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Golf: Strategies For Success, Lauren Dunaway
Golf: Strategies For Success, Lauren Dunaway
Honors Theses
A study into the win probability of certain strategies in the card game Golf.
Presidential Popularity And The Linear Model, April Gosser
Presidential Popularity And The Linear Model, April Gosser
Honors Theses
Since the 1970's, much research has been done in an attempt to determine variables that cause decline of the president's popularity. Although there are different studies that give various reasons for the decline of the president's popularity, all agree that there is a trend of decline over the president's term. To represent the decline, James Stimson suggested a parabola model, whereas John Mueller suggested a linear-regression model. This paper attempts to show that a linear-regression model is more effective in explaining decline of the presidents from Truman to Johnson, than from Nixon to Bush. The findings show that a linear …
The Auditor And Statistical Sampling Techniques, Marilyn Metcalf
The Auditor And Statistical Sampling Techniques, Marilyn Metcalf
Honors Theses
"The auditor's overall objective is to determine whether the accounting process is free from material error." To complete his objective, the auditor must thoroughly analyze all aspects of the financial statements used in the accounting process in order to satisfy himself that they fairly represent the results of activity for the period under audit and of the financial position at the end of that period. If the volume of the transactions is great, time and economic factors may keep the auditor from making a 100 percent examination. Since a complete examination cannot be made, the auditor must choose a portion …
The Mean In Statistics, Rex E. Babcock
The Mean In Statistics, Rex E. Babcock
Honors Theses
When one speaks of how statistics have been utilized in decades past there is much to say. However, it is even more astonishing when one speaks of the utilization of statistics today. The use of statistics is widespread virtually over all of the world today, and is put to use in such fields as surveys, census, psychometrics, and almost every business, vocation, and employment that may come to one's mind. But I wish to confine myself to the mean in statistics; I will even make another boundary on myself by discussing only the arithmetic mean, geometric mean, harmonic mean, and …