Regression on News and Internet Objective To examine a possible linear relationship between the amount of time students spend on the internet in and outside the school during weekdays and the way the students read the news. Hypothesis The starting hypothesis for this paper is that the way students read news using digital devices is highly dependent on the amount of time they spent on the internet both at and outside school. Justification Recent years have seen a significant number of people accessing news via online platforms. Internet devices such as smartphones have changed the perception of reading news. More time spent on the internet is likely to influence the amount of time spent reading the news (Savolainen, 2008). According to Nguyen (2008), those accessing news through online platforms end up consuming faster, but shallower and less critical news. This is caused by digital gadgets causing a passive experience while reading. Constructs and Variables The amount of time spent on the internet on a typical weekday within school settings. This is an independent variable that seeks to predict how news…
Operation Plan COSTCO is a wholesale company whose business continues to grow and expand. The company has several operations overseas in countries such as Taiwan. It is considered to be among the largest retail companies in the world as a retail firm. The company relies on the purchasing power of the customers. Consumer perception also plays a significant role in the success of the company as there is a lot of competition in the retail business. Companies such as Walmart provide a lot of competition. For this reason, the company must maintain a competitive advantage to ensure they have long-term viability. To ensure the growth and expansion of the company get achieved, COSTCO must make sure its products are affordable and provide high quality products and services. COSTCO firm follows its business model to execute its mission statement. The model is highly reliant on the internal analysis elements such as strengths and weaknesses and external analysis elements such as opportunities and threats. It is, therefore, essential that COSTCO establish new business strategies to sustain the growth and development of the…
process of prequalification Abstract Prequalification is critical, especially for the contractors, and it must be carried out before the tender is given out. Any company that engages in prequalification requires the best experts to do the projects. Most importantly, prequalification reduces the number of those contractors that are not qualified for the job. In other words, this is a technique used to narrow the field or vacancy to those who are well skilled and have all that it takes to be a contractor. When looking at the construction projects, it is advised that the owners should look for the best contractors who are aware of all the terms and conditions in the construction industry. The reason for doing this paper is to ensure that people are aware of the criteria of contractor prequalification in a construction company. This topic is vital not only to the individuals in the construction industry but also to those willing to construct buildings. Several things are addressed in this paper that are essential during the process of prequalification. Literature Review According to Hale et al.…
Database Design Poor data design and the implementation process could lead to the various challenges faced in the system such as data ambiguity, inconsistency and complications in the data interpretations. Data hacking takes place when the database is weakly designed and where data handling is not programmed. Data that is poorly implemented cannot be used by a different person hence making the processes of references difficult. Handling real-life scenarios such as workplace issues, therefore, calls for proper information handling. Poor data handling has been a trending issue, and people have encountered several examples of poor data design. A poorly designed data is characterized by many schema issues and database problems (Cong, 2016). The schema data organization requires the implementation of the design principles that help reduce the data breaches. According to the report, it is difficult to detect any problem when using databases that are poorly designed. Instead, more issues are developed hence the increased confusion in the system. Therefore, the design of the database should be in line with the management principles and updated regularly to reduce the chances…
Data is a Fingerprint The title of the document is “Data is a Fingerprint: why you aren’t as anonymous as you think online.” The author of the article is Olivia Solon, an American, female technology reporter for the Guardian residing in San Francisco, California. Olivia is a Caucasian white whose career as a journalist was established in the University of London and Oxford. The document was published on July 13, 2018. The document that is based on the newspaper account about technology and scientific issues. The report was obtained from ‘The Guardian’ newspaper on the world issues of development. The article develops ideas based on data privacy and intrusion. It is observed that the Australian government exposes the data that later is re-identified. It is indicated that more than 2.9 million records of medical bills were released (Solon, 2018). Therefore, it is then stated that when the University of Melbourne conducts research and realizes that data has re-identified and revealed the medical history of the patients. It was later revealed through the article that the Australian government attempts to remove…
Data Collection Methods Before understanding the practice of data collection, its essential to review its application. Data collection is a critical process in any research being conducted. It involves the systematic gathering, grouping, and analyzing information based on the various variables of interest; it enables the provision of facts about an inevitable question. Researchers use this method to try to relate specific aspects of real-life elements (LoBiondo-Wood & Haber, 2017). For example, carrying out the effects of technology on effective healthcare delivery will involve the collection of data from the hospital through interaction with physicians and patients. Thus, data collection enables the support of investigator’s claims. There are numerous data collection methods, the most common method being the use of interviews. In this post, there will be a review of scenarios for using this method and the various limitations accompanying the technique. Interviews This is a standard data collection method; it involves having an essential conversation where there is one party asking questions concerning a specific topic and another person providing the answers. This type of data collection is divided…
Data Analyzing Organizations have been created to provide different kinds of services as well as products to their target market. However, for these organizations to maintain a high number of the client, they need to put in much focus on various issues. One of the most important aspects that an organization can rely on is data. Data provides an insight into the activities going on within an organization. Therefore, data analysis must be regularly conducted to inform the organization on various steps that it should undertake (Agrawal, Deshpande & Cecen, 2014). The process of data analysis involves various data science techniques. This paper will investigate an opportunity that calls for the use of a specific data science technique within the organization to address a concrete managerial problem. The organization focuses on the production of steel products. The organization has put in place various strategies so that it can succeed in its operations. One of the methods that the company has employed is to be divided into two divisions (Provost, & Fawcett, 2013). One of the divisions that have been developed within…
Dining Dollars System Report 1. Introduction Dining Dollars are suitable, cashless approach to buy at AU Dining on-campus food from different locations. In simple terms, they are dollar amounts added to the student meal plan account when a student meal plan is purchased. Similar to debit cards, the student’s balance (in dollars) decreases whenever he/she purchase from the account. Despite this plan being associated with the Meal plan, it is separate from meal plan swipes and Eagle Bucks accounts. Dining Dollars are usually added to the account only if the student signs up for the meal plan. 2. Technical requirements These refer to the technical issues that should be well analyzed during the system design phase, which will enable the desired system to function per the needs of the user. The problems that should be addressed, for instance, may include performance, reliability, and availability of the specified system. In software projects, technical requirements typically refer to how the software is built i.e., which languages are used to program the software, which operating system the software can swiftly run on, and…
Document Generative Software {Living in this digital world has necessitated that most things be done digitally. | In the era live, most people digitally keep their documents. | Keeping documents safe is what most people try to keep digitally in the digital ear we live.} {Keeping your document safe can be an excellent idea and helpful to you and your staff. | Your staff and the team can have it pleasing if the software you use can keep your documents well. | It will be a joy to the entire staff if you manage to keep the documents safe when you need to save them.} {However, the document can be hard to interpret at times, and that could lead to inconveniences in many ways. | Languages need to be changed from the original at some points, and that could mean your software should support the feature. | The interpretation of languages is hard at the time, and a feature that will help change the languages should be enhanced in the software you develop.} {Choose software that can help you manage…
Enterprise Systems Enterprise systems seem to be a recognized vision by companies in today’s world. These viable software packages have the potential to seamlessly integrate all of the flowing data through the consumer information, accounting and financial information, supply chain information, and human resource information of the company. For managers who are struggling with high expenses and frustrations, incompatible systems of information, and varying practices of operating, the notion of a solution that is off-the-shelf to the business integration difficulty is enticing (Andergassen et al., 2015). This paper aims to recommend the best enterprise system to be implemented at Sugar Inc Company and the challenges they are likely to experience. There are three different types of enterprise systems available today are Supply Chain Management (CSM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), and Customer Relationship Management (CRM). CSM software deals with logistics and resources needed to ensure products get to the consumers, CRM software focus is on consumer information, and ERP systems integrate supply chain, human resource, accounting, and consumer relationship management systems within their modules (Weedmark, 2018). The ERP software package…