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Person Status Allen Unpaid stay at home dad. Has not looked for a job in several years. Ben College president. Allison Part-time welder. Actively looking for full time work. Brittany Self-employed full-time wedding singer. Cathy Full­time physician’s assistant. Calvin Retired finance professor. Last applied for work 10 weeks ago. Diane Laid-off fork-lift operator looking for another job. David Works for a bicycle store. Age 70. Evelyn Manager of health food store. Eli Museum guard. Was not at work last week due to illness. Emily 10-year old who sells lemonade on the weekends. Flora Has never been employed. Looked for a job last week. Frank Fired from job as an investment banker. Last looked for work six weeks ago.   What is the unemployment rate? (round to the nearest hundredth) HINT: 100 x (unemployed/labor force)      

Person Status Allen Unpaid stay at home dad. Has not looked for a job in several years. Ben College president. Allison Part-time welder. Actively looking for full time work. Brittany Self-employed full-time wedding singer. Cathy Full­time physician’s assistant. Calvin Retired finance professor. Last applied for work 10 weeks ago. Diane Laid-off fork-lift operator looking for another job. David Works for a bicycle store. Age 70. Evelyn Manager of health food store. Eli Museum guard. Was not at work last week due to illness. Emily 10-year old who sells lemonade on the weekends. Flora Has never been employed. Looked for a job last week. Frank Fired from job as an investment banker. Last looked for work six weeks ago.   What percent are NOT in the labor force? HINT: What percent are in the labor force? (You already answered that.) Now that you know that, how many are not in the labor force?      

What is something you need to get an absence excused?

According to the Approved Research Material Policy, which of the following domains does not need prior approval to use on a research paper?

Simplify the expression by first substituting values from the table of exact values and then simplifying the resulting expression. 4 sin 30°

A working thesis statement cannot change.

Describe the differences between criterion and norm referenced assessments including when we might use one type or the other. 

Explain the difference between formative and summative assessments and describe instances in a class where you would implement each. 

Standardized tests are generally high-stakes assessments

There is a direct relation to a student’s ethnicity, first language and culture and potential test-bias.