A student wonders if tall women tend to date taller men than do short women. She measures herself, her dormitory roommate, and the women in the adjoining rooms; then she measures the next man each woman dates. The data (heights in inches) are listed below. Women (x) 67 65 69 63 68 67 Men (y) 71 67 69 67 68 66
(a) Make a scatterplot of these data. (Do this on paper. Your instructor may ask you to turn this in.) Based on the scatterplot, do you expect the correlation to be positive or negative? Near ± 1 or not?
The correlation should be positive. It should be near 1.
The correlation should be negative. It should be near -1.
The correlation should be positive. It should not be near 1.
The correlation should be negative. It should not be near -1.
(b) Find the correlation r between the heights of the men and women. (Round your answer to three decimal places.)
(c) How would r change if all the men were 6 inches shorter than the heights given in the table? Does the correlation tell us whether women tend to date men taller than themselves?
r will not change. This correlation does imply that women tend to date men taller than themselves
. r will increase. This correlation does not imply that women tend to date men taller than themselves.
r will not change. This correlation does not imply that women tend to date men taller than themselves.
r will decrease. This correlation does imply that women tend to date men taller than themselves.
(d) If heights were measured in centimeters rather than inches, how would the correlation change? (There are 2.54 centimeters in an inch.)
r will decrease by 2.54. r will be divided by 2.54.
r will increase by 2.54.
r will not change.
r will be multiplied by 2.54.
(e) If every woman dated a man exactly 3 inches taller than herself, what would be the correlation between male and female heights?
r will be equal to -1.
r will be equal to 1.
r will be the same as the value in (b).
r will be equal to 0.
In: Statistics and Probability
For each of the scenarios below, choose the strategy that you believe should be pursued to achieve the best results, and provide a brief explanation of why you believe this is the best strategy.
5 Generic Strategies
Low-Cost Provider Strategy
Broad Differentiation Strategy
Focused Low-Cost Strategy
Focused Differentiation Strategy
Best-Cost Provider Strategy
Scenarios:
1. A new waterfront development project is beginning in a medium-size city. This project will include moderate to higher-end shopping, restaurants, and hotels. Some of these businesses include: Pottery Barn, Ann Taylor,an Apple Store, Sasha’s Dress Boutique, Apostrophe, Bose, Calvin Klein, Cheesecake Factory, Capital Grille,Maggiano’s, the Marriott, and the Westin. The spaces will include a mixture of national chains, and local businesses. The project and the city have been highlighted in national papers for the expected success of the project and renewed attraction to the city. The Sully Hospitality group is determining if they want to open a boutique hotel in this area. What strategy should Sully adopt to develop the type of boutique hotel would best- fit this project? Provide a brief explanation.
2. A new shopping center is being developed – the main anchors are Wal-Mart and Home Depot. The other parcels will include smaller establishments of fast-food and other convenience category businesses.McDonald’s is interested in this project but has to determine how they would approach this location. The options are:
Put a McDonald’s Express inside the Wal-Mart
Purchase an out-parcel at the front of the project with high traffic volume and build a traditional
McDonald’s
Purchase an out-parcel at the front of the project with high traffic volume and build a McCafe
Which generic strategy should be McDonald’s use to guide this decision? Based on the generic strategy that you believe is most appropriate for this scenario, which option should McDonald’s choose? Provide a brief explanation.
3. The airline industry has seen various players attempt all of the generic strategies. Given the current state of the airline industry and the main surviving airlines, if a company wanted to get into this industry right now, which strategy would promote the best chances for success? Provide a brief explanation.
4. The top five selling brands of tablets in the world are: 5. Acer, 4. Dell, 3. Sony Vaio, 2. Lenovo, and 1. Apple. A new start-up company wants to break into the tablet market; what generic strategy should they adopt? Provide a brief explanation.
In: Operations Management
1. Kolyesna Hotels Group acquired some financial data for the years 2010 and 2011
| Financial Data | 2010 | 2011 |
| Net Income | $118,000 | $149,000 |
| Total Revenue | $1,910,000 | $2,070,000 |
| Total Assets | $3,789,000 | $4,612,000 |
| Total Owner's Equity | $910,000 | $1,010,000 |
| Preferred Dividends Value | $10,000 | $11,500 |
| Common Shares Outstanding | 42,000 | 57,000 |
| Market Price per Share | $44.10 | $50.82 |
Using the financial data table, calculate the required ratios for
the Kolyesna Hotel Group in 2011 (assume there are 365 days in a
year).
a) Profit margin ratio
b) Return on assets (ROA)
c) Return on equity (ROE)
d) Earnings per share (EPS) with common stock
e) Earnings per share (EPS) with preferred stock
f) Price/Earnings ratio (P/E) for both common and preferred
stock
2. The return on asset (ROA) and profit margin ratio for Tiggie’s Quick Food Corp. were 11.25% and 24.80% in 2013. If the total asset value of this firm was $25 million at the end of 2013, what is the total revenue generated in 2013?
3. Jamming Luxury Lodging Properties has obtained the financial data as follows:
| Balance Sheet Item | 2009 ($) | 2010 ($) |
| Total Assets | 4,140,000 | 5,000,000 |
| Total Owner's Equity | 2,550,000 | 2,920,000 |
| Net Income | 1,900,000 | 2,050,000 |
Based on the financial information given, calculate return on owner’s equity (ROE) for Jamming Luxury Lodging Properties in 2010.
4. The financial data for Millen & Adams Boutique Hotel Inc. in both 2011 and 2012 are as follows:
| Financial Data | 2011 | 2012 |
| Net Income | $412,500 | $556,330 |
| Preferred Dividends Value | $34,600 | $32,100 |
| Common Shares Outstanding | 120,000 | 146,900 |
Based on the financial data table, calculate the earnings per share (EPS) with preferred stock for Millen & Adams Boutique Hotel Inc. in 2012.
In: Accounting
In: Computer Science
(1) a. sentence generation
The sentence you need to generate is shown below:
Sentence: John fed a bear in the park.
In this question, you should start from the target structure, a sentence (= S). Then you expand S by applying the rule S --> S PP. There is another rule that can expand S, namely S --> NP VP. However, if you apply S --> NP VP before S --> S PP, you will not be able to include PP. Therefore, S --> S PP is the correct rule to apply first, as has been given in the table below (together with two other steps). Remember to insert the lexical items when you get to a leaf node like D or N where no rule can be further applied. If your answers are correct, then all the 14 blanks should be filled.
The rules and lexicon that you need to generate the sentence are given as below:
Rules:
S --> NP VP
NP --> D NP
VP --> V PP
VP --> V NP
S --> S PP
PP --> P NP
AdjP --> Adv Adj
NP --> N
CP --> C S
Lexicon:
V --> saw, kicked, fed
P --> in, at
D --> a, the
N --> John, bear, park
You will need only a subset of the rules for this question.
Step
Sentence generating process
0 S
1 S --> S PP
2 S --> NP VP
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Done!
(1) b. Expand the rules and lexicon
What do you need to add to the previous rules and lexicon if you want to generate the following sentence:
The boy saw a brown bear in the park.
New rule(s) that needs to be added:
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New lexical item(s) that needs to be added:
_____________________
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In: Computer Science
Cash management is routine, day-to-day administration of cash and near-cash resources by an individual or family. With this in mind, develop a cash management strategy that incorporates a variety of savings plans
In: Finance
Write the first three non-zero terms of the Taylor series of sin x near x0 = 3π/2. Sketch a plot of the curves for sin x and your approximation.
In: Advanced Math
Which international trade theory would best apply and why does BMW (Germany Company) have a production plant near Greenville SC that employs nearly 9000.
In: Operations Management
Make a list of the advantages and disadvantages can you think of for living near a volcano? Do you think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?
Write a 250 word essay to answer.
In: Other
Your R&D division has just synthesized a material that will superconduct electricity at room temperature. You are about to give the go ahead to consider producing this material commercially. It will take five years to find out whether the material is commercially viable, and you estimate that the risk neutral probability of success is 25%. Development will cost $10 million per year, paid at the beginning of each year. If development is successful and you decide to produce the material, the factory will be built immediately. It will cost $1 billion to put in place and will generate risk-free profits of $100 million at the end of every year in perpetuity. No Excel. Done by Hand. Step-by-Step.
Assume that the current five-year risk-free interest rate is 10% per year, and the yield on a perpetual risk-free bond will be either 12%, 10%, 8%, or 5% in five years. Assume that the risk-neutral probability of each possible rate is the same. What is the value today of this project?
In: Finance