚ there is a substantial amount of paperwork that must be completed to provide services. Before a client can begin to get services‚ an intake evaluation must be completed. The intake evaluation is the initial meeting between the client and human service worker. This process is meant to gather information to address the immediate needs
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HCS/438 DQ’s Week 1: DQ1: What are the differences between descriptive and inferential statistics? According to Bennett (2009)‚ the biggest difference between descriptive and inferential statistics is that descriptive statistics "deals with describing raw data in the form of graphics and sample of statistics" and inferential statistics "deals with estimating population parameters from sample data." This means that inferential statistics would be an estimate because the data would be estimated
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RATIO ANALYSIS Ratio analysis is a key dimension of financial management‚ suggesting a relationship between profit and loss as mentioned in the balance sheet of an organization. In Latin ‘ratio’ means reason. In English ‘ratio’ means relationship. Ratio analysis is defined as “the establishment of a reasoned relationship” of a fixed variable character between measurements of certain phenomenon having some kind of linkage. A ratio shows the arithmetical relationship between two figures
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University of Phoenix Material Learning Personality Theories Matrix Theory | Assumptions | Reliability | Validity | Application | Behavioral Analysis Theory | * Originated by E.L. Thorndike and John Watson but typically associated with B.F. Skinner. * General focus was on observable behavior even though internal states such as thinking and feeling can influence behavior as well. * History of an individual provides the most useful data for predicting and controlling behavior. However‚
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FINANCIAL RATIOS LIQUIDITY RATIOS Current Ratio: = current assets / current liabilities ▪ The higher the ratio‚ the greater the "cushion" between current obligations and a firm ’s ability to meet them. ▪ Use: An indication of a company ’s ability to meet short-term debt obligations; the higher the ratio‚ the more liquid the company is. Current ratio is equal to current assets divided by current liabilities. If the current assets of a company are more than twice the current liabilities
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you find a combination of numbers that is more significant than this one. This ratio is known as the Golden Number‚ or the Golden Ratio. This mystery number has been used throughout different aspects of life‚ such as art‚ architecture‚ and of course‚ mathematics. One may wonder where the Golden Ratio came from? Who thought to discover it? When was it discovered? And how has it been used throughout time? The Golden ratio has been used throughout different aspects of life after being discovered during
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1) Current Ratio The ratio is mainly used to give an idea of the company’s ability to pay back its short-term liabilities (debt and payables) with its short-term assets (cash‚ inventory‚ receivables). The higher the current ratio‚ the more capable the company is of paying its obligations. 2) Quick Ratio An indicator of a company’s short-term liquidity. The quick ratio measures a company’s ability to meet its short-term obligations with its most liquid assets. For this reason‚ the ratio excludes inventories
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Financial ratio analysis A reading prepared by Pamela Peterson Drake OUTLINE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. Introduction Liquidity ratios Profitability ratios and activity ratios Financial leverage ratios Shareholder ratios Introduction As a manager‚ you may want to reward employees based on their performance. How do you know how well they have done? How can you determine what departments or divisions have performed well? As a lender‚ how do decide the borrower will be able to pay back as promised? As a
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value occurs most frequently in the data? Interval and Ratio Data Nominal Ordinal Interval-best data Ratio-best data Measures of Variation Outlier-high-end/low-end Interpret the measures of central tendency-mean‚ median‚ mode Measures of variability-range‚ standard deviation (SD) =square root of variance is SD Standard Scores Zscores-table of standard z scores Tdistributions-test to see if variable A = variable B interval/ratio data/normal curve either they = each other or they do not-Mean
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Ratio Analysis Ratio analysis is used to evaluate relationships among financial statement items. The ratios are used to identify trends over time for one company or to compare two or more companies at one point in time. Financial statement ratio analysis focuses on three key aspects of a business: liquidity‚ profitability‚ and solvency. Liquidity ratios Liquidity ratios measure the ability of a company to repay its short-term debts and meet unexpected cash needs. Current ratio. The current
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