Category: s15-busad360

Exam 1

Part 1 – Take Home Instructions

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The last digit of your PID determines which column of data you will use for the exam. If your PID ends in 3 your assigned column is “Dataset 3”. If your PID ends in 4 your assigned column is “Dataset 4”. And so on.

Your assigned column has either a 1 or a 0 in each row. You will include each Country listed with a 1 in your assigned column. You can ignore the countries with a 0.

Each country is part one of 3 Mega Regions: (1) the Americas, (2) Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) and (3) Asia Pacific. Use Excel’s “Filter” feature to separate your countries by region.

Gather the GDP Per Capita (x) and Total Fertility Rate (y) data for each assigned country. I have included data from my 10 countries. You may share country data with your classmates by posting a comment or link below. Help each other avoid lots of data entry.

You will analyze data from each of the three regions separately. So, you must complete the following steps [highlight color=”options: yellow, black”]3 times[/highlight], once for each region.

  1. Create a Scatter plot
  2. Calculate the Pearson Correlation Coefficient (r)
  3. Calculate the slope of the regression line (b1)
  4. Calculate the y-intercept of the regression line (b0)
  5. Produce the resulting regression equation: y = b1*x + b0
  6. Calculate r-squared (r^2)
  7. Produce predicted Total Fertility Rates for 4 hypothetical countries with GDP Per Capita of $10k, $20k, $30k and $40k.

Show all work! Don’t skip steps or I will assume you don’t know what you’re doing!

Bring the Part 1 Take Home work to class on Feb 2nd or 3rd and submit printed copies of your work. Printed copies should be well organized, neat and easy to read! Do you want to be paid like a professional after graduation? Begin producing professional work now!

You may use Excel to complete the Take Home work. You may also complete the work by hand if you prefer. Either way make it legible or your exam score will suffer.

[highlight color=”options: yellow, black”]Part 2 will be the in-class exam on Feb 2nd or 3rd.[/highlight]

  • Be prepared to complete similar work by hand.
  • Be prepared to answer questions about your Take Home results.
  • Be prepared for me to ask you to think about and interpret your results.
  • The in-class exam is open book, open notes, open calculator. But not open neighbor.

 

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Initial Tutor Session

There was a mix up today with the first tutoring session. See below.

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From: Watts, Lucas D.
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 6:11 PM
To: Holman, Justin O
Subject: Group Tutoring Session

Dr. Holman,

There was some confusion regarding the timing of the group tutoring session I am supposed to lead on Wednesdays. My understanding was that the session was from 6-8 but it is actually from 4-6 so I missed it today. My apologies. Tell the students that I apologize and I will be there next Wednesday at the regular time of 4-6 but if they need me this week or earlier, to call me or text me. You can give them my number if anyone wants it. 9705568036. Again, sorry for the mix up!

Lucas Watts

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First Blog Check

The first set of blog posts will be graded Friday, January 30th. Please have everything posted and up to date by end of day Thursday, Jan 29.

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Lesson 4

Wed, Jan 21

Review:

  • Pearson Correlation Coefficient

Presentation:

  • Simple (bivariate) regression
  • Equation of the regression line

Assignment:

  • p. 481, complete problems 12.6, 12.8 (by hand)
  • Determine the equation of the regression line for your 10 selected countries (in Excel)

Reading:

  • p. 476-481, Equation of the Regression Line (yes, read it again … especially since you’re probably one of the 90% of students who didn’t read it the first time)
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Lesson 3

Mon, Jan 19

Review:

Presentation:

  • Pearson Correlation Coefficient
  • Problem 12.1 (p 474) – By Hand | Excel

Assignment:

  • p. 474-475, complete problems 12.2, 12.4 (by hand)
  • Calculate the Pearson Correlation Coefficient for your 10 selected countries (in Excel)

Reading:

  • p. 475-476, Intro to Simple Regression
  • p. 476-481, Equation of the Regression Line
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Lesson 2

Wed, Jan 14

Review:

  • Blog set-up
  • Survey

Presentation:

– Scatter Plots

Assignment:

  • Watch this TED Talk.
  • Go to the CIA World Factbook
  • Choose 10 countries.
  • Record the GDP – per capita (PPP) (under “Economy”) and Total Fertility rate (under “People and “Society”) for each of the 10 countries you selected. For example, in Mexico the GDP per capita is $15,600 and the Total Fertility rate is 2.29.
  • Create a scatter plot (by hand, using Excel, or you can use Zoho.com)
  • Post to your blog. List the countries you selected.
  • What did you learn? Post a comment to your blog – 1 or 2 sentences.

Reading:

  • p. 471-474, Correlation
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Scholarship Opportunity

See below. Free money!

The CSU-Pueblo General Scholarship application is open for students to apply for scholarship funding. The priority deadline for the scholarship application is March 1. The CSU-Pueblo Scholarship Application provides students access to $1.8 million in private scholarship funds. The application may be found within Personal Access to Web Services (PAWS) and clicking on the CSU-Pueblo Scholarship Application.

1)      To apply, you will need your Personal Identification Number (PID)

a.      Please contact the CSU-Pueblo Records Department (719.549.2261) if you need assistance with your PID number.

2)      Log onto PAWS using your PID and PIN number

3)      Within PAWS, clicking on the “scholarship” tab will direct you to the CSU-Pueblo Scholarship Application

4)      This one scholarship application allows you to apply for all scholarships offered through the CSU-Pueblo Foundation. When filling out the scholarship application, please have answers for all required fields.

5)      The scholarship application is currently open and will close [highlight color=”options: yellow, black”]March 1, 2015[/highlight]. The scholarship application will not be viewable or editable after March 1st.  

 

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Lesson 1

Presentation

Syllabus: S15-BUSAD360-JH

Assignment

1. Set-up a blog where you will post material for this course. You can use any platform you like; but, if you don’t have a personal preference, I recommend WordPress. Go to the getting started page and it will walk you through the process of setting up an account.

2. Create a simple blog post with a link to my course blog page.

3. Complete this survey.

Click below to watch a video that walks you through the assignment. Note this video is from last year but should still be useful for blog setup. Be sure to use the links above so you connect to the current course blog page and the correct survey.

[youtube id=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjZumZKrE_w” width=”600″ height=”350″]

Reading

  • Textbook p. 38-39, Scatter Plots
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