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Which predictors are considered significant if we work with α=0.05? Which predictors can be eliminated? What is the final model if we only use FloorArea and Offices as predictors? What wouldbe the assessed value of a medical office building with a floor area of 3500 sq. ft., 2 offices, that was built 15 years ago? Is this assessed value consistent with what appears in the database?

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Regression Modeling

Purpose 

This assignment provides an opportunity to develop, evaluate, and apply bivariate and multivariate linear regression models.

Resources: Microsoft Excel®, DAT565_v3_Wk5_Data_File

Instructions:

The Excel file for this assignment contains a database with information about the tax assessment value assigned to medical office buildings in a city. The following is a list of the variables in the database:

  • FloorArea: square feet of floor space
  • Offices: number of offices in the building
  • Entrances: number of customer entrances
  • Age: age of the building (years)
  • AssessedValue: tax assessment value (thousands of dollars)

Use the data to construct a model that predicts the tax assessment value assigned to medical office buildings with specific characteristics.

  • Construct a scatter plot in Excel with FloorArea as the independent variable and AssessmentValue as the dependent variable. Insert the bivariate linear regression equation and r^2 in your graph. Do you observe a linear relationship between the 2 variables?
  • Use Excel’s Analysis ToolPak to conduct a regression analysis of FloorArea and AssessmentValue. Is FloorArea a significant predictor of AssessmentValue?
  • Construct a scatter plot in Excel with Age as the independent variable and AssessmentValue as the dependent variable. Insert the bivariate linear regression equation and r^2 in your graph. Do you observe a linear relationship between the 2 variables?
  • Use Excel’s Analysis ToolPak to conduct a regression analysis of Age and Assessment Value. Is Age a significant predictor of AssessmentValue?

Construct a multiple regression model.

  • Use Excel’s Analysis ToolPak to conduct a regression analysis with AssessmentValue as the dependent variable and FloorArea, Offices, Entrances, and Age as independent variables. What is the overall fit r^2? What is the adjusted r^2?
  • Which predictors are considered significant if we work with α=0.05? Which predictors can be eliminated?
  • What is the final model if we only use FloorArea and Offices as predictors?
  • Suppose our final model is:
  • AssessedValue = 115.9 + 0.26 x FloorArea + 78.34 x Offices
  • What wouldbe the assessed value of a medical office building with a floor area of 3500 sq. ft., 2 offices, that was built 15 years ago? Is this assessed value consistent with what appears in the database?

Consider and discuss the ethical issues that may arise from the method you intend to use. Select two key appropriate / relevant research studies on sleep in adolescents. Provide a critical comparison of the two studies (Summarise the findings and conclusions of the studies and make comparisons / draw on similarities).

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Research for Children and Young People’s Nursing Practice

Use the research report template below to write a research report which focuses on distraction for venepuncture/procedure. Devise a research question that you would like to ask and develop a tool (questionnaire, online survey, interview schedule, focus group schedule, an observational tool, an audit etc) that can be used to explore this question, using rationale (discuss the reasons why you have developed the tool, including why and how you recruited your participants) and supporting literature. Consider and discuss the ethical issues that may arise from the method you intend to use. Select two key appropriate / relevant research studies on sleep in adolescents. Provide a critical comparison of the two studies (Summarise the findings and conclusions of the studies and make comparisons / draw on similarities). You can also support the findings and conclusions of these chosen studies with other literature as appropriate.

Discuss ethical issues that require consideration.

Support each setion with relevant supporting literature.

Provide justification for the addressing scheme. Describe the TCP/IP address maintenance process planned for the system. Maintenance should include assignment of new addresses and a periodic review of currently assigned addresses.

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Network Improvement Plan

TCP/IP Addressing and Management

Document an addressing scheme for the TCP/IP addresses used for the network.
Include categories of network resources, users, and the address ranges to be used for the current and potential future resources and users.
Provide justification for the addressing scheme.
Describe the TCP/IP address maintenance process planned for the system. Maintenance should include assignment of new addresses and a periodic review of currently assigned addresses.

What enabling technologies were/are required to make this new technology possible? One thing you’re bound to find is that modern scientists “stand on the shoulders of giants”- their work is based on the work of the scientists that came before them. What relevant discoveries were needed to make this new technology possible?

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W5 Assignment 2 – Outline – Solar Panels

Objective:  Organize your thoughts and the main points of your “Solar Panels” research for your final Assignment 3 PowerPoint (11-12 slide) presentation.

Assignment Instructions:  To help you complete Assignment 3: The Presentation, you will first submit an outline to organize your thoughts and main points. Your outline should be formatted a specific way and must contain the following elements as described below.

To prepare for this assignment, do the following:
-Read these directions carefully.
-Review the sample outline provided to you below.
-Read the grading criteria attached. The grading criteria is a detailed evaluation that I will use to assess your performance.  It also will help you understand what is expected of you as you prepare your assignment.

Be sure to add your name and course number to your outline.

The outline format:  Your outline must be formatted as described and exemplified in the example attached.  Please note that this format will be assessed in your grade:
-Use an alphanumeric sequence
-Sections should be indented and aligned
-Follow the suggested order of the required elements
-Use brief but detailed and descriptive phrases

The required elements: Your outline should contain the following elements in this order:
I.    The Introduction: this section must contain

A.   The scientific name of your technology.

B.   The common name of your technology.  What do most people know it as?  Are there other names?

C.   What interested you about this particular technology

II.     The Body (Content Sections): this section should contain

A.  Background: include a general physical description of technology. What is it?

B.  A brief history of how the technology was developed (when/where was the research and development done, what was the need that drove people to develop it, timelines and significant people involved in it’s development)

C. The application (commercial/military, what industry/industries use it? how is it used?, etc.) of your technology

D.  A detailed investigation into how the technology works at the most fundamental level. This should include:

a. Does the device transform one type of energy to another (i.e. an automobile engine transforms the chemical energy of fuel into mechanical energy that results in the motion of the car)

b. What sub assemblies and components does the technology contain and how do they work? One approach you can consider taking here is to choose some elemental particle that the technology works with and describe how it is processed by the technology. Using the engine as an example, you could consider describing how a drop of fuel enters the engine, gets mixed with air, results in combustion, whose gases then expand, etc. This should be the most substantial portion of your final presentation.

c. What enabling technologies were/are required to make this new technology possible? One thing you’re bound to find is that modern scientists “stand on the shoulders of giants”- their work is based on the work of the scientists that came before them. What relevant discoveries were needed to make this new technology possible?

d. What is the future of this technology? What advancements are scientists trying to come up with and what will we want them to do?

III.     The Conclusion Section: this section should contain four to six points that sum up the main points from the body of the outline.

1. Start your conclusive section with one sentence summarizing some basic information about your chosen technology.
2. Summarize the way that it works, the history and future of it’s development.
3. Wrap up the conclusive section with a closing note that provides brief information about a unique fact your chosen technology.

IV.     Reference section: This is not just the reference page; rather, referencing should occur throughout the outline as it will in your presentation.  Therefore, your outline should include both a separate reference page containing a minimum of five (5) scholarly references or sources (do NOT use encyclopedias, Wikipedia, Investopedia, unknown, undated, or anonymous sources, such as brief articles from websites) listed in proper APA reference list format AND internal citations throughout the outline where appropriate. Please be sure to see the resources below for assistance regarding in-text citations and reference list formatting.

What did the US government learn about Power at this time? Did Faith play any role in its lessons, either Christian faith or Muslim faith as learned from their meeting with leaders like Abd-a-Rahman?

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Impact of Barbary Wars

Turabian format – chpaters 1-4 Oren, Michael B. Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East: 1776 to the Present. New York: W. W. Norton ” Company, 2007. ISBN: 9780393330304. uploaded

Ambassador Michael Oren writes: “Few events in the post-independence period of American History had a more transformational impact on America than the Barbary Wars.”

Using Oren’s own title template of Power, Faith, and Fantasy, how would you use these terms to describe some aspect of what the US government learned from its Barbary experience?

What did the US government learn about Power at this time?

Did Faith play any role in its lessons, either Christian faith or Muslim faith as learned from their meeting with leaders like Abd-a-Rahman? [How religious were Adams and Jefferson?]

In terms of Fantasy broadly understood, did Americans come away with any wrong ideas about their experience?

Finally, students often conclude that after Barbary, Americans no longer compromised their core principles by paying tribute to foreign governments in the Middle East (if not to governments anywhere). Are there other ways in the future that we would learn to compromise American principles or pay tribute to leaders in the Middle East? What might a contemporary version of US tribute look like today?

Why the “once a gap, always a gap” rule? Is it an insertion or a deletion? Does it matter? Why might there be a bacterial homolog? What about the gap? How would you handle the “gap penalty?”

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Bioinformatics Homework

1.Why the “once a gap, always a gap” rule? Is it an insertion or a deletion? Does it matter?
2.Why might there be a bacterial homolog? What about the gap? How would you handle the “gap penalty?”
3.Find out what you can about Clustal Omega.
4.For those more familiar with HMMs, try to explain what the arrows mean. Feel free to refer to the original paper on ProbCons.

Choose a topic that you will develop into your final 7-11 page Research Paper for this course. The topic you select must be germane to the field of human services or your major (i.e. Criminal Justice, etc. for non-human services majors).

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Human Services

The purpose of this assignment is to choose a topic that you will develop into your final 7-11 page Research Paper for this course. The topic you select must be germane to the field of human services or your major (i.e. Criminal Justice, etc. for non-human services majors). It must be an original topic; no previous papers or assignments may be used. Additionally, Research Papers may not be completed on Narcotics Anonymous or Alcoholics Anonymous. You should not write about a subject in which you possess a bias, or a desire to prove a preconceived notion. It should be a topic to be examined objectively as it will be written in third person, and should not reference personal experience. You should perform preliminary research utilizing the Stafford Library’s databases to help identify a topic and ensure that sufficient research is available to support your paper.

The Research Paper Topic Submission should be comprised of 2-3 short paragraphs (first person) that includes your topic and explanation of why it was selected.

Design an experiment that will determine what the ideal sheep grazing density is to maintain the heathland and stop scrub invasion. Write a short report (500 words max) explaining the key features of the experiment and how it will be undertaken.

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EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Conservation management of an upland heath nature reserve

Design an experiment that will determine what the ideal sheep grazing density is to maintain the heath land and stop scrub invasion. Write a short report (500 words max) explaining the key features of the experiment and how it will be undertaken. You can also use diagrams. Text within diagrams do not count towards the total, but text in diagram legends do count. Because the report is short, you do not need to format it into sections.

Describe at a high level the various cost categories and expenditures. Detail the significant items in the budget, including how these expenses and revenues were determined and why they are important.

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Wk 4 – Summative Assessment: Budget Grant Component

Finalize the budget draft you created last week in Microsoft® Excel®. Address the following as you build your budget:

  • Research and estimate revenues and expenses.
  • Itemize direct costs.
  • Determine indirect costs.
  • Include any in-kind contributions.

Write a 525- to 700-word budget narrative in which you do the following:

  • Describe at a high level the various cost categories and expenditures.
  • Detail the significant items in the budget, including how these expenses and revenues were determined and why they are important.
  • Submit your budget and your budget narrative.