1. Explain the difference between a trend a cycle and a seasonal forecast pattern? Why would it be important to understand the forecast pattern?
2. Why is it so difficult to pinpoint the root cause of criminal behavior, or to accurately predict crime trends?
3. Why is inductive reasoning utilized in social science? How does it differ from deductive reasoning?
4. How does scientific inquiry try to avoid the common pitfalls that produce error in nonscientific inquiry?
5. What is a Pareto analysis? Could this be used to identify the underlying issue causing inventory inaccuracies? Why or why not?