Review the six different traits necessary for effective management. These traits include technical and conceptual skills. Choose a successful entrepreneur, and research how she or he became successful. Identify the traits that helped this businessperson reach his or her goals. Write at least a one-page report on your findings.

Recent research has shown that the use of earbud-style headphones packaged with MP3 players can cause permanent hearing loss. The intensity of the sound from the speakers of a certain MP3 player (without earbuds) is measured at $3.1 \times 10^{-5}\ \mathrm{W} / \mathrm{m}^{2}.$ Find the decibel level.

Refer to Research In Motion’s balance sheet in Appendix A. What property, plant and equipment assets does RIM show on its balance sheet? What is the book value of its total net property, plant and equipment assets at February 27, 2010?

Write an autobiographical narrative, or true story about your own life, in which you describe how a shared experience shaped your conscience or how an act of conscience gave you a new perspective. Relate this experience to the texts that you have read and the research you have conducted in this section.

Keegan and Jeff did some research and found that there are approximately 7,492,000,000,000,000,000 grains of sand on Earth. Jeff says that it is about $7 \times 10^{15}$ grains of sand. Keegan says that this is about $7 \times 10^{18}$ grains of sand. Whose estimate, Jeff's or Keegan's, is more logical? Explain.

The Pew Research Center conducted a survey of 45,535 adults in 40 countries to discover major concerns for the future. The survey results showed that 20,901 of the respondents are very concerned about climate change.

d. Develop a $95 \%$ confidence interval for the population proportion of adults who are very concerned about climate change.

$$\textbf {\color{default}{Career Focus Molecular Anthropologist}}\text {Use the media center or Internet sources to research the educational background and field experience necessary to become a molecular anthropologist. List the high school courses required, and describe additional degrees or training recommended for this career. Summarize the employment outlook for this field.}$$

What personality traits do psychologists possess? Choose two psychologists discussed in this chapter and conduct Internet research to find biographical information about each one. Then, using either Han's Eysenck's dimensions of personality or the Five-Factor Model, come up with a set of trait words for each psychologist.

Classify the following sentence by writing on the line provided S for simple sentence, CD for compound sentence, CX for complex sentence, or CD-CX for compound-complex sentence.

Example S 1. I use the Dictionary of American Biography to research famous Americans.

_____Are you interested in geographical trivia?

Research an example of rationing that took place in either the United States or another country. Under what circumstances was rationing implemented? What effect did rationing have on the economy? Was rationing an effective way to allocate goods and services in this particular situation? Write a two-page essay to explain your findings.

An IRS research found that the average time for taxpayers to prepare, copy, and electronically file a 1040 tax form is 330 minutes. The standard deviation for this time distribution, which is normal, is 80 minutes. A group of 40 taxpayers are chosen at random by a consumer protection organisation. What is the standard error of the mean in this example?

A marketing research firm advises a new client that approximately 15% of all persons sent a sweepstakes offer will return the mailing. Suppose the client sends out 10,000 sweepstakes offers.a. What is the probability that fewer than 1,430 of the mailings will be returned?b. What is the probability that more than 1,600 of the mailings will be returned?

Research into the background and business activities of two well-known entrepreneurs in your own country. Identify the personal characteristics that you believe each entrepreneur has which have helped them to succeed. Write a brief report on each one and be prepared to present your reports to the rest of your class.

Although much of Ireland gained independence in 1922, organizations such as Sinn Fein and the Irish Republican Army have continued to fight for the independence of Northern Ireland, which is still part of the United Kingdom. Research the recent activities of these groups and the current status of English-Irish relations. Share your findings with the class.