QRB 501(Quantitative Reasoning for Business) All Week 1- 6 – Individual and Team Assignment and DQs
WEEK 1
Week 1 Individual Assignment – Order of Operations and Dependent and Independent Variables
Individual Assignment: Order of Operations and Dependent and Independent Variables. Complete in one file please and title each response with the text, the chapter, and the question. This format applies to all assignments in subsequent weeks.
Complete the following order of operations questions:
o McConnell & Brue text
Ch. 7, study question 12
Ch. 8, study questions 2 and 11
Ch. 20, study question 2
Ch. 22, study question 7
o Marshall, McManus, & Viele text
Ch. 3, exercise E3.6
Complete the following dependent and independent variables question from the Horngren text:
o Ch. 2, question 2B2
WEEK 2
Week 2 Individual Assignment – Levels of Measurement, Simultaneous Equations, and Time Series
Individual Assignment: Levels of Measurement, Simultaneous Equations, and Time Series. Complete in one file please and title each response with the text, the chapter, and the question.
Individual Assignment: Levels of Measurement, Simultaneous Equations, and Time Series
Complete the following levels of measurement question from the Lind, Marchal, & Wathen text:
o Ch. 1, exercise 18
Complete the following simultaneous equations question from the Horngren text:
o Ch. 3, problem 3-41
Complete the following time series question from the Marshall, McManus, & Viele text:
o Ch. 3, case C3.18
WEEK 3
Week 3 Team Assignment – Histogram and Bivariate Plots, Value of a Slope, and Linear Regression Analysis
Learning Team Assignment: Histogram and Bivariate Plots, Value of a Slope, and Linear Regression Analysis
Complete the following histogram and bivariate plots questions:
o Sevilla & Somers text
Activity 1.3, using the appropriate data sets from Topic 1 located at the following Web link: http://bcs.wiley.com/he-bcs/Books?action=resource&bcsId=4412&itemId=0470413549&resourceId=13940
Activity 2.2
o McConnell & Brue text
Ch. 3, study question 7b (skip questions a and c)
o Horngren text
Ch. 3, problem 3-53, questions 1, 2, & 4 (skip question 3)
Complete the following value of a slope questions from the Horngren text:
o Ch. 3, exercise 3-41 and answer this question: what is the slope?
Complete the following linear regression analysis questions from the Sevilla & Somers text, using the appropriate data sets from Topic 6 located at the following Web link: http://bcs.wiley.com/he-bcs/Books?action=resource&bcsId=4412&itemId=0470413549&resourceId=13940
o Activity 6.2, all questions excluding 1.b) and 1.c)
WEEK 4
Week 4 Individual Assignment – Exponential and Reciprocal Functions
Complete the following time value of money questions:
Marshall, McManus, & Viele text
Ch. 6, problem P6-26 a, b, c, and d only
Sevilla & Somers text
Topic 6, exploration 8b
Complete the following compounding questions from the McConnell & Brue text:
Ch. 8, study questions 1 and 2
WEEK 5
Week 5 Individual Assignment – Frequency Distribution, Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion, Quality Control, and Normal Distribution
Individual Assignment: Frequency Distribution, Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion, Quality Control, and Normal Distribution
Complete in one file please and title each response with the text, the chapter, and the question.
Complete the following frequency distribution questions:
o Sevilla & Somers text
Activity 18.1
o Lind, Marchal, & Wathen text
Ch. 2, exercise 11 (a and c only)
Complete the following central tendency and dispersion questions:
o Lind, Marchal, & Wathen text
Ch. 3, exercise 85
o Sevilla & Somers text
Activity 17.1(1 only)
Complete the following quality control questions from the Lind, Marchal, & Wathen text:
o Ch. 17, exercise 20 (a and b only)
Complete the following normal distribution questions from the Sevilla & Somers text:
o Topic 17, exploration 2
Four Discussion Questions for Each Week are included.