Review Test Submission: Midterm Exam SKIP TO COURSE MENU SKIP TO TOP FRAME TABS Content User Course Quantitative Methods Test Midterm Exam Started 2/5/14 10:13 PM Submitted 2/6/14 2:13 AM Status Completed Attempt Score 120 out of 200 points Time Elapsed 4 hours‚ 0 minute out of 4 hours. Instructions Question 1 5 out of 5 points Deterministic techniques assume that no uncertainty exists in model parameters. Answer Selected Answer: True Correct Answer:
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RESEARCH METHODS Advantages and Disadvantages. QUESTIONNAIRES are a set of written questions that are either given to respondents to complete or are posted to them. Questions may be close ended or open ended. Close- ended are designed to give specific or definite answer. Open- ended questions are designed to allow respondent to give their own answers. Questionnaires may be distributed by hand or by post. ADVANTAGES OF QUESTIONNAIRES. They allow a large number of questions to
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Cost Methods ACC/561 September 4‚ 2013 Cost Methods Absorption costing is a process in which you relate a portion of your fixed overhead costs to the manufacturing product cost. This process will be done on a per unit term. Divide the fixed costs by the number of units manufactured and sold over the period of the term. This will give you the cost of per unit for the amount made and the amount. With the variable costing unlike the absorption costing you will use the fixed
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INDUCTIVE METHOD What is the Inductive Method? The inductive teaching method or process goes from the specific to the general and may be based on specific experiments or experimental learning exercises. Advantages 1. It gives a new knowledge. 2. It is a method of discovery. 3. It is a method of teaching. 4. Child acquires firsthand knowledge and information by actual observation. 5. It is a slow process. 6. It trains the mind and gives self confidence and initiative 7. It is full
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means of various objective methods and procedures. The term objective indicates that these methods and procedures do not rely on personal feelings or opinions and that the specific methods are used at each stage of the research process. These methods include procedures for drawing samples (e.g. simple random sampling)‚ measuring variables‚ collecting information and analysing the information. Research methodology considers and explains the logic behind research methods and techniques. Sources
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Erin Eiermann COM 110 Janice Graham 7:10 Tuesday The Pillow Method The day after the Presidential Election‚ my girlfriend Amanda and I discussed how we felt the next four years might go for our country. Due to our slightly opposing views (I say that very lightly)‚ the discussion quickly turned heated. One issue that was brought up in the conversation was abortion. I am very Pro- Life‚ whereas Amanda is wishy-washy when it comes to the subject. Whilst beginning our excruciatingly draining
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Methods of Persuasion When one thinks of government controversy‚ you cannot help but think of the United States. This issue is usually about how the government deals with one’s rights. Throughout history there have been many that have struggled for freedom against our so-called controversial government. Three writers each had their own specific experience with this government. Although each of these arguments relies on different methods of persuasion‚ Henry Thoreau‚ Virginia Wolf‚ and Fredrick
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selecting units that may be people‚ organizations etc‚ from a larger whole i.e. from a population of interest‚ so that by studying the sample we may come up with general characteristics of the entire population under consideration. Types of sampling methods: Probability sampling Probability sampling is a type of sampling that includes random selection. And in order to achieve random selection‚ it must be made sure that different units of population have equal probability of being chosen
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BACKUP METHODS One of the important aspects of data security involves protecting data from loss or destruction. In this short paper‚ I will cover the backup methods we can use to protect our data and reduces the chances of data loss. Popular hardware devices used for making hard drive backups on standalone personal computer or small servers include tape‚ Zip‚ and Jaz drives. In business environment‚ however‚ if a PC is connected to a file server‚ the most practical backup approach
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