Economies of scale are the factors that lead to a reduction in average costs as a business increases in size. There are five economies of scale Purchasing Economies When businesses buy large numbers of components‚ for example materials or spare parts‚ they are able to gain discounts for buying in bulk. This reduces the unit cost of each item bought and gives the firm an advantage over smaller businesses which buy in small quantities. Marketing Economies
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The pH Scale is a scale made to show how acidic or alkaline a substance is. The pH of something is measured with pH paper which can vary from wide range paper‚ which covers all ph’s‚ but is not as accurate at some others. There are pH papers that get very specific that can have a range such as 2 or 3 and get much more precise. The neutral on the scale is 7. Anything that is below 7 is considered acidic and anything above 7 is considered alkaline. Acidic substances contain more H+ than OH-. H+
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Around the period of the First World War the King of the United Kingdom said to the then Earl of Derby “My father was frightened of his mother‚ I was frightened of my father‚ and I am damned well going to see to it that my children are frightened of me.” One of the most powerful men in the western world during a time of great strife said this about the ones closest to him in his life. Why would a man of such potentially great compassion in one of the most fruitful nations of its time feel this way
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The following statements are issues regarding women in leadership roles. For many working class people some of these problems are more important than others. You will indicate the extent to which each statement applies to you. Beneath each statement there is a set of number used to express your opinion about the statement. For example: I feel that women are simple minded. -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 Strongly Disagree Slightly Neither Slightly Agree Strongly Disagree Disagree
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Discussion The Flash Player defaults to a scale mode of "showAll" (except the test Player‚ which defaults to "noScale"). In "showAll" mode‚ the Flash movie scales to fit the Player while maintaining the movie’s original aspect ratio. The result is that the movie can have borders on the sides if the Player aspect ratio does not match the movie aspect ratio. You can set a movie to "showAll" mode‚ as follows: Stage.scaleMode = "showAll"; The "noBorder" mode scales a movie to fit the Player while maintaining
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following distances using the fractional map scale. (Your instructor may ask you to show your work in the space provided.) 1. On a map with a scale of 1:24‚000‚ a measured distance of one inch represents an actual distance of: _2000__ feet 2. On a map with a scale of 1:62‚500‚ a measured distance of 4.5 inches represents an actual distance of: _4.43892045__ miles 3. On a map with a scale of 1:250‚000‚ a measured distance of
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Perla‚ R. J. (2007). Ten common misunderstandings‚ misconceptions‚ persistent myths and urban legends about Likert scales and Likert response formats and their antidotes. Journal of Social Sciences‚ 3(3)‚ 106-116. Carifio and Perla discussed how a previous article by Jamieson had many misunderstandings‚ misconceptions‚ conceptual errors‚ myths‚ and urban legends about Likert scales and their features. Carifio and Perla address these misunderstanding and misconceptions and explain through examples
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received in the hospital‚ overall satisfaction with hospital physical environment‚ overall satisfaction with admission service in the hospital and overall satisfaction with services of the hospital in general. All items were measured by 7-point Likert scales‚ 1 very satisfied to 7 very dissatisfied. Independent variables Independent variables consist of 3 components which are variables on patient perceptions of health service quality‚ individual
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minority group they belonged to. The article also did not specify what kind of survey was given. Most often‚ internet surveys will be Likert Scale surveys‚ where the subject is given a scenario and then told to pick a number. For example 1 would be “strongly disagree”‚ 5 would be “strongly agree” and 3 would be “neutral”. The only problem with Likert Scales is that people tent to lean toward neutral so the results are often not as accurate as they appear. The article was published by Science Daily
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Differential Loneliness Scale for Non-student Populations Marcia James South University Virginia Beach Individual Assessment CNS 6526 Dr. Susanne Preston March 01‚ 2013 Differential Loneliness Scale for Non-students Populations DESCRIPTION OF THE ASSESMENT The Differential Loneliness Scale for Non-student Populations (DLS; Schmidt & Sermat‚ 1983) is a self-report instrument used to assess levels of loneliness. This is a 60-item measure used to assess loneliness as well as specific
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