A report in 2002 found that 21.1% of American adults smoked cigarettes. The town of San Sebastian spent five years focusing on educating their population on the health risks associated with smoking cigarettes, and at the conclusion of this five-year campaign, a study of 1200 participants found that 17.1% of the respondents were current smokers. Is this evidence enough that the public-health campaign has lowered the proportion of smokers in San Sebastian? Use α = 0.02 (Show all steps please)

a)State the null and alternative hypothesis (H0 and Ha). H0: Ha:

b) What is the test statistic for this sample (use at least 3 decimal places)?

c) What is the p-value for this sample? (use Statcrunch)

d)Evaluate the strength of the evidence and state the conclusion (in the context of this question).

Al Jassar Manufacturing and Trading LLC, established in 2002, is one of the leading manufacturer of plastic pipes in Oman. The company established a standard costing system to control the costs. The standard material and labour requirements for one of its product is as under :

The company uses three materials L, M and N to produce the finished product. It requires 15 Kgs of L, 20 Kgs of M and 30 Kgs of N to produce hundred units of finished products. The standard purchase price per Kg of the material L, M and N is RO 24, RO 18 and RO 15 respectively.

The company has appointed three categories of labour to produce the products. Two skilled, four semi-skilled and three unskilled workers together produce ten units in three hours. The standard labour rate per hour amounts to RO 25, RO 15 and RO 5 for skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled workers respectively. The labour force worked is expected to work for 2700 hours during the year.

The variable overheads are charged at the standard rate of RO 1.5 per skilled labour hour. The annual budgeted Fixed Overheads amount to RO 45,000 and are charged based on the standard/budgeted output.

The management of the company wants to estimate the standard cost of producing the product to fix the selling price of the product. The company’s policy is to have a mark-up of 20% on its products. You are required to estimate the standard cost per unit of the finished product and determine the selling price of the product as per the company’s policy.

In 2002 a U.S. court of appeals imposed remedies relating to a lower court’s findings that Microsoft had a monopoly in personal computer (PC) operating system and had maintained its monopoly through illegal actions.

At the U.S. Justice Department’s Web site, www.usdoj.gov,

Click on the Agencies on the top of the window,

Click on Antitrust Division and then on website

Click on Antitrust Case Filings

Find U.S. vs. Microsoft case filings.

Scroll down to District Court filings and find Findings of Fact

In the list of Findings of Fact find Court’s Findings of Fact (11/5/99).

In your initial response to the topic you have to answer all questions:

1. On what basis did the court conclude that Microsoft was a monopoly (see “Market Share”)?
2. What was Microsoft’s market share of Intel-compatible PC operating system? Of all operating system, including those of Apply computers?
3. What evidence did the court cite in claiming that Microsoft charged above-competitive prices (see “Microsoft’s Pricing Behavior”)?
4. Reflection – the students also should include a paragraph in the initial response in their own words reflecting on specifically what they learned from the assignment and how they think they could apply what they learned in the workplace.

Calculate the duration for a U.S. Treasury Bond issued in 2002 with an original 20-year maturity. The bond has a 6% coupon rate and will mature in 2022. The bond has four more coupon payments left (assume the first of these payment is exactly six months from now). The current required return for the bond is 1.00%.

Calculate the duration for a U.S. Treasury Bond issued in 2002 with an original 30-year maturity. The bond has a 6% coupon rate and will mature in 2022. The bond has four more coupon payments left (assume the first of these payment is exactly six months from now). The current required return for the bond is 1.00%.

Explain how you, as the Branch Manager of your bank will respond to the following issues/happening in your branch.
(a) You received a medical report on the mental incapacity of one of your cherished customers. Two days later his son came to see you to allow him to withdraw some money to settle the medical bills of his father.
(b) You received a letter from a court appointing one of the sons of your cherished customers who is mentally incapacitated as the receiver of his father’s account. Three days later, a letter including the obituary of the insane customer was brought to you. Today, a cheque was presented bearing the signature of the receiver.
(c) Mr. Mensah, one of your cherished customers came to your bank to open an account for his son who is
currently abroad.
(d) Mr Abasah suspected his daughter of going out with an alleged fraudster. He claims his daughter has been receiving financial support from her “fraudster boyfriend” which he usually channels through her account with your bank. In order to establish the validity of his claims he came to your bank and requested for a bank statement of his daughter’s account.
(e) Mr Nimako sent a stop order notice to his bankers on a cheque he drew for a customer after he noticed the goods were defected. Your bank received the letter at 9.45am today. At 11.05am the cheque in question was presented for payment.

NB: Support every answer with a case

Analyze and evaluate sensitivity analysis for different financial models, including the Yield Curve and its usefulness in predicting recessions. Did the Yield Curve from 2004 through 2007 predict the Great Recession of 2008 – 2010? Based on the current Yield Curve, detail your prediction for the U.S. economy for the next two years.

WH Corporation issued bonds on January 1, 2004. The bonds have a coupon rate of 8.0%, with interest paid semiannually. The face value of the bonds is $1,000 and the bonds mature on January 1, 2024. What is the yield to maturity for an SWH Corporation bond on January 1, 2018 if the market price of the bond on that date is $986?

SPSS

How do you run a regression to analyze estimate staring salary based on academic performance (GMAT score and GPA), gender, and years of work experience. How do you determine if each of the individual variables have a significant relationship with starting salaries?

I would like 5 scholarly or academic sources that are regarding quality metrics in healthcare and how they have a negative impact on the industry. Please provide names of articles that I can use as information. Preferably a few with real statistics. Thank you very much!