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Assignment 1: Discussion—Integration of Technology

Technology has changed the way we conduct business on a daily basis. A number of organizations have opted for integrating systems and sharing information with their counterparts.

Using the Argosy University online library resources and the Internet, research information technology (IT) systems for supply chains.

Then respond to the following:

  • As a manager, if you have to design an IT system for supply chain purposes using a cross-functional team, who would you include on your team and why?
  • Explain some of the trade-offs you would consider when designing/acquiring the system. Be specific and support your reasoning with examples.

After your initial post, discuss the following:

  • What trade-offs are involved in (a) sharing information with other organizations in a supply chain and (b) the acquisition of information-processing technology?
  • Who needs to be involved in decisions as they pertain to technology acquisition for supply chain management?
  • Name three different ways that technology has improved the ability to manage supply chains.
  • Explain why integrated technology has improved the ability to manage supply chains.

Write your initial response in 200 to 300 words. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

By Saturday, October 31, 2015

 

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1- Read the article by Wes Janz.  Then, go to “You Tube” and type in “plant closing” in the search area.  Watch and report on several clips about a plant closing.  What kind of plant was it?  How many workers lost their jobs?  What were the effects on the community?

 

2- Read the article by Wes Janz.  Then, go to “You Tube” and type in “Roger and Me” in the search area.  Roger and Me is a great video about the plant closings of General Motors in Flint Michigan.  Watch and report on several clips.

 

*two paragraphs, each one is 7 sentence

 

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Explain my review process In 200 to 300 words.

 

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I need this statistic answer. allen

 

For these problems, please use Excel to show your work, and submit the Excel spreadsheet along with your completed assignment.

 

 

 

    1. Find the point estimate of the population mean and the margin of error for a 90% confidence interval for the following drive times (in minutes) for commuters to a college.

 

 

 

35        40        47        22        17        19        36        44        65       

 

 

 

55        22        23        16        46        44        38        29        22       

 

 

 

37        16        8          15        27        41        45        17        11

 

 

 

            45        63        17        28        19        64        55        53        50

 

 

 

            Answer:     X  =   S = 1231  = 34.1 Sample Mean

 

                                        n     36

 

 

 

      

 

                                                                                                                                                                                   

 

                          

 

 

 

    1. Use the results from the above data (#1) and determine the minimum survey size that is necessary to be 95% confident that the sample mean drive time is within 10 minutes of the actual mean commuting time.

 

 

 

    1. In a random sample of 35 tractors, the annual cost of maintenance was $4,425 and the standard deviation was $775. Construct a 90% confidence interval for this. Assume the annual maintenance costs are normally distributed.

 

 

 

Answer:   90% = mean ± 1.645 SEm

 

 

 

SEm = SD/√n

 

 

 

I used the table in the back of my statistics text labeled “areas under normal distribution” to find the proportion/probability (±5%) to get Z = 1.645. I assume that you have a similar table available.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    1. The following data represents the number of points scored by players on a high school basketball team this season.

 

 

 

Player 1           68        Player 6           128

 

Player 2           82        Player 7           66

 

Player 3           145      Player 8           54

 

Player 4           111      Player 9           221

 

Player 5           97        Player 10         99

 

      1. Find the sample mean and the sample standard deviation.

 

Answer:  Sample Mean  1071 = 107.1  Sample Standard Deviation S = 3.16

 

                                        10

 

      1. Construct a 90% confidence interval for the population mean and interpret the results. Assume the population of the data set is normally distributed.

 

 

 

 

 

    1. For the following statements, state the null and alternative hypotheses and identify which represents the claim. Determine when a type I or type II error occurs for a hypothesis test of the claim. Determine whether the hypothesis test is left-tailed, right-tailed, or two-tailed, and explain your reasoning. Explain how you should interpret a decision that rejects the null hypothesis. Explain how you would interpret a decision that fails to reject the null hypothesis.

 

      1. It is reported that the number of residents in Wisconsin who support plans to recall the governor is 48%.

 

      1. An Amish bakery store states that the average shelf life of their fresh baked goods is seven days.

 

      1. A soda manufacturer states that the average number of calories in the regular soda is less than 150 calories per serving.

 

    1. The census figures show that the average income for a family in a rural region is approximately $34,860 per year. A random sample has a mean income of $33,566 per year, with a standard deviation of $1,245. At a sig. level of .0.01 is there enough evidence to reject the claim? Explain.

 

    1. An advertising firm claims that the average expenditure for advertising for their customers is at least $12,500 per year. You want to test this claim, so you randomly select 10 of their customers. The results are listed below. At a sig. level of .01 can you reject this claim? Explain.

 

 

 

13,445             11,220             10,157             13,217             9,990

 

                        12,125             10,116             14,350             13,590             12,100

 

 

 

    1. Find the critical value(s) for the indicated test for a population variance, sample size, and sig. level.

 

      1. Right-tailed test – Sample Size (25), Significance (.05)

 

      1. Two-tailed test – Sample Size (11), Significance (.01)

 

      1. Two-tailed test – Sample size (66), Significance (.10)

 

      1. Left-tailed test – Sample Size (18), Significance (.05)

 

    1. The employees in a grocery store are handing out samples of a certain brand of Pizza. This is the pizza company’s way of determining whether people like the brand of pizza and would prefer it over other brands. Do you think this type of sampling is representative of the population? Explain. Identify possible flaws or biases in this study.

 

10.   Classify the following as independent or dependent and explain your answer.

 

a.      Sample 1 – The males in the class
Sample 2 – The females in the class

 

b.      Sample 1 – Blood Pressure of fifteen people in a nursing home

 

c.      Sample 2 – Blood pressure of the same fifteen people one week later

 

11.   A researcher claims that taking a protein supplement as part of a weight gainer program for athletes will help them gain muscle weight. The weights in pounds of 10 athletes are listed below before and after using the protein supplement.   At a sig. of .05 can you conclude that this supplement helps the athletes gain weight?

 

Athlete

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Weight Before

196

220

187

184

206

198

174

176

182

174

Weight After

198

224

185

185

213

196

178

180

175

174

 

 

 

12.   Technology: A math teacher claims that the average final exam scores for the seventh grade boys and girls are equal. The average score for 10 randomly selected boys is 87 with a standard deviation of 11. The average score for 10 randomly selected girls is 89 with a standard deviation of 12. State the null and alternate hypotheses. At a sig. of .05 can you reject the teacher’s claim? Assume normal distribution and equal variances. Please use Excel for your calculations. What is your analysis?

 

13.   Application: Create a small data set based on something you are interested in. You will need to form a null and alternate hypothesis and perform a one-sample test based on the sample. Discuss your analysis based on the output. If you are unsure of ideas for a data set, you can look online or in your text for ideas. However, do not copy word-for-word.

 

 

 

Team

Offense Scored

Points Allowed

Blazers

45

38

Blue Jays

42

45

Coyotes

39

38

Highlanders

48

45

Mountaineers

31

49

Rapid Falls

40

45

Tronado’s

39

37

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ECET iLab 6

Thus lab needs to simulate virtual memory. It should show a fixed value of pages and faults while also being able to translate a virtual address to physical. Here is the source code I have so far:

 

#include <ctime>
#include <iomanip>
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <sched.h>
#include <cstdlib>

using namespace std;

#define NUM_ADDRESSES_TO_GENERATE 10000
#define IN_BUFFER_SIZE 10
#define PAGE_SIZE 2048
#define MAIN_MEMORY_SIZE 16384
#define VIRTUAL_MEMORY_SIZE 65536
#define NUM_PAGES MAIN_MEMORY_SIZE / PAGE_SIZE

// Shared buffer to write/read virtual addresses.
int inBuffer[IN_BUFFER_SIZE];

// Number of virtual addresses in the shared buffer.
int inBufferCount;

// Mutex used to synchronize access to the inBuffer.
pthread_mutex_t inBufferMutex;

// Counter for the number of page faults.
int numberOfPageFaults;

// Flag used to indicate the address generation is done.
bool addressGenerationDone;

// TODO: You’ll probably need some structures and variables to store information
// needed for page replacement and address translation.

int getNextVirtualAddress(int addr)
{
    // TODO: Replace below with your own method of generating virtual addresses.
    // You can just generate a random address if you want, which is probably the
    // easiest thing to do.
     srand(time(NULL));
    addr = rand() % VIRTUAL_MEMORY_SIZE +1;
    return 0;
}

void* doAddressGeneration(void* pArg)
{
    int addr = -1;
    int addressCount = NUM_ADDRESSES_TO_GENERATE;

    while (addressCount != 0) {
        if (inBufferCount < IN_BUFFER_SIZE) {
            addr = getNextVirtualAddress(addr);
          
            // Write the next virtual address. Be careful to synchronize
            // appropriately with the address translation thread.

            pthread_mutex_lock(&inBufferMutex);
            inBuffer[inBufferCount] = addr;
            inBufferCount++;
            pthread_mutex_unlock(&inBufferMutex);

            addressCount–;
        } else {
            // The buffer is full. Yield to wait for it to empty.
            sched_yield();
        }
    }

    // Mark that address generation is done.
    addressGenerationDone = true;

    pthread_exit(NULL);
}

int translateAddress(int addr)
{
    int pageNumber = VIRTUAL_MEMORY_SIZE / PAGE_SIZE;
    int baseVirtualAddress = pageNumber * PAGE_SIZE;
    int pageOffset = VIRTUAL_MEMORY_SIZE % PAGE_SIZE;
   
    int physAddr = MAIN_MEMORY_SIZE / PAGE_SIZE;
    int basePhysicalAddress = physAddr * PAGE_SIZE;
    int finalPhysicalAddress = basePhysicalAddress + 4;
   
     
 
    // TODO: See page 189 in the text for info about paging. You will need a page
    // table. I found Figure 3-10 useful. This figure shows how to translate a
    // virtual address to a physical address.

    // TODO: If the page table does not contain a mapping for to a page frame, a
    // page fault occurs. In this case, you will have to choose a page frame
    // (and possibly evict an old page if all page frames are in use). I would
    // recommend FIFO as the easiest to implement (see page 204). FIFO would
    // require a queue of page frames.

    return 0;
}

void* doAddressTranslation(void* pArg)
{
    int addr;
    int physAddr;
    ofstream outputFile;
    ostream* pOutput;
    outputFile.open(“ilab6_output.txt”);

    if (outputFile.is_open()) {
        pOutput = &outputFile;
    } else {
        cout << “Error opening ilab6_output.txt, using standard output”
             << endl;
        outputFile.close();
        pOutput = &cout;
    }

    cout << “Virtual:  ” << VIRTUAL_MEMORY_SIZE  << “Physical:  ” << MAIN_MEMORY_SIZE  << endl
             << “——————–” << endl;

    // Keep translating addresses until none are left.

    while (!addressGenerationDone) {
        if (inBufferCount <= 0) {
            // There are no addresses to read. Yield to wait for more.
            sched_yield();
        }

        while (inBufferCount > 0) {
            // Read the next virtual address. Be careful to synchronize
            // appropriately with the address generation thread.

            pthread_mutex_lock(&inBufferMutex);
            inBufferCount–;
            addr = inBuffer[inBufferCount];
            pthread_mutex_unlock(&inBufferMutex);

            // Translate the virtual address.

            physAddr = translateAddress(addr);
            *pOutput << “0x” << hex << setfill(‘0’) << setw(4) << addr
                     << ”  ->  0x” << hex << setfill(‘0’) << setw(4) << physAddr
                     << endl;
        }
    }

    if (outputFile.is_open()) {
        outputFile.close();
    }

    pthread_exit(NULL);
}

void* doStatistics(void* pArg)
{
    pthread_t* pAddrTranThread = (pthread_t*)pArg;

    // Wait until address translation thread exits.
    pthread_join(*pAddrTranThread, NULL);

    cout << “Total Number of Page Faults = ” << numberOfPageFaults << endl;

    pthread_exit(NULL);
}

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
    pthread_attr_t attrs;
    pthread_t addrGenThread;
    pthread_t addrTranThread;
    pthread_t statsThread;

    // TODO: Seed random number generator. If your getNextVirtualAddress
    // function does not generate random numbers, the following line can be
    // removed.
    srand(time(NULL));

    pthread_mutex_init(&inBufferMutex, NULL);

    pthread_attr_init(&attrs);
    pthread_attr_setdetachstate(&attrs, PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE);

    // Create three joinable threads, one for each component of the iLab.

    pthread_create(&addrGenThread, &attrs, doAddressGeneration, NULL);
    pthread_create(&addrTranThread, &attrs, doAddressTranslation, NULL);
    pthread_create(&statsThread, &attrs, doStatistics, &addrTranThread);

    pthread_attr_destroy(&attrs);

    pthread_join(addrGenThread, NULL);
    pthread_join(addrTranThread, NULL);

    pthread_mutex_destroy(&inBufferMutex);

    pthread_join(statsThread, NULL);

    // Once all the component threads have exited, the program can exit.

    return 0;
}

 

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JANV 2 !!! JAN ONLY

for this assignment you have a choice of either using ANOVA or using regression.  Complete either 1. or 2. below for this assignment.  For extra credit, do both 1. and 2, but you don’t have to do both.

1. Divide your data in half, your first 8 observations and your last 7 observations.  Then use ANOVA to test to see if there is a significant difference between the two halves of your data.  This list of Webpages that Perform Statistical Calculations has several ANOVA calculators.

2. Take your data and arrange it in the order you collected it.  Count the total number of observations  you have, and label this number N.  Then create another set of data starting from one and increasing by one until you reach N.  For example, if you have 10 observations, then your new set of data would be (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10).  This set of data is called a time series.   Run a regression using your original set of data as your dependent variable, and your time series as an independent variable.  Use the simple regression calculation page to calculate your regression.  Write a paper reporting your results and any conclusions that can be reached with it.

 

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excel 2010 60 words each

1   Remember back when we were using “functions”? When you convert a csv file into Excel, you might have to “clean up” your data. This will happen in two weeks with the PROJECT.

CAN YOU THINK OF ANY FUNCTIONS or TOOLS THAT MIGHT HELP YOU ACHIEVE THIS? Think “text” functions or “find and replace”.

 

2

 

   When You Merge Data From Excel To Word, Excel Becomes The Data Source. 

WHAT IS A DATA SOURCE? 

WHAT FORMATS MIGHT YOUR ORIGINAL DATA SOURCE BE IN? 

ARE THEY JUST CSV FILES?

 

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Nuclear Weapons

Days prior to signing a new nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia (on April 8, 2010), President Obama released a “Nuclear Posture Review” – which limits the circumstances under which the U.S. would use nuclear weapons. Under the policy, the U.S. will not use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear states – unless they are believed to be developing them (such as North Korea and possibly Iran). Also, biological or chemical weapon attacks would not warrant nuclear retaliation.

 

Now, discuss the following: 

 

1.      Do you agree or disagree with the Obama Administration’s policy on the use of nuclear weapons? Provide a clear and specific rationale for your response.

2.      Under what specific circumstances – if any – is it appropriate for the United States to consider using NUCLEAR weapons against another nation? 

3.      Presented another way, if you were President of the United States, under what specific circumstances would you allow for the use of NUCLEAR weapons against another nation? 

4.      Would it be necessary for the U.S. to have the support of its allies and/or the United Nations Security Council before using NUCLEAR weapons against another country? Or, do circumstances exist where you, as President, would make a unilateral decision to use nuclear weapons against another country?

5.      Finally, is the international community (including the U.S. and the United Nations) acting aggressively enough in response to North Korea and Iran’s nuclear weapons programs?

 

 

 

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What are the current ownership patterns in the book industry? How do they affect the kinds of books that are…

What are the current ownership patterns in the book industry? How do they affect the kinds of books that are published?

 

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