Evaluate arguments for and against tort reform with a focus on why organizations leave the United States to avoid large tort damage awards. Use some of the terminology from the textbook to help with your arguments. Incorporate the legal terminology from your textbook where appropriate, in both your original post and in your responses to your classmates. Use academic or legitimate news sources, such as The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, etc. Please include in your post any links used for your research for your fellow classmates to review and to comment on. Make sure to identify the law at issue or the elements of the cause of action.

4. Which of the following pricing practices represents price discrimination? Explain.

a. Local businesses in a small college town offer a 10% discount to anyone showing a student ID card.

b. Fred’s Fridges advertises a one-day sale on refrigerators. The ad specifies that no phone orders are accepted and that the buyer must transport the refrigerator.

c. A hardback copy of the last Harry Potter book sold for $30 at an independent bookstore; but for $25 at the local outlet of a national bookstore chain.

d. Freshman tuition and fees at Penn State-University Park for academic year 2018-2019 was about $18,000 for Pennsylvania residents and $35,000 for out-of-state students (a pricing pattern that is typical of state universities.)

People concerned about the psychology of women have emphasized that the discipline should include more multicultural research. What are some problems that can arise when researchers use traditional approaches to study people of color?

Why do women of color face special challenges in identifying with the feminist movement? Why would men of color oppose women from their ethnic group who want to be active feminists?

Describe the three basic strands within the men’s movement. Which would be likely to support the growth of the women’s movement? Which would oppose it? Which might consider it irrelevant? Do you see evidence of the men’s movement in your community or in your academic institution?

Question 4 Using the dataset below, estimate whether there is a difference among the graduation rates - identified as percentages - of five high schools over a 10-year period. Explain your results. Yr HS 1 HS 2 HS 3 HS 4 HS 5 2003 67 82 94 65 88 2004 68 87 78 65 87 2005 65 83 81 45 86 2006 68 73 76 57 88 2007 67 77 75 68 89 2008 71 74 81 76 87 2009 78 76 79 77 81 2010 76 78 89 72 78 2011 72 76 76 69 89 2012 77 86 77 58 87

In 2019, what is the earned income credit allowed Don Andersen, a head of household taxpayer, assuming he has adjusted gross income of $9,500 and earned income of $5,000? He maintains his household with his daughter.

1) $2004
2) $2049
3) $2094
4) $0

5) None of the above answers are within $20 (plus or minus) of the correct answer.

In 2019, what is the earned income credit allowed Don Andersen, a head of household taxpayer, assuming he has adjusted gross income of $20,500 (consisting of interest income of $3,700 and earned income of $16,800)? He maintains his household with his daughter.

1) 3,447
2) 3,474
3) 3,287
4) $0

5) None of the above answers are within $20 (plus or minus) of the correct answer.

Recall from Activities 16-1 and 16-3 that the Kaiser Family Foundation commissioned an extensive survey in 2004 that investigated the degree to which American youths aged 8–18 have access to various forms of media. Of the 1036 girls in the sample, 64% had a television in their bedrooms, compared to 72% of the 996 boys in the sample.

a. Suppose you want to use these sample results to produce a 95% confidence interval for πg - πb. Describe in words what πg - πb represents.

b. Calculate this interval, and interpret what it reveals. Be sure to mention whether the interval contains all negative values, all positive values, or some of each.

c. Calculate a 99% confidence interval for πg - πb. Comment on how its midpoint and width compare to the 95% interval

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