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Benefit - Cost Analysis For SaaS Upgrade Decision Making. In consideration of new HHS rules on pricing transaprency, my team was asked to evaluate the present value of a medical plan upgrading to a new SaaS. My part was to lead the sub-committee to create the spreadsheet to estimate the annual cost avoidance a medical plan would realize by using a software designed for that purpose. Our analysis produces an annual value for the plan to use the software. Here is our Final Project Recommmendation.
Apple Case Decision Making, Here I present my findings from an Apple, Inc. Business Case. I recommend a course of action for Apple on whether it should pursue hardware first or services first going forward based upon information given in the case. Methods utilized are linear regression modeling, Forecast Error testing using MAD MAPE and MSE, and a Decision Tree using NPVs as the basis for the expected values of the decisions.
Nike Stock WACC and CAPM stock valuation. In this project, my team and I evaluated a business case in which an analyst calculated Nike's WACC and we were to diagnose her calculation in order to come to an ultimate recommendation on whether the stock was currently undervalued or overvalued.
Life Expectancy in Aghanistan Data Modelling. In this project, my team and I worked to discover the variables that would be most effective in increasing life expectancy in Afghanistan. Spoiler: more education was #1.
Mergers And Acquisitions for a Better Future. In this capstone work, I make the case, against popular opinion, that M&A is good for hte ecnonomy, there is no reason to believe that it causes pricing pressure on the average American household, and I give an example from history on how M&A has helped provide a better life for all: railroads.
Enuma Elish and Genesis 1 Compared
Here I attempt a comparison of the oldest known creation epic with Genesis. I argue that current scholarship has weak grounds upon which to assert that Enuma Elish is an earlier epic which influenced the composition of Genesis. I conclude that the unbiased observer of the extant documents would be more influenced by teh shared memory explanation and I provide an example from the Indigenous Peoples of the Pacific Islands and Alaska.
The Communist Movement of the 1960s: Ignoring Marxist Evil on Display Power Point Version
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