(For Questions 1, 2, 3, 4) We want to understand the weight distribution of lemons. You go to the supermarket and randomly select 29 lemons. Their weight, in ounces, is as follows: 1.6, 1.8, 1.3, 2.4, 1.7, 1.7, 1.8, 1.4, 1.4, 1.6, 1.4, 2.0, 2.2, 2.1, 1.1, 1.3, 2.6, 2.7, 1.3, 1.6, 1.7, 1.7, 1.4, 1.9, 1.5, 1.7, 1.6, 1.9, 1.9 1
See attached file. There is an attached Howell data set that is in SPSS. For each of the nine variables in the data set, compute all appropriate measures of central tendency and variability in SPSS, and generate syntax and output files. Also copy and past the SPSS syntax and output files into a word document as well as comput
See Data file attached. The file batonrougesufa10.xlsx contains data on houses sold in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in mid-2005. The dataset contains the following variables: Price: The price the house sold for Square Feet: The size of the house in square feet Beds: The number of bedrooms in the house Baths: The number of b
Please see attached file for data required. PC World provided ratings for 15 notebook PCs (PC World, February, 2000). The Performance Score is a measure of how fast a PC can run a mix of common business applications as compared to a baseline machine. For example, a PC with a performance score of 200 is twice as fast as the ba
The Great Fish taco Corporation currently has fixed operating costs of $11,000, sells its pre-made tacos for $5.60 per box, and incurs variable operating cost of $3.40 per box. If the firm has a potential investment that would simultaneously raise its fixed costs to $12,100 and allows it to charge a per-box sale price of $6.10 d
Parker Investments has EBIT of $15,000, interest expense of $1,940 and preferred dividends of $2,738. If it pays taxes at a rate of 27%, what is Parker's degree of financial leverage (DFL) at a base level of EBIT of $15,000? Please see attached document.
Capital gains taxes: Perkins Manufacturing is considering the sale of two non-depreciable assets, X and Y. Asset X was purchased for $1,900 and will be sold today for $2,460. Asset Y was purchased for $40,000 and will be sold today for $49,600. The firm is subject to a 37% tax rate on capital gains. a. Calculate the amount o
Marginal analysis and the goal of the firm: Ken Allen, capital budgeting analyst for Bally Gears, Inc., has been asked to evaluate a proposal. The manager of the automotive division believes that replacing the robotics used on the heavy truck gear line will produce total benefits of $551,000 (in today's dollars) over the next 5
Interest versus dividend expense. Michael's Corporation expects earnings before interest and taxes to be $38,000 for this period. Assuming an ordinary tax rate of 40%, compute the firm's earnings after taxes and earnings available for common shareholders (earnings after taxes and preferred stock dividends, if any) under the foll
Duke Energy has been paying dividends steadily for 20 years. During that time, dividends have grown at a compound annual rate of 6%. If Duke Energy's current stock price is $77 and the firm plans to pay a dividend of $7.00 next year, what is Duke's cost of common stock equity?
A manufacturer of designer jeans must decide whether to build a large factory or a small factory in a particular location. The profit per pair of jeans manufactured is estimated as $10. A small factory will incur an annual cost of $200,000, with a production capacity of 50,000 pairs of jeans per year. A large factory will incur
As of 2002, the top ten movies in terms of gross earnings were as follows (figures rounded to the nearest million dollars). Rank Movie Gross ($millions) 1 Titanic 1836 2 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 962 3 Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 924 4 Jurassic Park 921 5 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the
How might you apply descriptive statistics to a problem within a classroom setting?
Part 1: Random Sampling You will need to do a little problem solving and use Excel to generate random numbers to answer the exercises. You will need to randomly select 20 accounts. Use the guidelines provided below: You are generating a random number list to impartially (randomly) audit 20 of 74 different records.
Number of Population Cities 10,000-under 25,000 1476 25,000-under 50,000 664 50,000-under 100,000 407 100,000-under 250,000
The linear trend equation for the follwing date is y= 1.4286+2.5(t) Month Value of Fund 1 4 2 6 3 9 4 12 5 14 6 16 7 19 a. What is the predicted value of the fund in the period t=1? b. What is
Give a brief definition and an example of the following: a. Descriptive Statistics b. Inferential Statistics What does the correlation coefficient r describe? What about r squared?
Explain why histograms and frequency polygons are used in business statistics. A graphical presentation may accomplish all but which of the following objectives? a) Illustrate the amount of variation in the data. b) Illustrate approximately where the mean is. c) Allow comparison with similar data. d) Wi
Please assist regarding an index based on how people feel about the economy. In this case, the base was 1985 and set at 100. Thus, if the index was at 57.2 in May 2008, and in October 1992 the index was at 54.6, are people feeling better or worse in 2008 than they did in 1992? If the index was at 62.8 in April 2008, what does th
Please see the following article: Henderson, J. C., & Venkatraman, N. (1993). Strategic alignment: Leveraging information technology for transforming organizations. IBM systems journal, 32(1), 4-16. Can the strategic alignment model in the Henderson & Venkatraman article address both the internal and external IT domains?
Penultimate Support Systems makes fairly good speaker and equipment support stands for music groups. The assembly process involves two operations: (1) fabrication, or cutting aluminum tubing to the correct lengths, and (2) assembly, with purchased fasteners and injection-molded plastic parts. Set-up time for assembly is negligib
AutoWrecks, Inc. sells auto insurance. AutoWrecks keeps close tabs on its customers' driving records, updating its rates according to the trends indicated by these records. AutoWrecks' records indicate that, in a "typical" year, roughly 70% of the company's customers do not commit a moving violation, 10% commit exactly one movin
What is the August Forecast income? Assuming initail forecast for February is $65,000 and the smoothing constant is a=0.1. Executive income: February 70.0 March 68.5 April 64.8 MAy 71.7 June 71.3 July 72.8
S7.25 As a prospective owner of a club known as the Red Rose, you are interested in determining the volume of sales dollars necessary for the coming year to reach the break-even point. You have decided to break down the sales for the club into four categories, they are as follows: Category Estimated Sales Cost per unit Sale
Ski Resorts of Vermont, Inc. is considering a merger with Gulf Shores, Inc. of Alabama. The board of directors surveyed 50 stockholders concerning their position on the merger. Number of share held Favor Oppose Undecided Total Under 200
Summation of indexed data The following is a list of 14 measurements: 51, -15, -19, 56, 63, 54, 0, 85, 18, -37, 33, 58, -94, -45 Suppose that these 14 measurements are respectively labeled . (Thus, is labeled , is labeled , and so on.) Find .
1. a.11 10 8 4 6 7 11 6 11 7 b.13 23 15 13 18 13 15 14 20 20 18 17 20 13 i. Find the range, mean, variance, and standard deviation of the population data set. ii. Without calculating, which data set has the greatest sample standard deviation? Which has the least sample standard deviation? Explain your reasoning. iii.
(NAME OF SURVEY) To help get the public's opinion regarding containment efforts in the Gulf of Mexico, please complete this survey and return it to July 15th, 2010 . Section One Yes No Maybe Not Sure N/A Please select one answer for each question below: Is there an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? Did you know about
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On average, Women are now 57% of the student body nation-wide on campuses of higher education. What do you think is the reason behind this statistic?