Predictive Modeling and Analytics

Predictive Modeling and Analytics Creating spreadsheet models is an art that requires practice. Below there are various great examples of things that can be done with spreadsheet. Some numbers and details have been changed so please use the information provided within this file and the files posted in Sakai.

Provide the final answer in Word and the Excel spreadsheet.

Predictive Modeling and Analytics Problems

Excerpts from Business Analytics by J. Evans 2nd Edition. While creating the models for each of the problems, make sure to follow the guidelines for spreadsheet quality.
Linear Optimization
1. Valencia Products makes automobile radar detectors and assembles two models: LaserStop and SpeedBuster. The firm can sell all it produces. Both models use the same electronic components. Two of these can be obtained only from a single supplier. For the next month, the supply of these is limited to 4,000 of component A and 3,500 of component B. The number of each component required for each product and the profit per unit are given in the table.
Components Required/Unit
A
B
Profit/Unit
LaserStop
18
6
$24
SpeedBuster
12
10
$40
a) Identify the decision variables, objective function, and constraints in simple verbal statements.
b) Mathematically formulate a linear optimization model.
c) Implement the linear optimization model that you developed in Excel and use Solver to find an optimal solution. Interpret the Solver Answer report and identify the binding constraints and verify the values of the slack variables by substituting the optimal solution into the model constrains.
2. Burger Office Equipment produces two types of desks, standard and deluxe. Deluxe desks have oak tops and more-expensive hardware and require additional time for finishing and polishing. Standard desks require 70 board feet of pine and 10 hours of labor, whereas deluxe desks require 60 board feet of pine, 18 square feet of oak, and 15 hours of labor. For the next week, the company has 5,000 board feet of pine, 750 square feet of oak, and 400 hours of labor available. Standard desks net a profit of $225, and deluxe desks net a profit of $320. All desks can be sold to national chains such as Staples or Office Depot.
a) Identify the decision variables, objective function, and constraints in simple verbal statements.
b) Mathematically formulate a linear optimization model.
c) Implement the linear optimization model that you developed in Excel and use Solver to find an optimal solution. Interpret the Solver Answer report and identify the binding constraints and verify the values of the slack variables by substituting the optimal solution into the model constrains.

Predictive Modeling and Analytics and Essay Guidelines

3. Using the Banking Data file, do the following:
a. Use XLMiner to generate a simple random sample of 10 records from the Excel file Banking Data.
b. Construct a boxplot for the Median Income, Median Home Value, Median Household Wealth, and Average Bank Balance. What observations can you make about these data?
c. Construct a parallel coordinates chart for Median Income, Median Home Value, Median Household Wealth, and Average Bank Balance. What conclusions can you reach?
d. Construct a scatterplot matrix for Median Income, Median Home Value, Median Household Wealth, and Average Bank Balance. What conclusions can you reach?
e. Construct a variable plot for all the variables.
Data Mining
4. Apply cluster analysis to the numerical data in the Excel file Credit Approval Decisions. Analyze the clusters and determine if cluster analysis would be a useful classification method for approving or rejecting loan applications.
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Primate Calls Human Language and Culture

Primate Calls Human Language and Culture Primate calls, human language and nonverbal communication
Tools, language and cognition human evolution

The human adaptation for culture
Language and emotional: Emotional Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
Primate Vocalization, Gesture and the Evolution of Human Language. Culture is not a trait that is unique to humans. By studying orangutan populations, a team of researchers headed by anthropologist Michael Krützen from the University of Zurich has demonstrated that great apes also have the ability to learn socially and pass them down through a great many generations. In humans, behavioral innovations are usually passed down culturally from one generation to the next through social learning.

Cryptography Technology Research Paper

Cryptography Technology Research Paper Prepare a short research paper of approximately five (5) pages, double-spaced, exclusive of cover, title page, table of contents, and bibliography.

Your paper must use APA formatting (including in-line citations in the proper APA format) with the exception that tables and figures can be inserted at the appropriate location rather than added at the end. Submit the paper in your assignment folder as a Word attachment with the following file name:
Yourlastname.doc
(For example, Smith.doc)
If you are unable to virus check your document, please submit as an rtf file rather than as a doc file. Please do not use macros in your document.
For this assignment, address the following topic:

Cryptography Technology Research Paper Topic

One hundred years ago, Louis Brandeis and Samuel Warren warned us that, “Numerous mechanical devices threaten to make good the prediction that ‘what is whispered in the closet shall be proclaimed from the housetops.’” Cryptography is an enabling technology for self-help privacy. Conversely, cryptography can be used to conceal criminal conspiracies and activities, including espionage. How have computers changed the ways in which we have to keep certain information private? What new threats do computer systems and networks pose to personal privacy? Conversely, what threats are enabled or enhanced by computer systems and networks? How does cryptography help or hinder protection of privacy and public safety? What policies are needed and appropriate in a networked world regarding the use of cryptography?

Fixed Income Market Lehman Report

Fixed Income Market Lehman Report Lehman Report: During the semester student will research some aspect of the Fixed – Income Market and write a brief (2 -3 page) report.

Why did Lehman Fail and was the U.S. Government right to let it fails? Company: Spanish Broadcasting System Inc. (SBSA) Lehman exposure: Lehman committed $10 million in a revolving credit pact Date of disclosure: Oct. 10 Notes: Spanish Broadcasting said Lehman failed to fund its $10 million portion of the credit pact. As a result, the company received only $15 million of $25 million draw down being used to repay an $18.5 million promissory note due Jan. 6. Company: Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group Inc. (FBR) Lehman exposure: $250 million Fannie mortgage-backed security sold to Lehman under repurchase agreement Date of disclosure: Oct. 9 Notes: FBR expects to about $4 million in costs associated with the resolution of the repurchase agreement.

Image of How Nurses are Portrayed in Media

Image of How Nurses are Portrayed in Media Please review the article below in one page

https://www.medicalbag.com/nurse-practitioners/how-nurses-are-portrayed-in-film-and-television/article/472519/. Most nurses would agree that the media’s treatment of nursing falls short of a fair and accurate portrayal.

Image of How Nurses are Portrayed in Media Discussion

Of course, there are some serious news reports about the nature and challenges of the profession. And even the entertainment media has offered a few helpful depictions in recent years, showing nurses as troubled but skilled professionals with some autonomy. But the dominant images remain the stereotypes we find in the most popular television shows and global advertising. In these ubiquitous media products, nurses tend to be no more than submissive helpers of the physicians who do everything that matters, or else vacuous sex toys who help companies sell everything from milk to chewing gum.

Financial Scandals and Accounting Ethics

Financial Scandals and Accounting Ethics Effective financial reporting depends on sound ethical behavior.

Financial scandals in accounting and the businesses world have resulted in legislation to ensure adequate disclosures and honesty and integrity in financial reporting. A sound economy is contingent on truthful and reliable financial reporting.

Financial Scandals and Accounting Ethics Instructions

Read the following scenario.
Answer the questions that follow. (1-2 paragraphs per question)
Scenario:
Imagine you are the assistant controller in charge of general ledger accounting at Linbarger Company. Your company has a large loan from an insurance company. The loan agreement requires that the company’s cash account balance be maintained at $200,000 or more, as reported monthly. At June 30, the cash balance is $80,000. You give this update to Lisa Infante, the financial vice president. Lisa is nervous and instructs you to keep the cash receipts book open for one additional day for purposes of the June 30 report to the insurance company. Lisa says, “If we don’t get that cash balance over $200,000, we’ll default on our loan agreement. They could close us down, put us all out of our jobs!” Lisa continues, “I talked to Oconto Distributors (one of Linbarger’s largest customers) this morning. They said they sent us a check for $150,000 yesterday. We should receive it tomorrow. If we include just that one check in our cash balance, we’ll be in the clear. It’s in the mail!”

Financial Scandals and Accounting Ethics Questions

What is the accounting problem that the Linbarger Company faces?
What are the ethical considerations in this case? Provide rationale for why these are ethical considerations.
What are the negative impacts that can happen if you do not follow Lisa Infante’s instructions to wait one more day to post the balance?
Who will be negatively impacted if you do comply? Provide a rationale for why these individuals will be impacted.
What is one alternative that you could pursue in this scenario? Support your recommendations with information you learned in this class.

The Persistence of Marxism Research Paper

The Persistence of Marxism Research Paper Text book
Soccio, Douglas J Archetypes of Wisdom 7th or 8th edition

1. “If anything is certain, it is that I myself am not a Marxist.” — Karl Marx
2. “Marxism is the opium of the intellectuals.” — Edmund Wilson
3. “If you are in Brazil and you grew up in a right-wing dictatorship, you think Marxism is liberating. But if you grew up in Czechoslovakia, and the Soviet Union is controlling everything and killing people, then you think capitalism is liberating. Neither of those two things are true and it doesn’t take a lot brains to understand this.” — Jose Padilha
4. “I would say that all traditional philosophies up to and including Marxism have tried to derive the ‘ought’ from the ‘is.’ My point of view is that this is impossible; this is a farce.” — Jacques Monod

Characters of the Book The Grapes of Wrath

Characters of the Book The Grapes of Wrath Write an essay is about characters of the book like Jim Casy, Tom, Ma Joad, Muley Graves, Rose of Sharon, Ruthie, Pa Joad, Grampa, Granma, Connie Rivers. and the relationship between.

Do not need work cite page. The Grapes of Wrath: Symbolic Characters
Struggling through such things as the depression, the Dust Bowl summers, and trying to provide for their own families, which included finding somewhere to travel to where life would be safe. Such is the story of the Joads. The Joads were the main family in John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, a book which was written in order to show what a family was going through, at this time period, and how they were trying to better their lives at the same time.

Business and MNC Finance Discussions

Business and MNC Finance Discussions Please answer all these discussions separately- 75- 150 words. Please do not put in paper form, just simply answer the questions and have a reference at the end of EACH one.

What have you learned about Finance that may help you in the future? Why the exchange rate impacts business transactions and decisions. Explain some strategies that are used by those that are wealthy – maybe some make help you to make yourself become rich? How cultural changes impact business. What is an MNC and what challenges might they face. PT MNC Finance offers financial services.

West and Zimmerman Doing Gender

West and Zimmerman Doing Gender This past week we have been focusing on gender. Gender is a fundamental social division.

All around us we see differences between men and women (and girls and boys). The way they dress. The activities they engage in. What they say. What they want out of life. We see gender differences in the college classroom — who tends to major in what subjects? We see gender differences at the workplace — who tends to hold positions of power and authority? We see gender differences in the home — who tends to do the majority of housework? These social arrangements, which create and sustain gender differences, end up having powerful effects on the lifestyles and life chances of individuals.

West and Zimmerman Doing Gender Essay Topic

Are we ever not doing gender? From the moment we wake up until we go to bed, it seems like we are constantly doing gender. For this essay, I want you to walk me through a small segment of your day (when you wake up, when you walk to class, when you eat lunch, when you shop, when you drive or ride the bus, when you go out on a date, when you attend religious ceremonies, when you watch movies with friends, etc). Do not describe your whole day, but rather, choose some small segment (a strip) of your life to describe. During that small segment of your day, in what ways are you doing gender? How are you displaying your gendered identity? Given the situation you find yourself in, how are you conforming — or not — to gendered expectations of behavior? As you write up your response, please reference and seriously engage with the course reading by West and Zimmerman, “Doing Gender.”