continuous random variable because the time is being measured. All possible results for the variable time (t) would be greater than > 0. b) The weight of a T-bone steak is a continuous random variable because the weight of the steak is measured. All the possible results for the weight of the T-bone steak would be positive numbers making the variable weight (w) > greater than 0. c) The number of free throw attempts before the first shot is made is a discrete random variable
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Depending on how a sample is drawn‚ it may be a random sample or a nonrandom sample. A random sample is a sample drawn in such a way that each member of the population has some chance of being selected in the sample. In a nonrandom sample‚ some members of the population may not have any chance of being selected in the sample. Suppose we have a list of 100 students and we want to select 10 of them. If we write the names of all 100 students on pieces of paper‚ put them in a hat‚ mix them‚ and then
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Sampling and Data Collection Plan: Amsterdam LLC Cindy Smith QNT/561 November 10‚ 2014 Professor Derek Blythe Sampling and Data Collection Plan: Amsterdam LLC Amsterdam LLC is a transportation company that transports clients to and from their destination throughout the states of Ohio‚ New York‚ and Illinois. The company operates over 1‚500 vehicles and consumes at least 3 million gallons of fuel per year. The company has realized that the operation and maintenance of the outdated vehicles are becoming
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I believe random acts of kindness are related to our class because the health fields are service fields. We will be working with people. We need to be able to get along with others. We will need to be or learn to be givers. They say people get well faster if they have the right attitude. If we work in health services and we help our patients by being positive around them they may get better faster‚ and I think we will enjoy our work more too. My favorite random act of kindness from the past nine
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Operation Research I Fall‚ 2008 Chap8 The Transportation and Assignment Problems Example: Three canneries and four warehouse Shipping Cost per Truckload Output Warehouse 1 2 3 4 464 513 654 867 75 1 Cannery 352 416 690 791 125 2 995 682 388 685 100 3 80 65 70 85 Allocation xij = the number of truckloads to be shipped from cannery i to warehouse j. The Transportation Problem Distribute goods from sources to destinations with minimum cost. si : number of
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Although conducting random locker searches are beneficial in exceptional and deficient ways‚ many citizens will disagree with being able to have locker searches. Conducting locker searches could also help detect illegal substances and weapons‚ used for bullying or even to seriously injure a peer. On the other hand‚ locker searches violates privacy. First and foremost‚ conducting locker searches can discover atrocious students with illegal substances. An abundance of schools have an enormous amount
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Sampling and Data collecting Plan October 9‚ 2014 University of Phoenix QNT/561 Team D has chosen to look into whether or not should Pear Inc. should start putting their resources into either Laptops or tablet electronic devices. Putting resources into a venture that may or not pan out could be detrimental to that same company. As an example; Kodak and their choice not to expand into digital‚ something they created‚ and stay the course with their polyurethane film (Mui‚ 2012).In the end the
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Sampling and Data Collection Antonio Walker QNT 561 March 19‚ 2015 Samuel Imarhiagbe Sampling and Data Collection B.G.J. &W. Diamond Company is one of the most prominent diamond cutters‚ importers‚ and designers of fine jewelry in the country. Members of B.G.J. &W are Diamond Graduates of the Gemological Institute of America and proud members of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses and the Diamond Dealers Club of New York. As such‚ B.G.J. &W Diamond Company offers an astonishing assortment of
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2013 [ A Guide to Report Writing ] CONTENTS Page 1. 2 INTRODUCTION PREPARATION 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 3 1 2 Introduction.......................................................................................................... 2 Purpose ............................................................................................................... 2 Planning .............................................................................................................. 2 Research .......
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During one of my Online Facebook sessions‚ I was watching a video on random acts of kindness called “Validation”‚ it reminded me that performing random acts of kindness like simply complimenting people is something that I need to incorporate more into my life on a regular basis. I actually had a warm feeling inside knowing that many people have done so many kind things to me. I too have done many kind things to others; but‚ I had still not decided to incorporate this small thing into my life. I immediately
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