Time series analysis

1950s Sports Following WWII, many Americans enjoyed a thriving economy and access to a range of new time-saving technologies. “With more money to spend and an excess of leisure time, people turned to sports for recreation and entertainment.” (Sports in America in the 1950s) Baseball was paramount in America, but other sports competed for the nation’s attention. Boxing and Golf were also very popular to sports fans in America, Rocky Marciano went on his historical, undefeated run between…

In unit 2 discussion 2, we are asked to select a health care organization and conduct an external environmental assessment using a framework or tool. The organization selected is the military Area Support Medical Company (ASMC). The external environmental assessment was conducted with the PEST concepts. PEST is an acronym for political, economic, social, and technological. The terminology represents the framework organizations use to evaluate the external factors that affects their business…

Martin go through some basic stages of conversation, they also show us how, as stated by Sachtleben and Denny, people react to language and and the constraints imposed on them by a particular situation and by others with whom they interact. Pragmatic analysis is critical for interpreters, as it teaches them the societal norms, different methods of communication, and techniques people use in order to reach an agreeable outcome in an interaction. Sachtleben and Denny (2011) argue that it is…

Both the hit Netflix series, Stranger Things, and the book Bootstraps by Victor Villanueva are closely related to the issue of discrimination within this episode of Everybody Hates Chris. Stranger Things is a science fiction series focused on a group of young friends who are working to solve the mystery of the “Upside Down,” while stopping the Demogorgon from taking over their…

Thematic Analysis of A Sound of Thunder The butterfly effect poses a dangerous fantasy that could quite possibly become reality. Ray Bradbury’s cautionary tale, A Sound of Thunder, predicts a future where this fiction truly becomes fact. The main character of this short story, Eckels, lives in a time 40 years our latter, where man can relive the past through time travel. Capitalizing on the unsung privilege of his modern world, Eckels decides to finally partake in a “time safari”. After a…

are we still able to look ourselves in the mirror with dignity? This is shown in the highly rated Netflix series House of Cards which some might believe has roots from one of the greatest Shakespeare stories Macbeth. Robert Snow is one of those who believe that House of Cards is an adaptation from Macbeth. In his article “Why ‘House of Cards’ is One of the Best Shakespeare Adaptations of All Time” he discusses this prospect. Everyone who knows the story Macbeth is certain of the factum that…

following sales data analysis and develop a forecasting model. C’mon Back Restaurant has seen a 6% growth year over year in the first three years of operation. This is see in the adjacent chart of yearly sales per year. Looking over the data we can see that there is a seasonal pattern that occurs each month in the year along with the sales growth each year. This seasonal pattern can be viewed easily when displayed on the following time series plot. The pattern in the time series plot…

5:1. She invites the audience/readers to partner with her—to watch and listen with her as she awaits her beloved coming (perhaps either to visit her). The young woman then presents a notable and graphic picture of her beloved through the use of series of participles as verbs in verses 8-9: mĕdallēg (leaping), mĕqappēṣ (skipping), ʿômēd (standing), mašgîḥa (gazing),…

palm Oil import in year t (tons) as a proxy for importation policy and Time trend as proxy for technological change or producers’ preference OUTPUT=f(LPPO,LPSO,PHA,INTRA,EXR,IMPO,RANFAL,POLY, ECT, St).................(3.13) Where; OUTPUT = Nigerian palm oil Supply in year t, Proxied by palm oil Output (tons) LPPO = Local Price of palm Oil in years t. LPSO = Local Price of Soyabean in years t. PHAt = palm oil harvested area at time t. INTRA = Interest rate in years t. EXR = Exchange Rate in…

Variance Decomposition Analysis The variance decomposition analysis has applied to quantify the extent up to which the selected indices one influenced by each other. We can also examine the short run dynamic relationship by variance decomposition. While impulse response functions trace the effects of a shock to one endogenous variable in the VAR, variance decomposition separates the variation in an endogenous variable in to the component shocks to the VAR. Thus, the variance decomposition…