CHAPTER 3 Response surface methodology 3.1 Introduction Response surface methodology (RSM) is a collection of mathematical and statistical techniques for empirical model building. By careful design of experiments‚ the objective is to optimize a response (output variable) which is influenced by several independent variables (input variables). An experiment is a series of tests‚ called runs‚ in which changes are made in the input variables in order to identify the reasons for changes in
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Question 1 Surface level diversity Surface level diversity are those differences that are easily noticeable such as age‚ gender‚ ethnicity/race‚ culture‚ language‚ disability etc. Surface level diversity is easy to be measured and managers/recruiters can fall into the wrong practice of discrimination based on these factors. For example‚ thinking that performance degrades with age‚ they might prefer younger workforce. Surface level diversity is often difficult to change. For e.g. racial differences
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THE EARTH IS PRECIOUS The earth gives us life and many things which we need in our daily life‚it provide us with natural resources which is mostly needed for humans and technology.But perhaps our planet is in great danger. For the last one hundred or so years‚ the people of earth have wasted and misused the natural recourses of earth. Several plans have been developed to stop the abuse of earth in which many of them can be executed by any one. Environmental problems have become so complex that many
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Saying good bye pg 2 The Ceremony pg 3 Earth pg 4 Games pg 5 New Life pg 6 Jaycee was sitting in her room studying as always. Her room isn’t what you think it would be. It is dark and dingy and very mysterious. It looks like there was a house fire‚ and it smells like mold and rotten garbage. In fact where she lives is very mysterious and smelly too. This is because her home is underneath the surface of the earth‚ in the year 3000 aliens attacked our planet
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There is a salient relationship between aesthetic pleasure and the individual. Virginia Postrel’s essay "Surface and Substance" argues that society must accept "that aesthetic pleasure is an autonomous good (Postrel 436)." Society as a whole must refrain from holding those with aesthetic preferences in low regards. Individual’s presentations of himself or herself define his or her own form‚ therefore expressing their character. The perceived significance of aesthetics and individualism indicates
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Aesthetics is the study of the mind and emotions in relation to the sense of beauty. This philosophy is very well explained in Virginia Postrel¡¯s essay‚ ¡°Surface and Substance¡±. In the essay‚ Postrel challenges the separation of surface and substance with examples of acts of consumptions‚ which she describes as an engagement with beauty. There are many reasons that drive people towards consumptions. It is important to be socially accepted‚ even if it requires changing the way one looks. Some
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Presentations Organizational Communication 410 In today’s society there is a need to provide the masses with valuable information. From small businesses to massive corporations. Presentations can be given in a multitude of ways‚ written in an email or memo‚ face to face interaction or on a larger scale in an auditorium to a group. “Communication‚ both spoken and written‚ is always addressed to an audience‚ a set of listeners or readers you are intending to convey information to or have some
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Just below the surface The story is written by Kate Nivison and takes place in a London suburb in an upper class environment (p. 41‚ l. 14) in modern time (p. 42‚ l. 23). It is a first person narrator so we sympathize with Indrani. Indrani: * Is an Indian woman (p. 42‚ l. 37) * Is education‚ but not highly educated * She is very bigoted (p. 42‚ p. 29-30) * She thinks the British people are xenophobic (the woman in the shop and the men from the council‚ p. 43‚ l. 15) *
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presentation A Presentation Is... A Presentation Is... A presentation is a means of communicati on which can be adapt ed to various speaking situations‚ such as talk ing to a group‚ addres sing a meeting or brie fing a team. A Presentation Is... Presentation is the practice of showing and explaining the content of a topic to an audience or learner. Preparing for a presentation Preparation is the single most important part of making a successful presentation. This is the crucial founda
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