1. Describe the similarities and differences between the studies conducted at Yale University and Stanford University.

2. Sexual harassment is a critical area for misbehavior in companies. Can a company eliminate sexual harassment? Why or Why not?

3. Diversity is an important issue in all organizations. What is the importance of addressing diversity, and how can diversity be achieved?

Please answer these below:

1) Avoiding research bias is important for developing objective, reliable health-related information that can be used by the public. Check all of the situations that are likely to indicate research bias.....

----An organization representing dairy farmers provides a monetary grant to a researcher who will study whether drinking three cups of milk per day promotes weight loss.

----An organization representing dairy farmers provides a monetary grant to a researcher who will study whether drinking three cups of milk per day promotes weight loss.

----A university research team is studying whether individuals who eat chicken that has been injected with a salt-water solution before packaging have higher blood pressure levels than people who eat chicken that has not been injected with the salt-water solution. Before conducting their study, the researchers did not seek funding from the poultry farmers’ association.

----A university research team is studying whether individuals who eat chicken that has been injected with a salt-water solution before packaging have higher blood pressure levels than people who eat chicken that has not been injected with the salt-water solution. Before conducting their study, the researchers did not seek funding from the poultry farmers’ association.

----A soft drink producers' trade group funds a study to determine whether the removal of soft drink machines from schools negatively affects the number of extracurricular activities that are offered by administrators in those schools.A soft drink producers' trade group funds a study to determine whether the removal of soft drink machines from schools negatively affects the number of extracurricular activities that are offered by administrators in those schools.

----A drug company that makes dietary supplements funds a study that indicates the health benefits of taking megadoses of vitamin C on a daily basis.A drug company that makes dietary supplements funds a study that indicates the health benefits of taking megadoses of vitamin C on a daily basis.

----A psychologist who is a consultant for an organization that promotes plant-based diets conducts a study that finds people who eat meat are just as likely to be depressed as people who do not eat meat. An article that describes her study and its findings is published in the peer-reviewed The Journal of Nutrition. At the end of the article, the psychologist discloses her ties to several organizations, including the one promoting plant-based diets.

----A psychologist who is a consultant for an organization that promotes plant-based diets conducts a study that finds people who eat meat are just as likely to be depressed as people who do not eat meat. An article that describes her study and its findings is published in the peer-reviewed The Journal of Nutrition. At the end of the article, the psychologist discloses her ties to several organizations, including the one promoting plant-based diets.

----A physician who focuses on child health concerns (a pediatrician) is opposed to administering vitamin D supplements to breastfed babies. This physician thinks the vitamin contributes to excess weight gain among infants. According to this doctor, his records indicate that breastfed babies who received the vitamin D supplement are 2 pounds heavier than breastfed babies who are the same age but did not receive the supplement.

----A physician who focuses on child health concerns (a pediatrician) is opposed to administering vitamin D supplements to breastfed babies. This physician thinks the vitamin contributes to excess weight gain among infants. According to this doctor, his records indicate that breastfed babies who received the vitamin D supplement are 2 pounds heavier than breastfed babies who are the same age but did not receive the supplement.

#2)   WORD BANK: (NOT ALL WILL BE USED) dietary supplement, observation, correlation, data, experiment, hypothesis, treatment

Researchers make a(an)  ____________  that people who like to camp take megadoses of thiamin to repel mosquitoes.

Researchers develop the following  ____________ : "Taking megadoses of thiamin is an effective way to prevent mosquito bites."

Researchers design a(an)  ____________  to test whether taking a high dose of thiamin repels mosquitoes.

Researchers randomly divide 100 people into two groups, each of which have 50 subjects. The  ____________  group is given pills that contain a very high amount of thiamin. The control group is given similar tasting and appearing pills that do not contain thiamin.

Researchers analyze  ____________  about the number of mosquito bites people in each group receive.

#3- MATCH WORDS with definition: ANCEDOTE, CONVENTIONAL WISDOM, DATA, EXPERIMENT, TESTIMONIAL

A marketing professor at Givens College is interested in the relationship between hours spent studying and total points earned in a course. Data collected on 10 students who took the course last quarter are in file HoursPts.xlsx.

a) Use XLSTAT to create a scatterplot with hours spent studying on the horizontal axis and total points earned on the vertical axis. Include the fitted simple linear regression line on the plot and include the plot in your answer. What does the scatterplot indicate about the relationship between hours spent studying and total points earned?

Hint: Select Visualizing data > Scatter plots, select cells A1:A11 for X and select cells B1:B11 for Y. Click “Options” and check “Regression lines.”

b) Use XLSTAT to estimate a simple linear regression model using least squares. Report the estimated regression equation that could be used to predict the total points earned given the hours spent studying.

Hint: Select Modeling data > Linear regression, select cells B1:B11 for “Y / Dependent variables: Quantitative” and select cells A1:A11 for “X / Explanatory variables: Quantitative.”

c) Is there a significant linear relationship between the two variables based on a significance level α=0.05?

Hint: You can use either a t-test or an F-test to answer this question. In your answer state the hypotheses, test statistic, p-value, decision, and conclusion.

d) Use the estimated regression equation to predict the total points earned for a student who spends 95 hours studying.

e) Use XLSTAT to compute a 95% confidence interval for the average total points earned for students who spend 95 hours studying. Interpret the interval in the context of the application.

There are a range of incentive plans for individuals and groups or teams. Think like an HR director who is responding to a work situation with a pay solution. Consider different types of pay plans along with their advantages and disadvantages.

Complete the following:

Select one individual plan, one team plan, and one long-term incentive plan.

Describe a situation in which each of these plans would be most appropriate, and justify why it is appropriate. In your descriptions, include the type of company and type of work as well as the position or positions that would be affected by your plan.

Question 5

Quality Ltd, a US soap manufacturing corporation, plans to export its products (manufactured in the US) to Hong Kong. It plans to establish a subsidiary company (Fresh Ltd) in Hong Kong, which will operate retail shops in Hong Kong. Fresh Ltd will purchase the products from Quality Ltd and sell them to Hong Kong customers. The purchase contracts will be determined and concluded in US.

Required:

Advise Quality Ltd on the Hong Kong profits tax implications of its plan. Consider the tax positions of Quality Ltd and Fresh Ltd independently. For each company, consider:

• Is it carrying on business in Hong Kong?

• Does it earn Hong Kong sourced profits? Disregard re-invoicing and any overseas tax implications.

Quality Ltd, a US soap manufacturing corporation, plans to export its products (manufactured in the US) to Hong Kong. It plans to establish a subsidiary company (Fresh Ltd) in Hong Kong, which will operate retail shops in Hong Kong. Fresh Ltd will purchase the products from Quality Ltd and sell them to Hong Kong customers. The purchase contracts will be determined and concluded in US. Required: Advise Quality Ltd on the Hong Kong profits tax implications of its plan. Consider the tax positions of Quality Ltd and Fresh Ltd independently. For each company, consider: • Is it carrying on business in Hong Kong?

• Does it earn Hong Kong sourced profits? Disregard re-invoicing and any overseas tax implications.  

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Financial econometrics } A new discipline with new methods

Robert Engle

Department of Economics, University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0508, USA and Stern School of Business, New York University, 44 West 4th Street, Suite 9-160, New York, NY 10012, USA

Financial econometrics is simply the application of econometric tools to "nancial data. For many years, least-squares techniques provided satisfactory tools. Stock market forecasts, e$cient market tests, and even tests of portfolio models such as the CAPM and APT were essentially implemented with least squares on cleverly manipulated data sets. More recently, however, the "eld has developed its individual character as new statistical tools have been invented to analyze new questions.

1.

In 2020, Elaine paid $2,440 of tuition and $1,160 for books for her dependent son to attend State University this past fall as a freshman. Elaine files a joint return with her husband.

What is the maximum American opportunity tax credit that Elaine can claim for the tuition payment and books in each of the following alternative situations? (Leave no answer blank. Enter zero if applicable.)

Elaine’s AGI is $88,000.

What is the American opportunity tax credit?

2. In 2020, Laureen is currently single. She paid $2,400 of qualified tuition and related expenses for each of her twin daughters Sheri and Meri to attend State University as freshmen ($2,400 each for a total of $4,800). Sheri and Meri qualify as Laureen’s dependents. Laureen also paid $1,750 for her son Ryan’s (also Laureen’s dependent) tuition and related expenses to attend his junior year at State University. Finally, Laureen paid $1,250 for herself to attend seminars at a community college to help her improve her job skills. (Leave no answer blank. Enter zero if applicable.)

a. What is the maximum amount of education credits Laureen can claim for these expenditures? Laureen's AGI is $45,000. If Laureen claims education credits for her three children and herself, how much credit is she allowed to claim in total? If she claims education credits for her children, how much of her children’s tuition costs that do not generate credits may she deduct as for AGI expenses?

-American opportunity tax credit? _______

Lifetime learning credit?_______

For AGI deduction?_______

3.In 2020, Laureen is currently single. She paid $2,400 of qualified tuition and related expenses for each of her twin daughters Sheri and Meri to attend State University as freshmen ($2,400 each for a total of $4,800). Sheri and Meri qualify as Laureen’s dependents. Laureen also paid $1,750 for her son Ryan’s (also Laureen’s dependent) tuition and related expenses to attend his junior year at State University. Finally, Laureen paid $1,250 for herself to attend seminars at a community college to help her improve her job skills.

b. Laureen’s AGI is $95,000. What is the maximum amount of education deductions Laureen can claim to the extent the costs don’t generate a credit?

For AGI deduction?_______

4.
In 2020, Laureen is currently single. She paid $2,400 of qualified tuition and related expenses for each of her twin daughters Sheri and Meri to attend State University as freshmen ($2,400 each for a total of $4,800). Sheri and Meri qualify as Laureen’s dependents. Laureen also paid $1,750 for her son Ryan’s (also Laureen’s dependent) tuition and related expenses to attend his junior year at State University. Finally, Laureen paid $1,250 for herself to attend seminars at a community college to help her improve her job skills. (Leave no answer blank. Enter zero if applicable.)

c. Laureen’s AGI is $45,000 and Laureen paid $12,100 (not $1,750) for Ryan to attend graduate school (i.e., his fifth year, not his junior year).

-American opportunity tax credit? _______

Lifetime learning credit?_______

5.This year Luke has calculated his gross tax liability at $2,240. Luke is entitled to a $3,060 nonrefundable personal tax credit, a $1,830 business tax credit, and a $820 refundable personal tax credit. In addition, Luke has had $2,850 of income taxes withheld from his salary. (Input the amount as a positive value.)

What is Luke’s net tax due or refund?

6.

In 2020, Zach is single with no dependents. He is not claimed as a dependent on another’s return. All of his income is from salary and he does not have any for AGI deductions.

What is his earned income credit in the following alternative scenarios? Use Exhibit 8-10. (Round your intermediate calculations to whole dollar amount. Round your final answer to the nearest whole dollar amount. Leave no answer blank. Enter zero if applicable.)

d. Zach is 24 years old and his AGI is $4,100.

What is the earned income credit?_____

7.

Julie paid a day care center to watch her two-year-old son while she worked as a computer programmer for a local start-up company.

What amount of child and dependent care credit can Julie claim in each of the following alternative scenarios? Use Exhibit 8-9

a. Julie paid $2,180 to the day care center and her AGI is $50,000

What is the child & dependent care credit?___

4. In the United States, what are the principles, concepts, rules, guidelines, methods, and procedures that govern financial reporting collectively referred to as?

5. Do all US companies have to use the rules referred to in Question #4 above? when preparing their financial statements? Why or why not?

6. Who has the legal authority to establish the rules referred to in Question #4 above? Has this organization made any of these rules? Why or why not?

7. Briefly describe the three primary US groups from the private sector that have been responsible for determining the rules referred to in question #4 above (include the years of operations for each group)

Should business schools actively promote the enrollment of women into their full-time MBA programs? If so, how should they do it? Explain