Student Topics and Questions

Student Topics and Questions

MTH/220r6

Student Topics and Questions

Health Services Administration

Topic:Facility Demographics

Expected Medicare Payers

Question 1:Review data of the expected payers whoused Medicare from 2009 to 2014at a facility of theirchoice. What percentage of expected payers will use Medicare 5years from now?

Topic:County demographics

Expected workers’ compensation payers

Question 2:Review data of the expected payers from 2009 to 2014 who used workerscompensation at the Butte. What percentage of expected payers will use workers compensation 5years from now?

Security and Criminal Justice

Topic:Criminals

Incarcerated Offenders

Question 3: Review the data on persons supervised by the adult correctional systems by correctional status. What percentage of the total U.S. population will be supervised by the adult correctional system 10 years from now?

Topic:Jails

Correction Officers

Question 4: Review the data from 1999 to 2008on correction officer injuries and fatalities. What can you say about the typical correction officer whohas a job-related injury?

Humanities

Topic:Jobs using an English Major

Career Path

Question 5: How has your career path and type of higher education institution (i.e.,public verses private and in-state vs out of state) been affected salary post-graduation over the past 4 years, assuming you hadno financial help?

Topic: Cultural Studies/Diversity

Education Research

Question 6:How has race, ethnicity, and economic status affected collegiate success from 2008 to 2010?

Psychology

Topic:Alcoholism

Expected Alcoholism

Question 7: Does your marital status (married/single), education (degree/non-degree), and family history (yes or no, drinking issues) influence or play a part in a person’s drinking habits?

Topic: Social Situations

Communication Preferences

Question 8: Does your age (teen, non-teen), education (degree/non-degree), and gender (female/non-female) influence or play a part in a person’s communication preference?

Business

Topic:Operations

Profitability

Question 9:Compare and contrast the soda company data for the last 5 years (including marketing, employee, shipping, and sales costs) to predict the maximum amount of money you can spend this year and still be profitable.

Topic: Customer Data

Loyalty Cards

Question 10:Review data on daily purchases from loyalty cards at a grocery store. What does the information conclude about the customer purchases made this year at your store?

Education

Topic:Post-Secondary Education

SAT Test

Question 11:Review the data on the mean SAT scores of college-bound seniors from 1987 to 2013. What can you say about the math skills of a typical student, who is attending college this fall?

Topic: Elementary Education

Student Readiness

Question 12:How does race, employment status, socioeconomic status, and parental education affect a child’s fine motor skills going into kindergarten from the time they are younger than age 2 until they are older than age 3?