This week you focus on relationships, not the personal kind, but a kind that can influence your daily life nonetheless. A statistical relationship is a key concept researchers rely on when making predictions or showing how something might influence something else.

For example, what is the relationship between your salary and your years of education? If you learned that more education predicts that you may earn a higher salary, it makes sense that you would seek additional educational opportunities.

Here is another example. Do you think there is a relationship between salary and how fast you can run? Perhaps people who earn high salaries also run faster than people who earn lower salaries. If people who run fast earn more than those who run slowly, does that mean that if you train to run faster, you will earn a higher salary? Maybe, although it seems unlikely that running fast will influence your salary.

This raises an important question: Does a relationship necessarily show that one thing causes another? In the case of the running-versus-salary example, perhaps something else entirely predicts both running speed and salary. It may be that people who are more ambitious earn higher salaries and also run fast, which explains why people who earn more also run more quickly.

This week you will look at relationships through the lens of correlation coefficients. You will also look at making predictions through the use of regression analyses.
Objectives

Students will:

Analyze use of regression
Apply regression to research scenarios
Generate hypotheses
Evaluate one-tailed and two-tailed tests
Implement correlation in SPSS
Identify correlation coefficients
Identify degrees of freedom
Identify p value
Evaluate hypotheses
Evaluate significance of results
Evaluate one-way and two-way chi-square tests
Implement chi-square in SPSS
Identify scales of measurement
Identify χ2

Before beginning this Assignment you should have completed the assigned Reading. To begin, select the Assignment link located under the Unit 1 Tab.

Assignment 1: Writing Assignment

In this Assignment, you will watch a series of videos and reflect on how learning how to use Excel and a financial calculator to learn finance will assist you with your personal and career goals

This Assignment requires that you view three videos. Two of the videos will introduce you to methods of calculation; using a calculator and using Excel. The third video is an introduction to finance in addition to providing some practical advice that will help you to reflect on how this course will benefit you. In addition, you will be using this Assignment to demonstrate college-level communication through the composition of original materials in Standard American English. With this in mind, make sure to address the critical elements listed in the Rubric below so you will be successful in completing this Assignment in a manner that demonstrates the competence of your writing skills.

Required Video Resources:

• See how to solve the example Problem 1.1 using Excel

• See what keystrokes are needed to solve Problem 1.1

• Four Facets of Finance- Explain It!

Assignment Instructions:

Select the Assignment link in the left navigation under Unit 1 to watch the assigned videos. Select Submit after watching each video and reflect on how learning how to use Excel and a financial calculator to learn finance will assist you with your personal and career goals, even if your career goals are in another field. Use Microsoft Word to write a paper for this Assignment and answer the questions listed below:

1. Describe in detail the goals you have for this unit.

2. Describe how this unit will help you in your professional development.

3. After viewing the videos, what are the three most important concepts you learned?

4. How would learning how to use Excel and a financial calculator assist you with your personal and career goals, even if your career goals are in another field?

Assignment Checklist:

● Write your original response in Standard American English, paying special attention to grammar, style, and mechanics.

● Respond to the questions in a thorough manner, providing specific examples of concepts, topics for each question.

● Ensure that your viewpoint and purpose are clearly stated.

● Demonstrate logical and appropriate transitions from one idea to another.

● Your paper should be highly organized, logical, and focused.

Create an MS PowerPoint Presentationin which you evaluate the current state of the process you selected in Week Two and summarize the proposed future state. 

• Required Elements:
• Evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of the process selected in Week Two using the data collected.
• Determine areas for improvement
• Design an improved process flow chart using an appropriate tool.
• Summarize two items from this improved process.  Include an explanation of how these items could be used in your personal or professional life to improve a process.
• PowerPoint should include 4-5 slides with detailed speaker notes.

Case Assignment

Respond to one of the following two essay assignments:

Discuss the core drivers of globalization as identified by Dye & Stephenson (2010), with respect to logistics. Which have the greatest effect on the logistics function? What effect do the others have? Are these effects mainly positive, negative, or a mixture of both? Explain.
Rodrigue (2012) discusses the concept of friction with respect to supply chain management. Compare and contrast the sources of friction experienced by a firm engaged in international logistics, with the sources experienced by a firm operating strictly within the borders of one country.

Assignment Expectations

Write a well-constructed essay. Feel free to use tables and bulleted lists, if appropriate.
The readings may not provide specific answers. In that event, will need to “fill in the gaps,” using your understanding of the material presented in the Module, and the background sources.
Style and format must comply with the Writing Style Guide. (TUI Guide, n.d.) This is not an English course; however, errors in spelling, grammar and style will be penalized.
Provide citations and references. Use of APA style is encouraged, but not required. Please see the TUI Writing Guide, or visit the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL, 2015).
There is no page requirement. Write what you need to write, neither more nor less.

Assignment 1: Discussion—Finance Organization and Long-Term Planning

Considering Genesis’s aggressive growth plan, Sensible Essentials suggested that its client should broaden the scope of financing beyond short-term loans and consider long-term financing options. These options would greatly enhance the ability of the operations management team to fund the capital investments and growth in operating expenses.

One option is selling more equity in the company. A public stock offering might be a possibility; however, a company as young and small as Genesis might be hard to value. Sensible Essentials believes that another private investor might require preferred stock dividends in order to mitigate some of the financial risk. Another option is a long-term bank loan.

Acting as the finance expert for Sensible Essentials, respond to the following:

Identify the sources of long-term financing for Genesis.
Analyze the potential costs and benefits of each option.
Explain how relative risk (from the investor’s perspective) impacts the cost of capital for Genesis.

Write your initial response in 3–4 paragraphs. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

Respond with substantial comments to enrich discussion and the learning experience.
Contribute new, relevant information or quotes from course readings, Web sites, or other sources. Build on the remarks or questions of others, or share practical examples of key concepts from your experience, professional or personal.

Write your initial response in 300–500 words. Your response should be thorough and address all components of the discussion question in detail, include citations of all sources, where needed, according to the APA Style, and demonstrate accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation

Do the following when responding to your peers:

Read your peers’ answers.
Provide substantive comments by
contributing new, relevant information from course readings, Web sites, or other sources;
building on the remarks or questions of others; or
sharing practical examples of key concepts from your professional or personal experiences
Respond to feedback on your posting and provide feedback to other students on their ideas.
Make sure your writing
is clear, concise, and organized;
demonstrates ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and
displays accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Explain the solar cell mechanism by drawing p-n junction band diagram. What happens when light create electron and hole pair in the n-region, p-region, and in the depletion region.

Consider a scenario where the contingency planning management team (CPMT) of your organization has designated you as the disaster recovery team leader, and the preparation and planning of this component of the security program is now under your purview with a team of 11 employees including yourself.

Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:

Detail the DR team roles, responsibilities, and sub teams that would be implemented, and construct an organizational chart for the team through the use of graphical tools in Visio, or an open source alternative such as Dia. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.
Describe the proper procedures and policies that would be implemented specific to the DR team personnel as well as special equipment that would be required.
Draft an executive summary to the DR plan and explain the purpose of the plan and high-level specifics for upper management.
Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
Include charts or diagrams created in Visio or Dia. The completed diagrams / charts must be imported into the Word document before the paper is submitted.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Develop a disaster recovery plan for an organization.
Compare and contrast the methods of disaster recovery and business continuity.
Develop techniques for different disaster scenarios.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in disaster recovery.
Write clearly and concisely about disaster recovery topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

For a variety of reasons, organizations are relying on virtual teams for product development. Take some time to research the use of virtual teams for new product development and technological innovation. Discuss your findings concerning the effectiveness of virtual teams. Consider the challenges faced by teams located in multiple countries and geographies. What advantages and disadvantages do you associate with virtual teams versus co-located teams? If you were to use a virtual team for your product development, how would you construct, structure, and manage your virtual team?

1.What are the benefits of having police investigators

who specialize in a certain area? What are

the drawbacks? Do you support specialization or

generalization?

2. Of all the suggested characteristics required for an

effective investigator, which three are the most critical?

Are these qualifications more stringent than

those required for a patrol officer?

3. What is the role of the victim in investigating

crime?

4. What misconceptions regarding investigation are

conveyed by television shows and movies?

5. What do you believe is the most important goal of a

criminal investigation?

6. What major factors must responding officers

consider

while proceeding to a crime scene?

7. How important is response time to the investigation

of a crime? How is the importance affected by the

type of crime?

8. What determines who is in charge at a crime scene?

What authority does this officer have?

9. Controversy exists over which emergency takes precedence:

an armed suspect at or near the scene or a

severely injured person. Which do you think should

take priority? Why?

10. What balance should be maintained between freedom

of the media to obtain information during a

crime investigation and the right to privacy of the