You can complete this assignment after reading Chapter 8 in your textbook and Writing Assignment 3.1.  The problem involves objectively verifying claims using statistical tests T.

Writing Assignment 3.3

Problem Description: Critical comparison of opposing claims, analytical thinking, and problem-solving

The amount of shaft wear (.0001 in.) after a fixed mileage was determined for each of n = 8 internal combustion engines having copper lead as a bearing material, resulting in  and s = 1.25. Assuming that the distribution of shaft wear is normal with mean μ, use the appropriate test at level .05 to test  H0 : μ = 3.50 versus Hα : μ> 3.50.  Please state any assumption you have made if necessary.

Shaft wear in excess of 3.50 could lead to catastrophic failures in extreme weather conditions. Engineers for the manufacturer of the shafts claim that the shaft wear is within acceptable limits. Lawyers representing a class action legal suit filed against the company feel that recent deaths due to catastrophic vehicle failures for engines with this shaft are due to faulty bearings.

1. Conduct the appropriate hypothesis test. Whose claim would you support?
2. Be sure to present the logic of your statistical approach clearly and completely to convince the Judge and jury of your position.
3. Write your response as if you were presenting evidence as an unbiased expert witness.

Audience: As the expert witness for this case, your primary audience is the jury who will be reviewing the case documents.  NOTE: this is a different primary audience than your reading discusses. This audience is assumed not to have the specific technical knowledge of the field the witness is explaining.  The expert witness must persuade the audience of their expertise and their presentation of the case is the most credible assessment of the facts possible.

Officers of the court, legal advisories, and opposing expert witnesses are important secondary audiences, making it necessary to address any ideas that would counter your case and present why they do not disqualify your case. 

Document:  This document should present as a memorandum to the court in the case Tolford v. The Automotive Shaft Company.  The primary addressee is the Judge – The Honorable Farah Hadi. 

 

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This week’s Assignment consists of envisioning a business idea and submitting a one page minimum paper in which you identify the business including its mission, vision, primary product or service, and describe a SWOT analysis relative to its planned expansion. In this Assignment on creating a business SWOT analysis, you will engage in developing the following professional competencies: ● Problem solving and critical thinking by analyzing qualitative data in decision making. You are the owner and CEO of a business. Your business has eight locations. Each location has a location manager (who is the middle manager), a supervisor (who is the frontline level manager), and four employees. Your strategic goal for the business over the next five years is to expand into another geographic region and to increase the number and types of products or services your business provides. Choose a product or service that you would like your business to primarily provide. Compose a paper that begins by identifying the business type, stating your primary vision and mission for this business, and briefly describe (in one paragraph or less) the product or service your business provides to its customers. Then, referring to your assigned readings and other classroom preparatory materials regarding SWOT analysis, type a paper of at least one full double-spaced page, describing at least one potential strength, one potential weakness, one potential opportunity, and one potential threat that could influence or affect your strategic goal of expanding your business over the next five years. Write your Assignment in paragraph form, using Microsoft® Word®. Your document should be at least 1 double-spaced page in length, using size 12-point type size. This Assignment should be free of spelling and punctuation errors. Submission Instructions: Draft your Assignment paper at least 1 double-spaced page in length, using size 12 point font in MS Word format. Be sure your paper is well written in paragraph form, with correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Be sure to name your file according to the Kaplan file-naming convention. 

 

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