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    1. How you would use the concept of probabilities to apply to profiles for hiring more satisfied individuals and 2. Other ways that probability is used in business (Use the Business Source Elite Database in the Cybrary, research how probability is used in business). Begin your email to AIU by first providing an overview of the database, i.e., a story. Include the following pieces of information. Part I a) What is the gender distribution (%females and %males)? Solution. From the database

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    Given the data in the sample of Hamilton County Judges the probability of cases being

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    is independent of the other attributes values. In Bayes’ theorem, we want to compute the probability to P (Class|Predictor) which can be expressed in terms of probabilities: P (Class|Predictor) = P (Predictor|Class) P (Class) / P (Predictor) • P (Class|Predictor) : the posterior probability • P (Predictor|Class) : the likelihood • P (Class) : the prior probability of class • P (Predictor) : the prior probability of predictor (Patterson, 2011) As we are working on Iris data set which have continuous

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    Waiting Line Questions Render with A PROBLEMS 1. A waiting line meeting the M/M/1 assumptions has an arrival rate of 4 per hour and a service rate of 12 per hour. What is the probability that the waiting line is empty? Po = 1 - λ/μ = 1 - 4/12 = 8/12 or 0.667. (The variety of queuing models, easy) {AACSB: Analytic Skills} 2. A waiting line meeting the M/M/1 assumptions has an arrival rate of 4 per hour and a service rate of 12 per hour. What is the average time a unit spends in the system

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    Empirical Probability Gregor Mendel is known as the Father of Modern Genetics, (Gregor Mendel - New World Encyclopedia:, n.d.). Gregor was pretty popular in the world of science, unfortunately while he was alive he was not recognized for any of his works with research. He was born in Austria in 1822 and his parents were agriculturalists. As a young child his family lived and owned a farm, Mendel became very intrigued with plants, shrubbery, and produce. As he grew older he absolutely loved to learn

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    Ch. 7 The Normal Probability Distribution 7.1 Properties of the Normal Distribution 1 Use the uniform probability distribution. MULTIPLE CHOICE.  Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. Provide an appropriate response. 1) High temperatures in a certain city for the month of August follow a uniform distribution over the interval  64°F to 92°F. What is the probability that a randomly selected August day has a high temperature that exceeded 69°F? A) 0.8214

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    Either side in a criminal case may appeal with respect to the sentence that is imposed after a guilty verdict” (para. 5). In Jackson County, there were a multitude of appeals for the decisions that the judges handed down; however, what is the probability that an appeals court will overturn the decision? Overview of Jackson County Appeals The data that were analyzed for the cases heard in the: common pleas, domestic relations, and municipal courts were rather interesting. In fact, the table below

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    (see problem 1-19) believes that there is a high probability that 120 pool cues can be sold if the selling price is appropriately set. What selling price would cause the breakeven point to be 120? (Given in problem 1-19: fc of 2400 and vc of 25) (1-23) A couple of entrepreneurial business students at state university decided to put their education

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    Probabilistic Routing Protocol. It makes use of history of previous encounters and node transitivity. Node’s delivery probability is calculated using the history. When there is a link from node I to node j, the delivery probability of node i for j is calculated using equation (1): where p0 represents the initial probability. Now, when node if there is no link between i and j, the delivery probability is reduced by given equation (2) Where α represents aging factor (usually α < 1), and k is the number of

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    SHOP.CA has many weaknesses to address for the company to properly understand before they may implement changes to improve their financial standing. The company’s main areas of trouble were: customer satisfaction and marketing management. CUSTOMER SATISFACTION: Customer relational management is an essential aspect to maintaining a company’s competitiveness and longevity since loyal customers are, “reluctant to patronize [competitive] firms” (textbook citation). SHOP.CA struggles within this

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