Choose three questions from the following list and answer them to the best of your ability. You may not use any notes, texts, other people, software, or other resources to answer this question – only your own brain.Each response should be about 150-300 words in length (give or take 50 words). As you are not permitted to use any resources, you are not required to cite your sources or include quotations. Each response will be worth 58.3 points.Questions:What are the four stages of knowledge, for Plato? Define them, explain how they work, and why we need each one.What is a dialogue? What does it do for us that other forms of learning cannot?What is most important to a Stoic? When do they think Stoicism is most useful to us?According to Augustine, evil doing arises out of human desire. Using an example, explain how this happens.Why does Montaigne argue that everything we do in life is geared towards pleasure? How can this be, when we often do unpleasant or painful things?According to Hobbes, what are the three forces that govern our behavior, and how do they work?Kierkegaard thinks there are two main ways we create change in our lives in order to avoid boredom: crop rotation versus field rotation. Define each of these and give a brief example to illustrate how they work.Virtue ethics requires finding a golden mean between vice of excess and vice of deficiency. Define golden mean as well as vice, then explain how this process can lead you to eudaimonia, which you should also define in your response.

Consider the following question taken from a questionnaire:   “Chipotle’s menu items are:” Healthy     *       *        *       *        *       *        *    Unhealthy     This is an example of a:

Q35 Write out an interpretation of the interval above.

Q40 Describe the basic idea of how Hierarchical Clustering works:

Case 4:  Suppose a researcher believes that total monthly sales of brand Z in newly opened retail stores are affected by both the length of time the store has been open (in months) and the price of Brand Z.  To investigate, the researcher uses sales (in thousands of dollars) from many stores over many months together with information about how long the store has been open.  In this design X1 is the length of time (in months) that the store has been open and X2  is the price of brand Z in the given store for the given month.    –REFER TO THIS CASE FOR THE QUESTIONS 36-38–       Q36: Given the above output for the model, which of the following is true:

Suppose you wanted to survey people within a specific zip code about their needs within a product category.  Unfortunately, when you sent out the surveys your list of potential respondents included some individuals outside of the zip code and there is no way of determining which responses are from within the zip code.  What type of error is this?

Q25: Suppose that during the school year there was a new mathematics camp at some of the schools in the experiment.  The math camp was designed to better prepare children for the standardized test.  Which of the following is true?

Suppose that a firm is investigating attitudes toward a social/political topic within a specific city.  They plan to do this with a survey, but the issue is controversial.  The lead researcher is concerned that only the people with strong opinions will return a mail survey, therefore creating bias results.  The researchers concern could be characterized as a concern about

Consider the following statement from a respondent:         “Toyota vehicles have above average resale value”   Which dimension of attitude toward the Toyota brand does this statement reflect?  

Consider the statement “I am always excited to drive in a BMW.”  Which dimension of attitude toward the BMW brand does this statement reflect?