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Comparative Question Part 1:  Go to Google Canada Maps. http://maps.google.com Locate your house on Google Maps. Zoom in and out. Look at the satellite and terrain views. Identify some unique features and tools available to the user.  View some other addresses on Google Maps. Explore features you know in Canada. Play with the software so that you become familiar with it.   Part 2:  Go to the Atlas of Canada – Toporama.  (May take a few minutes to load) Locate your house on the topographical map.  Zoom in and out.  Look at the different topographical details in your areas.  What types of symbols do you see.  View the other addresses on the Atlas of Canada – Toporama that you explored on Google. Play with the software so that you become familiar with it. Identify some unique features and tools available to the user.    Your Task: Comparative paragraph After you have finished, write a 8-15 sentence paragraph comparing what you have done in Google Maps and in the Atlas of Canada – Toporama map.  Describe and compare each map, discuss features and tools, what you have found and when you could use each of these maps. In this paragraph, you are demonstrating to your teacher that you have taken the time to play with this software so that you will be able to use it when needed later in the course.     /10

Viewing architecture as a way to address societal order, which architect produced the first architectural treatise of the Renaissance, On the Art of Building? (SLO 6)

The figure below is from Vandputte, et al., Applied and Environmental Microbiology, January 2010, Vol. 76: p. 243-253. They used Chromobacterium violaceum (A) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (B) to examine the effects of the leaf and bark extracts (extracted using DMSO) from a tree (Combretum albiflorum). All of the wells have acyl homoserine lactones added and each row has three wells with the same samples (triplicate). The blue color in A is due to production of violacein, a pigment. The red color in B is due to pyocyanin production, a substance that is toxic to eukaryotic cells. The *** indicates this bar is significantly different from the DMSO (solvent control) bar. Question: What kind of system seems to be regulating the production of these colored substances? How does this system work? Why would they measure not only the production of the colored substances but also bacterial growth? What statement can you make regarding this figure? (What can you say about the leaf and bark extracts and which you would most prefer for what and why?)    

The Great Fire of 1666 destroyed approximately 80% of the city at that time. Which of these architects was tasked with the architectural designs for rebuilding of London, after the Great Fire of 1666? (SLO 4)

This building section is likely this style of architecture: (SLO 1)

The Renaissance can be traced to originating in one specific city. There they developed the characteristic style of using restrained classicism, proportion and ratio to which the art and architectural era is known. Which city is known as the birthplace of the Renaissance? (SLO 5)

Which one of these architectural characteristics is not a characteristic of Baroque Architecture: (SLO 2)

Many of the glass and cast iron structures (i.e. the Crystal Palace) of the Industrial Revolution were inspired by tropical plant greenhouse design. (SLO 4)

Cronbach’s alpha is used to measure:

Below is a dataset of employee productivity scores (units produced per hour) before and after a training intervention. Dataset: Quiz2_data.xlsx The dataset contains: Column A: Employee ID Column B: Pre-training productivity Column C: Post-training productivity Using Excel: Calculate descriptive statistics (mean, median, standard deviation) for both pre- and post-training scores (5 points) Perform a paired samples t-test to determine if there was a significant improvement (5 points) Write a brief recommendation to management about the effectiveness of the training program based on your analysis (5 points) Report your responses below and clearly label your answers. Be sure to follow the proper reporting format we discussed in class!