AN ANALYSIS OF BUSINESS MATHEMATICS PRINCIPLES
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This 10-page paper focuses on various business mathematical principles including linear programming, network flow models, queuing analysis, simulation and inventory management. The paper also provides examples of how companies have used these tools to better manage inventory and predict customer demand. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: MTbusmat.rtf

An Overview of Probability
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This 4 page paper looks at probability and how it is used in society. Gambling, the insurance industry and politics are areas referenced. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: SA313prb.rtf

Analysing Data with SPSS
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This 14 page paper shows how raw, or primary, data can be analysed. The paper uses the correlation between religion and life after death as an example, with primary data collected from 60 respondents. The paper shows how to use a statistical package to analyse data, looks at exploring data using the mean and median with a 95% confidence level. Data is tested with a chi squared test and a full hypothesis test is demonstrated. The bibliography cites 6 sources.
Filename: TEspssreligion.rtf

Analysing driving test data - methodology
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A paper which looks at ways in which quantitative data relating to comparative success rates of driving school instructors and test centres can be analysed, with some recommendations as to how qualitative data might be used to supplement this.
Filename: JLtest.rtf

Analysis of Article Containing Statistical Information
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This 5 page paper provides an evaluation of an article continuing statistics. The purpose of the review is to question the validity of statistics and how easily statistics can be erroneously interpreted. No additional sources cited.
Filename: SA247art.rtf

Are Fuel Prices Correlated with Elections
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This 4 page paper explores the idea that there are lower fuel or gas prices just before an election. The paper performs an hypothesis test using primary data of gasoline (petrol) process in the US in election years to try prove, or disprove, that there is a correlation. The paper shows the data and the process of performing an hypothesis test. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
Filename: TEecogas.rtf

Aristotle: His Contributions to Math
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5 pages. One of Aristotle's greatest contributions to mankind is within the field of math. Because his philosophical believes were predicated solely on logic and syllogism, and these are mathematical in nature, it is a fact that Aristotle based most of his philosophy on analysis and math. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: JGAarmth.wps

Assessing Two Sets of Data
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This 3 page paper analyses two sets of data provided by the student. Each is a data set of amounts of commission earned by sales teams. The two sets of data are analysed looking at the range, median, mode and mean with the standard deviation. The bibliography cites 2 sources.
Filename: TEsetsda.rtf

Astrology; The Contribution of Johannes Kepler
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This 4 page paper examines the reforms that were proposed by Johannes Kepler during the sixteenth century and why he made these proposals that revolutionised the practice of astrology. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TEastrkepler.rtf

Attitudes to Mathematics: A View of Attitudes in UK Education
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This 50 page paper provides an overview of the issue of the attitudes towards mathematics in education in the United Kingdom. This paper considers the attitudes, how they are measured, and how these attitudes impact learning. Though this paper has a definitive bias for UK education, the studies integrated into the review of literature include sources that relate the general factors that influence views of mathematics in Western education in general, including issues like gender bias and curriculum development. Bibliography lists 30 sources
Filename: MHMathUK.rev.wps

Augustin-Louis Cauchy
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This 46 page paper looks at the French nineteenth century mathematician Augustin-Louis Cauchy. The paper begins with an examination of the development of calculus up until the time of Cauchy and then looks at the mathematicians background and how it may have impacted on his work. The majority of the paper looks at his work, with numerous mathematical equations and examples. The paper includes consideration on how he created rigor in calculus, and many of his theories, including work on Fermat’s theories and many other theories of his own. The bibliography cites 20 sources.
Filename: TEcauchy.rtf

Automating Asymptotes
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A 3 page paper examining factors affecting engineers' understanding of graphing functions for a new software product. The paper's premise is software, but its subject is finding x- and y-intercepts and asymptotes, then graphing the equation. The equation used is f(x) = x – 1/ x^2 – x – 12. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSmathAsympt.rtf