Assume that you were hired by a government to advise it on the design of its tax system. Discuss some factors that would be relevant to the advice that you would give. In your answer, discuss how different desirable factors might tradeoff with each other. What empirical factors would you want to learn about since they would be crucial in affecting the advice that you would give?

Scores of an IQ test have a​ bell-shaped distribution with a mean of

100100 and a standard deviation of1919.

Use the empirical rule to determine the following.

​(a) What percentage of people has an IQ score between 6262 and138138​?

​(b) What percentage of people has an IQ score less than4343or greater than157157​?

​(c) What percentage of people has an IQ score greater than 138138​?

1. A local agriculture producer had a wheat yield last year of 72 bushels per acre. The producer had an unusually productive year. The normal wheat yield on this particular farm is 38 bushels per acre with a variance (σ²) of 16 bushels per acre.

1. What is the probability that the wheat yield this year will be within one standard deviation (±) of the mean? Hint: think Empirical Rule.

How does operationalization specify empirical procedures from measuring variables?

Operationalize the following: religious, success, grades, time, speed, and height.

List and describe the different measures of crime discussed in this chapter. Describe the units of analysis in each crime measure.

What are self-reports? List different types of crimes for which self-reports are appropriate. Discuss the validity and reliability of self-reports

Examine and critically discuss the following statement, with reference to relevant theory and empirical evidence: “Under the CAPM, the required rate of return on a firm's common stock is determined only by the firm's market risk. If its market risk is known, and if that risk is expected to remain constant, then analysts have all the information they need to calculate the firm's required rate of return and there should be no mispricing of stocks in the financial market.”

Trade-off theory is based on the premise that debt capital has some advantages and disadvantages (hence the trade-off). Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using debt capital and provide an example of why it may impact on firm value. Additionally, what does trade-off theory imply about capital structure and what empirical evidence does trade-off theory fail to explain.

Consider learning theories you have been reading about in your course materials.

What is the evidence that TV or film portrayals of violence is linked to real world aggression?

Use at least one peer reviewed article or other empirical research to back up your conclusion.

What are alternative explanations for aggression and violence, rather than just observing violence on TV or film

. Assume X ~ N (10, 4).

1. What is the (approximate) distribution of X if the sample size is 100? Briefly discuss the theorem underlying your answer.
2. What happens to the variance of as the sample size increases? Draw a diagram and explain.
3. What two values of (symmetric around the population mean) contain a) 75% and b) 95% of the distribution? Draw a diagram. Relate your answer to b) to the empirical rule.

1. Chemical analysis of an unknown compound gives a molar mass of

334 g/mol and a percentage composition of 75.42% carbon, 6.63% hydrogen,

8.38% nitrogen, and the rest is oxygen. Calculate the empirical and molecular

formulas for the unknown compound.

2.) Write a balanced chemical equation for the complete combustion of

pentane (C5H12). If 100.00 g of pentane are combusted in excess O2, what mass

of CO2 would be released to the atmosphere?