Assignment Prompt & Instructions
The Western Pennsylvania Minor Football League has three teams: The New Castle Kings; the Meadville Raiders; and the Kittanning Krushers. Each team plays the other teams just once during the season. The win-loss record for the past 5 years is as follows:
Each row represents the number of wins over the past 5 years. New Castle Kings beat the Meadville Raiders 3 times, beat the Kittanning Krushers 4 times, and so on.
(a) What is the probability that the Meadville Raiders will win every game next year?
(b) What is the probability that the Kittanning Krushers will win at least one game next year?
(c) What is the probability that New Castle Kings will win exactly one game next year?
(d) What is the probability that the Meadville Raiders will win fewer than two games next year?
1. Name three business processes that can be described by the normal distribution. Justify your answer with at least two _scholarly_ articles on the topic.
Be sure to show your calculations and explain how you arrived at your answers.
### **Paper Specifics**
Although this is a working paper it is also a research paper; therefore, it should be developed, organized and presented using APA formatting guidelines – including the use of a title page, citations, headings, tables, figures, references and appendices (if applicable); _be sure to cite at least three scholarly researched sources_.
Any calculations and graphs may be done in Excel, and then transferred to a Word document. All calculations should be clearly explained as to your assumptions and how you arrived at your answers.
**Note**: Though the names of the teams in the case may be familiar, they are purely fictional; do not use external sources that discuss teams with similar names to support your analysis or any conclusions you draw.
Neither an abstract or running head is necessary for this assignment.
The submitted assignment MUST BE a Word Document.
### **General Guidelines**
Most classes have a 2 paper requirement per course. Please be sure to address the following requirements when completing your papers:
– The cover page and reference page/s are not included in the above-stated page requirement. These should be in addition to page requirements.
– Papers need to be formatted in proper APA 7th Edition style.
– Each paper requires a minimum of at least three outside peer-reviewed sources for your references (unless stated otherwise in the guidance above).
o Acceptable/credible sources include: Academic journals and books, industry journals, and the class textbook. To include additional types of sources, please review the “Guidelines for finding and utilizing required references for your paper,” shared below.
– Using your textbook is highly recommended to demonstrate that you have read the required material and/or are connecting new thoughts to the course text/learnings.
**Guidelines for finding and utilizing required references for your paper:**
For a formal research paper, you are required to locate, understand, and integrate a certain number of peer reviewed journal articles and/or published books, as these are considered reliable and valid sources of information by academics and industry. The best source of these articles is to search through your CiAM Library (LIRN). However, if you find a website you would really like to share in your paper, you can do so if it is NOT counted as one of your reliable/valid articles/books (i.e., goes above and beyond the required amount of reliable/valid sources), and if it is NOT the basis/foundation of your paper. Otherwise, there is no way to demonstrate that: 1. You have done true research and have given the appropriate level of thought to your paper; and 2. There is no way to validate that the information you have received off of the internet has been fact checked.
**Here are some guidelines on how to think about this process:**
1. Using Wikipedia: This internet source is very popular, and although there may be some great articles found there, there is no formal process (at this point) for what is posted to be fact checked. Meaning, what you find there is not always true. However, if you read an interesting article, you can go to their references, check on who they researched, then go to that ORIGINAL work (locate it in our library), and then read through that article and reference that article (not Wikipedia). If you want to cite Wikipedia, you may do so if it follows the guidelines shared above (i.e., is NOT the basis of your paper, and is just a supplemental share going above and beyond the minimum required reliable/valid works). You may also simply visit Wikipedia just to get more general information on a subject before you start your formal research process).
**2.** **General informational websites and business websites: These follow the same rules as shared above.**
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