Posted on 02 April 2013. Tags: math, problem, stats, Urgent
The objective of a study by Horesh et al. was to explore the hypothesis that some forms of suicidal behavior among adolescents are related to anger and impulsivity. The sample consisted of 65 adolescents admitted to a university-affiliated adolescent psychiatric unit. The researchers used the Impulsiveness-Control Scale (ICS, A-28) where higher numbers indicate higher degrees of impulsiveness and scores can range from 0 to 45. The 33 subjects classified as suicidal had an
ICS score standard deviation of 8.4 while the 32 nonsuicidal subjects had a standard deviation of 6.0. Assume that these two groups constitute independent simple random samples from two populations of similar subjects. Assume also that the ICS scores in these two populations are normally distributed. Find the 99 percent confidence interval for the ratio of the two population variances of scores on the ICS.
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Posted on 28 November 2012. Tags: algebra, art, Career, film, good chance, job, math, niche, personal interests, professional level, Science, trig, video games
I’m currently dissatisfied with my major and want to change it.
My strong subjects are English and History, average with Science, and terrible with Math (especially calculus), but I’m good with trig and algebra. I have an outside talent for art, but I personally don’t believe it’s strong enough to take to a professional level.
My personal interests include mainly video games and film, but I want to make it clear that I don’t intend to get a job that is heavily involved in or dependent on either industry. I want to have a career that I actually have a good chance of getting and keeping a job in, and would prefer something broad as opposed to niche.
Based on my strengths and personal industries what should I major in?
(I did post a similar question earlier, but I was too wordy and specific, so here this is)
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Posted on 26 October 2012. Tags: Air, arabic numerals, basic math, fresh air with terry gross, friday evening, Limbaugh, listeners, math, Million, npr programs, NPRs, prairie home companion, radio talk show, Show, terry gross
They’re always claiming that Limbaugh has the most listened to radio talk show with over 28 Million weekly listeners, and roughly 7 million unique listeners.
NPR’s All Things Considered has 35 Million weekly listeners, and over 11 Million unique weekly listeners. (That means 11 Million people listen to the program and the average listener listens to more than 3 episodes per week).
NPRs Fresh Air with Terry Gross has 27 Million listeners and 9 million unique listeners per week.
NPRs Prairie Home Companion airs on Friday evening and has 10.5 million unique listeners for the initial broadcast, an estimated 14 million unique listeners if you count affiliate rebroadcasts, and an estimated 16 million weekly listeners.
By any measure, there are NPR programs that beat Rush’s numbers.
Do Conservatives not understand the whole 1,2,3,4,5, system of Arabic numerals?
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Posted on 10 September 2012. Tags: ap chem, ap chemistry, Career, career options, chemistry, chemistry degree, freshman, graduate school, information, kind, lab, math, niche, organic chemistry, orgo
I took AP Chemistry in high school, and loved the material, all while doing very well. I got a 5 on the exam, and so as a freshman, I am taking organic chemistry. I don’t find much of the information so far interesting, and looking back at topics in AP Chem, they were so much more interesting. I loved the math and theories, which I know would be covered more in P Chem.
Secondly, I don’t really enjoy working in the lab. I find learning and discussing material while doing practice problems to kind of be my niche. With a chemistry degree, and even graduate school, I know career options are bleak, but do these options all entail working exclusively in a lab?
To summarize, I love studying the subject of chemistry, besides orgo, but don’t enjoy working in the lab. Is chemistry then not right for me as a major?
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Posted on 14 May 2012. Tags: Almost, college, getting a job, math, Sociology, Talent, Writing
Is there any degree that would ALMOST guarantee me a job out of college? Is English or Psych or Sociology a good major for this job market,since it’s all I’m interested in? I SUCK at math so you can count Engineering out, or any other math affiliated degree. And I say English because that is my strong subject and I love writing, and it is the only I guess talent that people have noticed.
ALSO, does the school you graduate from have dictate your chances of getting a job?
Thanks
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Posted on 01 December 2010. Tags: Animal, automotive repair shop, cats in need, charity case, class committee, club ed, Extracurriculars, extreme advantage, GPA, Honors, life circumstances, math, math 2, severe depression, sophomore year
Before I begin I would like to point out that I am quite aware my grades/scores are very poor and that it is a huge stretch to apply, but I decided I might as well try. The worst a more prestigious school like UCI can do is reject me.
UC GPA: 3.35
SAT: 1790 (retaking on December 4th, I hope)
SAT II US History: 670
SAT II Math 2: 640
Cumulatively I have taken 6 AP courses and 9 Honors courses.
Extracurriculars:
Animal Rights Club for two years.
I’m in Desi Club, Senior Class Committee, Harry Potter Alliance, Club ED, and a Journalism News Editor. I was also a tutor to students who failed to pass the CAHSEE.
Volunteer: I volunteered for about 30 hours with Cats In Need.
Work Experience: 2000+ hours working at my father’s automotive repair shop over these 3+ years
Miscellaneous (not sure if it might be helpful somehow): My brother is an alumnus of UCI and my mother works as a RN for UCI.
~~~No I don’t think that because I have family members affiliated with the institution that I have some extreme advantage over other applicants. I did not include their affiliation in my application.~~~
-Im not sure how difficult life circumstances play into admissions but I did choose to write a (OK) personal statement about being diagnosed with severe depression in my sophomore year. I tried to refrain from sounding like a liability or charity case though, obviously focusing on what Ive gathered from the experience and how college might serve as an outlet to help me with it et cetera.
Any constructive criticism would be highly appreciated, thanks!
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