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I have to have a larger set of numbers for Chicago during each particular year in order to work out a z-score.
3. The CDC uses a pie chart to show the annual rate of deaths in the U.S. attributable to smoking. The different segments illustrate the percentages of different kinds of diseases caused by smoking. The pie chart tells us that smoking causes the greatest casualties in lung cancer (128,900) and in chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (92,900). The pie chart is effective in that it uses colors to differentiate each segment as well as having a succinct clear title on top, its source added below, and the cause and number of the course listed by each segment. There is no need for improvement. (Source: CDC: Annual Deaths Attributable to Cigarette Smoking -- United States, 2000 -- 2004. http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/tables/health/attrdeaths/index.htm)
4. a. What kind of hierarchy does the organization have: vertical or horizonatl (nominal); List the levels and status of employees in the organization; who precedes whom (ordinal); measure the number of people who do x, the number of people who do y etc. . Alternatively,...
A variable would be the type of communication / software assocaited with kind of hierarchy. Three potentially confounding factors with measuring would be historical factors e.eg fluctuation and movement of employees in and out of the organization over the years influencing culture drift; bias of employees making it hard to accept their evidence; factors happening outside the study that may impact study itself (e.g. recession may impact orgnaizational culture).
c. Recession- people move onto other jobs / people move out of organization -- conflict in organization -- poorer pay -- different leaders / managers are introduced in organization -- result: change -- result differences in culture. This makes it difficult to assess organizational culture.
d. A longitudinal model assess the same orgqnixziaton over an appreciable amount of time thereby gainign a long-term picutre of the organizaiton and betteer able to see through its periods of change in order to be able to formulate a clearer perspective of its…
Quality of Life Indicators -- City of Alexandria Research Indicators Analysis Alexandria Quality of Life Initiative The purpose of this paper is to provide details about the articulation and measurement of four select indicators from the Quality of Life Study for the City of Alexandria. A brief overview of the survey constructs, conceptual framework, data sources, and data analysis is provided as introduction to the discussion of the specific indicators. Quality of life is
City of Alexandria -- Time Series Data Tufte (2001) and other ambassadors of the visual display of data have shown us how easily it is to understand complex data when it is graphically represented in ways that our minds are designed to understand. Tufte argues that "experience with the analysis of data…is essential for achieving precision and grace in the presence of statistics, .but even textbook of graphical design are silent
Work Life Balance - the Role of HRM Human resources management come with massive demands chiefly in light of the fact that it involves dealing with people, a task that is complex in itself. To enhance organizational growth, pleasure on the part of workforce is very crucial. This is a necessity that human resources sectors in organizations have to grapple with on a day-to-day basis through the initiation and implementation of
Jesus' Teachings, Prayer, & Christian Life "He (Jesus) Took the Bread. Giving Thanks Broke it. And gave it to his Disciples, saying, 'This is my Body, which is given to you.'" At Elevation time, during Catholic Mass, the priest establishes a mandate for Christian Living. Historically, at the Last Supper, Christ used bread and wine as a supreme metaphor for the rest of our lives. Jesus was in turmoil. He was
K-12 Curriculum and Instruction: Changing Paradigms in the 21st Century This is not your grandfathers' economy or his educational paradigm however; today's curriculum still appears as such and therein lays a very significant and challenging problem that presents to today's educators and leaders. According to Sir Ken Robinson, "We have a system of education that is modeled on the interest of industrialism and in the image of it. Schools are still
The psychological strength of Alexandra is clearly visible when her dying father entrusts her with the family's land. According to father, she is supposed to be take care of the family's estates when he dies. The father seems to have developed more confidence in Alexandra in comparison to her other brothers, Lou and Oscar. It is for this reason that he makes a will stating that the Alexandra would