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The physician on call pages you to ask if the patient you are taking care of is afebrile. Which of the following vital signs would you find in an afebrile patient?

Order:  gentamycin 30 mg IVPB in 40 ml D5W to infuse over 30 minutes. Stock:  Vial of gentamycin 40 mg/mL How many mL of gentamycin will you add to the IVPB solution? Round to the nearest tenth.

When recording the patient’s respiratory status, what must be recorded? (Select all that apply.)

Stage this pressure ulcer:

Which of the following electrolytes are out of the normal range? (select all that apply)

FIR filter design using frequency sampling involves

How are intercompany transactions handled in a joint venture?

Data was collected on every quarterback drafted in the NFL from 2000-2017 who started at least 5 games in his career (during that stretch).  The goal is to predict which players will make a Pro Bowl at some time in their career.   The following variables were used as predictors: YearsStarting: Number of years as the primary starter PassTD/GS: Passing Touchdowns per game started Int/GS: Interceptions per game started RushTD/GS: Rush TD per game started Comp%: Completion % DrAge: Age at the draft Pick: Number selected in the draft (lower number is a ‘higher’ pick) Response: ProBowlEver?: Did the player ever make a pro bowl? (1: yes 0: no) Using the output, which variables are significant at the alpha = 0.1 level? List all significant variables and circle the ‘most’ significant variable. Explain why this makes sense.

Run the following linear regression was run to predict Wins in the MLB from 2015-2018 based on the following statistics: OPS: On-base percentage + Slugging percentage WHIP: Walks + hits given up per inning pitched (You can copy this code directly into your R session–and should have done so prior to the quiz) teams15_18 %filter(yearID >= 2015) %>%mutate(OBP = (H + BB + HBP)/(AB + BB + HBP + SF),SLG = (H + X2B + 2 * X3B + 3 * HR)/AB,OPS = OBP + SLG,WHIP = (BBA + HA)/(IPouts/3)) lm(W ~ OPS + WHIP, teams15_18) %>%summary()   What proportion of variability in wins is explained by the model (i.e., how much variation in wins is explained by those two statistics? Report your answer to 4 decimal places

The Ohio State Baseball team is looking at a few promotions to enhance attendance.  Unfortunately, weather can keep people away regardless of the pull of a bobblehead.  Below, you can find the expected profit from various promotion/weather combos (remember, promotions cost money that can’t be recouped if the tickets aren’t sold).   Weather   Very Hot yet Sunny Comfortable Rainy No Promotion $15,000 $20,000 $10,000 Bobblehead giveaway $25,000 $35,000 $0 Dime-a-dog $30,000 $30,000 $1,000 Kid’s free $20,000 $25,000 $2,000 What is the maximin strategy?