TCO 3. The deacons at Morgan's church are experiencing group disharmony within their group, which has become so serious that conflict is the chief output of group interactions instead. Morgan is a very assertive and self-assured person who has a dominating interaction style. It is rare for other deacons in the group to be able to get a word in edgewise in their meetings, especially for those who are shy and introverted. Such members start out with every intention of being productive, although as time passes they don't feel like their ideas are valued and their participation levels drop. Two part question: a. Morgan thinks the members who have stopped contributing are lazy. Do you agree with his attribution? Explain your answer. b. How does the concept of perceived self-control apply to this situation? Explain your answer.
In: Psychology
QUESTION 7
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autistic children |
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the special needs class at Michael's church |
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supportive relationships |
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social development |
QUESTION 8
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a low level of practical significance. |
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a high level of practical significance. |
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a low level of statistical significance. |
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a high level of statistical significance. |
QUESTION 9
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the t test statistic |
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the p-value |
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Levene's test |
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Cohen's d |
QUESTION 10
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It increases the Type I error rate. |
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It increases the Type II error rate. |
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It decreases the p-value. |
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It inflates the degrees of freedom. |
QUESTION 11
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There is at least one statistically significance difference between the groups. |
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There is no statistically significant difference between any of the groups. |
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The results are practically significant. |
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The results are not practically significant. |
QUESTION 12
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There is a difference between the two variables. |
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There is no difference between the two variables. |
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A relationship exists between the two variables. |
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No relationship exists between the two variables. |
In: Statistics and Probability
Directions: Meet with a leader from a business, church, community group, government organization, etc. and spend time asking them questions about their approach to leadership to the mission/vision/value statement of their organization. Inquire how they remain focused yet relevant to changing external and internal events. Get some thoughts from them on how they manage win/win situations to make positive and meaningful impact.
Then, respond to the following prompts in response to
the leader you interviewed:
• Identify at least 2 ways the leader you interviewed applies their
personal or business mission to their daily operations.
• Explain how the leader you interviewed seeks to find win/win
situations for their organization. Give at least 2 specific
examples.
• Identify at least 2 specific things you learned from the leader
you interviewed that you can incorporate and apply to your own life
and explain why.
• Identify at least 1 specific thing that you learned from the
leader you interviewed that you would be less likely to incorproate
into your own life and explain why.
• Your paper must be 2 pages in length, use proper grammar, and
follow APA guidelines.
In: Operations Management
Along with information in Balswick’s and Balswick’s Chapter 3, write about how you think the church can support singles select life-long mates in God-honoring ways.
Which option(s) appeal to you?
Why?
Discuss the concepts of assimilation and accommodation in regards to differentiation and Trinitarian relationality in Balswick and Balswick (2014).
Does Chapman’s idea of unity support or conflict with Balswick’s and Balswick’s ideas of the Trinitarian relationship and differentiation? Support your answer.
Describe the social exchange theory in regards to adaptability and authority in marriage.
Do you agree that marriages can thrive if rewards outweigh costs?
In: Psychology
Very Fancy Foods hires homeless workers from the local church and the area shelters to assist in the packaging of its gourmet frozen meals. This procession is all done by hand, at a cost of $60,000 per year (which would be eliminated with the machine.) A machine is available that could be used in place of the homeless workers. The machine would cost $140,000 and have a 10-year useful life. It would require an operator at an annual cost of $28,000. Annual maintenance costs will be $8,000 in years 1, 2, 3, 4 and then climb to $12,500 in years 5-10. The machine will be sold in 10 years at an expected price of $50,000. For tax purposes, the company computes depreciation deductions assuming zero salvage value and uses straight-line depreciation. The machine would be depreciated over 7 years years. Management requires a 9% after-tax return on all equipment purchases. The company’s tax rate is 20%. Use this information to answer the questions below.
Compute the machine’s net present value and internal rate of return.
In: Finance
Refer to the Baseball 2016 data, which reports information on the 2016 Major League Baseball season. Let attendance be the dependent variable and total team salary be the independent variable. Determine the regression equation and answer the following questions.
Draw a scatter diagram. From the diagram, does there seem to be a direct relationship between the two variables?
What is the expected attendance for a team with a salary of $100.0 million?
If the owners pay an additional $30 million, how many more people could they expect to attend?
At the .05 significance level, can we conclude that the slope of the regression line is positive? Conduct the appropriate test of hypothesis.
What percentage of the variation in attendance is accounted for by salary?
Determine the correlation between attendance and team batting average and between attendance and team ERA. Which is stronger? Conduct an appropriate test of hypothesis for each set of variables.
Show all work in Excel
| Team | League | Year Opened | Team Salary | Attendance | Wins | ERA | BA | HR | Year | Average salary | ||
| Arizona | National | 1998 | 65.80 | 2080145 | 79 | 4.04 | 0.264 | 154 | 2000 | 1988034 | ||
| Atlanta | National | 1996 | 89.60 | 2001392 | 67 | 4.41 | 0.251 | 100 | 2001 | 2264403 | ||
| Baltimore | American | 1992 | 118.90 | 2281202 | 81 | 4.05 | 0.250 | 217 | 2002 | 2383235 | ||
| Boston | American | 1912 | 168.70 | 2880694 | 78 | 4.31 | 0.265 | 161 | 2003 | 2555476 | ||
| Chicago Cubs | National | 1914 | 117.20 | 2959812 | 97 | 3.36 | 0.244 | 171 | 2004 | 2486609 | ||
| Chicago Sox | American | 1991 | 110.70 | 1755810 | 76 | 3.98 | 0.250 | 136 | 2005 | 2632655 | ||
| Cincinnati | National | 2003 | 117.70 | 2419506 | 64 | 4.33 | 0.248 | 167 | 2006 | 2866544 | ||
| Cleveland | American | 1994 | 87.70 | 1388905 | 81 | 3.67 | 0.256 | 141 | 2007 | 2944556 | ||
| Colorado | National | 1995 | 98.30 | 2506789 | 68 | 5.04 | 0.265 | 186 | 2008 | 3154845 | ||
| Detroit | American | 2000 | 172.80 | 2726048 | 74 | 4.64 | 0.270 | 151 | 2009 | 3240206 | ||
| Houston | American | 2000 | 69.10 | 2153585 | 86 | 3.57 | 0.250 | 230 | 2010 | 3297828 | ||
| Kansas City | American | 1973 | 112.90 | 2708549 | 95 | 3.73 | 0.269 | 139 | 2011 | 3305393 | ||
| LA Angels | American | 1966 | 146.40 | 3012765 | 85 | 3.94 | 0.246 | 176 | 2012 | 3440000 | ||
| LA Dodgers | National | 1962 | 230.40 | 3764815 | 92 | 3.44 | 0.250 | 187 | 2013 | 3650000 | ||
| Miami | National | 2012 | 84.60 | 1752235 | 71 | 4.02 | 0.260 | 120 | 2014 | 3950000 | ||
| Milwaukee | National | 2001 | 98.70 | 2542558 | 68 | 4.28 | 0.251 | 145 | 2015 | 4250000 | ||
| Minnesota | American | 2010 | 108.30 | 2220054 | 83 | 4.07 | 0.247 | 156 | ||||
| NY Mets | National | 2009 | 100.10 | 2569753 | 90 | 3.43 | 0.244 | 177 | ||||
| NY Yankees | American | 2009 | 213.50 | 3193795 | 87 | 4.05 | 0.251 | 212 | ||||
| Oakland | American | 1966 | 80.80 | 1768175 | 68 | 4.14 | 0.251 | 146 | ||||
| Philadelphia | National | 2004 | 133.00 | 1831080 | 63 | 4.69 | 0.249 | 130 | ||||
| Pittsburgh | National | 2001 | 85.90 | 2498596 | 98 | 3.21 | 0.260 | 140 | ||||
| San Diego | National | 2004 | 126.60 | 2459742 | 74 | 4.09 | 0.243 | 148 | ||||
| San Francisco | National | 2000 | 166.50 | 3375882 | 84 | 3.72 | 0.267 | 136 | ||||
| Seattle | American | 1999 | 123.20 | 2193581 | 76 | 4.16 | 0.249 | 198 | ||||
| St. Louis | National | 2006 | 120.30 | 3520889 | 100 | 2.94 | 0.253 | 137 | ||||
| Tampa Bay | American | 1990 | 74.80 | 1287054 | 80 | 3.74 | 0.252 | 167 | ||||
| Texas | American | 1994 | 144.80 | 2491875 | 88 | 4.24 | 0.257 | 172 | ||||
| Toronto | American | 1989 | 116.40 | 2794891 | 93 | 3.8 | 0.269 | 232 | ||||
| Washington | National | 2008 | 174.50 | 2619843 | 83 | 3.62 | 0.251 | 177 |
In: Math
As part of the requirements by the university for an
academic degree, final year students
are required to undertake a research and write a report called a
dissertation. Unfortunately,
some students joined at the very last part of the semester and
hence missed the introductory and foundation lectures. One of them
approached you for assistance on what research is about and to
deepen his/ her knowledge on the following issues. Briefly help
this new
student on these to be able to also carry out a successful and
sound research;
a. The definition of research. Briefly explain to him/her.
b. Any two occasions on which the term research is wrongly used
according to
Walliman (2005).
c. The processes that he/she must go through to successfully carry
out a sound
research.
d. Any two qualities of a quality research
e. Any three qualities that he /she should exhibit if he/she
desires to be a quality
researcher.
f. The five common mistakes that researchers make; just list
them.
g. Given that the student is also the manager of a firm, inform him
on when a business
research should be conducted.
2. Indicate whether the following statements are true or not true
and justify your response;
a. The sole purpose of research is to solve a problem.
b. Research Methodology and Research Methods mean and imply the
same thing.
c. Systematic sampling involves choosing respondents based on
reason that the
respondents sampled gives you the right information.
d. It is the research problem and questions that drives the title
but not the reverse.
3. Past research indicates important gender differences in the use
of networks (Hanson and
Blake 2009), and suggests that male SME owners are more likely to
successfully network
and benefit from networks-driven performance in contrast to female
SME owners (Watson 2012). In particular, as many women come to
self-employment from domestic or nonmanagement
background (Cromie and Birley 1992), and thus are likely to have
previously
In: Economics
Note that Walmart's fiscal year starts the first week of February. This means that when analyzing the data, week 41 is actually week 45(41+4 weeks for January) in 2003 or the beginning of November 2003. Also, week 52 is actually week 4 (52+4 weeks for January 2003 minus 52 weeks for 2003) in 2004 or the end of January 2004.
1. Identify spikes(outliers) in the data where extreme (high or low) sales values occur and correlate these spikes with actual calendar dates in 2003 or 2004 and with any holidays or special events or abnormally slow periods that may occur during these periods.
| Week | Sales in $ |
| 41 | 18000 |
| 42 | 16800 |
| 43 | 15200 |
| 44 | 15000 |
| 45 | 13600 |
| 46 | 16000 |
| 47 | 12600 |
| 48 | 14800 |
| 49 | 16800 |
| 50 | 14800 |
| 51 | 15200 |
| 52 | 16000 |
| 53 | 15600 |
| 54 | 15600 |
| 55 | 15000 |
| 56 | 15700 |
| 57 | 15800 |
| 58 | 13800 |
| 59 | 12800 |
| 60 | 14400 |
| 61 | 15800 |
| 62 | 16000 |
| 63 | 12400 |
| 64 | 16200 |
| 65 | 17000 |
| 66 | 18600 |
| 67 | 16000 |
| 68 | 18000 |
| 69 | 19600 |
| 70 | 18600 |
| 71 | 18450 |
| 72 | 18000 |
| 73 | 18200 |
| 74 | 18600 |
| 75 | 16000 |
| 76 | 15200 |
| 77 | 16800 |
| 78 | 15800 |
| 79 | 17600 |
| 80 | 15800 |
| 81 | 15600 |
| 82 | 14200 |
| 83 | 16600 |
| 84 | 16100 |
| 85 | 14100 |
| 86 | 14400 |
| 87 | 14500 |
| 88 | 16900 |
| 89 | 17000 |
| 90 | 16000 |
| 91 | 17800 |
In: Statistics and Probability
41. Ford Company Retained Earnings increased $20,000 during the year and the Company paid dividends of $4,000. What was the net income (loss) for the year?
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$24,000. |
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$34,000. |
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$(24,000). |
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$4,000. |
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Some other amount. |
43. Missouri Magazine Publishing Company sells magazine subscriptions on an annual basis covering 12 issues. Subscriptions totaling $24,000 were sold in November, and the first magazines are delivered in December. The total amount collected was recorded in Unearned Magazine Revenues. The adjusting entry required at December 31 would include:
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a debit to Unearned Magazine Revenues for $22,000. |
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a credit to Unearned Magazine Revenues for $22,000. |
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a debit to Magazine Revenues for $2,000. |
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a credit to Magazine Revenues for $2,000. |
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a credit to Unearned Magazine Revenues for $2,000. |
49. Pal Company made an advance payment of $3,500 for seven months' rent on November 1, 2004 and debited an asset account. The December 31 adjusting entry for rent expense should be:
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a debit to Rent Expense for $2,500. |
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a debit to Rent Expense for $1,000. |
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a credit to Prepaid Rent for $3,500. |
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a credit to Unearned Rent for $1,000. |
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a debit to Unearned Rent for $1,000. |
52. Office equipment was purchased on December 1, 2004, for $3,000 and has an estimated useful life of five years and no residual value. The adjusting entry required at the end of December, 2004 includes a:
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Debit to Accumulated Depreciation: Office Equipment for $50. |
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Credit to Accumulated Depreciation: Office Equipment for $600. |
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Credit to Office Equipment for $600. |
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Debit to Depreciation Expense for $50. |
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none of the above. |
In: Accounting
The 2001 recession ended in November 2001, but the perception of "bad economic times" lingered into 2002 and 2003. What evidence do these graphs provide concerning the lingering perception of a recession? Hint: contrast the performance of the unemployment rate and the level of real GDP during the period from 2001 through 2003.
In: Economics