INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Your sample size should be statistically valid to produce reliable results. You may want to create sub-samplese.g., "males," "18-24 year-olds," etc.to decrease the risk of biasing your results towards certain types of people. Your sample size requirements depend on how accurate you would like your results to be. The larger the survey size, the more reliable your results become. For example, a survey size of 10 participants leaves you with a very large margin of error (about 32 percent). This would mean that your data are essentially unreliable. However, a sample size of 500 gives you a more reasonable margin of error of 5 percent. If possible, have your participants report demographic information on your survey. This can be as general or specific as you like. And make sure to put these questions at the beginning of the survey.Be warned, though, that many people avoid surveys that ask for personal information. For example, as the owner of the computer repair business mentioned above, you would want to interview a statistically significant number of students, perhaps splitting them up by major, age, or gender. with answers that will provide the data you need for your market research. Your questions should be pointed and specific. Try to make each question completely clear in as few words as possible. If your goal is to get your customers' real thoughts, focus on creating open-ended questions that customers can respond to with their actual thoughts, rather than with a rating or a multiple-choice response. However, if you want numerical results, be sure that your answers in some way reflect that. For example, you could have participants rate products or services from 1 to 10. If you are asking about preferences, you may want to ask respondents to rank their feelings numerically or using keywords. If you are asking about money, use ranges of values. If your answers will be descriptive, decide how to group these responses after the survey is complete so that they can be grouped in categories. For example, your computer business could ask students how likely, from 1 to 10, they are to visit your store or what type of computer accessories they want most, depending on the type of information you need. These usually include characteristics of people who are more likely to answer surveys. In order to get unbiased results, you need to figure out how to reduce the influence of these people. For example, as the computer business owner, you could do this by screening participants before the survey. If you think you primarily do business with engineering students, only accept surveys from them, even if history or english majors are more likely to respond to your survey. Don't conduct a survey unless you've already given your forms to practice cases, perhaps friends or coworkers, to ensure that your questions make sense, the answers you receive are easily quantifiable, and the survey is easy to complete. In particular, ask your practice cases to make sure that: Your survey isn't too long or complicated. Doesn't make irrational assumptions about your target market. Asks questions in the most direct way possible.

SUMMARY: Choose a sample size. Prepare a list of questions Devise a way to quantify the answers you receive. Identify variables that might affect your results. Have someone else look over your survey.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Several corn varieties have tightly-fitting husks that make it harder for corn earworms to attack. These include hybrid varieties. Before planting your crop, choose a variety that will be naturally resistant to the pest. The variety known as Bt sweet corn has been genetically engineered to kill certain caterpillars, including corn ear rooms. However, this will not completely prevent all damage from the pest, and spraying with pesticides is sometimes necessary. Corn planted early and in mid-season is less likely to be infested by corn earworm. It is harder to control the pest in late-planted corn, even with pesticides. Corn earworms will also attack crops like tomato and lima beans. You can plant some of these crops near your corn in hopes of luring the pest away from your corn. This is unlikely to completely prevent earworms from infesting your corn, but it may reduce the problem.

SUMMARY: Select varieties with a tight husk. Choose Bt sweet corn for a resistant ear. Plant at the right time. Encourage lure crops.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: There are hundreds of characters that you can add to your MUGEN game. Character packs come in ZIP or RAR format. You can download these characters from a variety of different fan sites, including: MugenArchive.com MugenCharacters.org MugenFreeForAll.com If its a ZIP file, you can just double-click it to see its contents. If it is a RAR file, you'll need a program like WinRAR or 7-Zip to open the file. Extract the ZIP or RAR file so that you can access the folder inside. You can use the Extract button that appears when you open the file, or you can right-click on it and select "Extract files". The most important thing to look for when examining your new character files is the character's DEF file. This file must have the same name as the folder that contains it. For example, if the folder name is "LINK_3D", the DEF file must be named "LINK_3D.def". If the new character folder has multiple DEF files in it, just make sure that the base one matches the folder name. For example, LINK_3D may have multiple DEF files for the different versions. As long as the "LINK_3D.def" file matches the folder name, you should be OK. MUGEN can be installed anywhere, so open the folder that you extracted your MUGEN files into after you downloaded it. If you don't remember where it is, perform a search on your computer for "mugen". char folder. You'll find the char folder inside you mugen folder. Drag the newly-extracted character folder into this folder. data folder in your mugen folder. This contains the files that control the MUGEN emulator. Right-click on the file and select "Open with". Choose Notepad from the list of programs. [Characters] section. This is the list of all of the character files that have been added to your game. The name you type here needs to match the folder you added to your chars folder, which also needs to match the name of the character's DEF file. For example, if your new character's folder is named LINK_3D, type LINK_3D in the [Characters] section. If your character came with multiple versions, add the base DEF file to the end of the folder name. For example, if your LINK_3D character came with multiple versions, type LINK_3D/LINK_3D.def instead of LINK_3D. This will tell MUGEN to load the base DEF file, which will process the rest of the versions There may be lots of comments in your "select.def" file. These are indicated by ; at the start of the line. Make sure that you enter the characters on lines that don't start with ;. You can set the "order" of the character, which determines where it will appear in Arcade Mode. For example, by default the Arcade Mode pits you against six Order 1 opponents, one Order 2 opponent, and one Order 3 opponent. You can set the order of a character from 1 to 10. The game will randomly draw from all characters with the same order when determining a match-up. Add , order=# to the end of the character's entry in the "select.def" file. For example, to set LINK_3D as Order 3, type LINK_3D, order=3

SUMMARY: Download the character files for the character you want to add. Open the downloaded file. Extract the files. Examine your files. Open your MUGEN installation directory. Copy the new character's folder into the . Open the . Open the "select.def" file in Notepad. Find the . Type the name of the folder for your new character. Set the character's order for Arcade Mode (optional).

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Cook them until the cheese is completely melted. Then remove the pan from the heat and let the peppers cool for at least 5 minutes. Eat these tasty stuffed peppers while they're hot.

SUMMARY:
Gather your ingredients. Preheat the oven to 350F (176C). Place them in a pan and put it in the oven for 55 minutes. Sprinkle 1 cup of cheddar cheese over the peppers. Cook them for 10 more minutes. Serve.