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Vehicle Name Weight Cadillac CTS VVT 4dr 3694 Cadillac Deville 4dr 3984 Cadillac Deville DTS 4dr...

Vehicle Name Weight
Cadillac CTS VVT 4dr 3694
Cadillac Deville 4dr 3984
Cadillac Deville DTS 4dr 4044
Cadillac Seville SLS 4dr 3992
Lincoln LS V6 Luxury 4dr 3681
Lincoln LS V6 Premium 4dr 3681
Lincoln LS V8 Sport 4dr 3768
Lincoln LS V8 Ultimate 4dr 3768
Lincoln Town Car Signature 4dr 4369
Lincoln Town Car Ultimate 4dr 4369
Lincoln Town Car Ultimate L 4dr 4474

In what follows use any of the following tests/procedures: Regression, multiple regressions, confidence intervals, one-sided t-test or two-sided t-test. All the procedures should be done with 5% P-value or 95% confidence interval

Upload CARS data. SETUP: It is believed that Lincolns are heavier than Cadillac. Given the data your job is to confirm or disprove this belief. (CAREFULL: sort the data in order to extract the needed information).

9. What test/procedure did you perform?

  • a. One-sided t-test
  • b. Regression
  • c. Two-sided t-test
  • d. ​​Confidence interval

10. What is the P-value/margin of error?

  • a. 339.06234
  • b. 0.598587029
  • c. 0.299293514
  • d. 8.065421
  • e. ​​None of these

11. Statistical Interpretation

  • a. Due to small margin of error we are confident that the average mpg is above 3500.
  • b. Since P-value is large we cannot claim that the averages are different.
  • c. Since P-value is very small we are confident that the slope of regression line is not zero.
  • d. None of these

12. Conclusion

  • a. Yes, I am confident that the above assertion is correct.
  • b. No, we cannot claim that the above assertion is correct.

Task 2

In: Statistics and Probability

A. A researcher was interested in comparing the GPAs of students at two different colleges. Independent...

A. A researcher was interested in comparing the GPAs of students at two different colleges. Independent simple random samples of 8 students from college A and 13 students from college B yielded the following results. The mean GPA for college A was x1 = 3.11, with a standard deviation s1 = 0.44. The GPA for college B was 2 = 3.44, with a standard deviation s2 = 0.55. Determine a 95% confidence interval for the difference, µ1-µ2 between the mean GPA of college A students and the mean GPA of college B students. (Assume college a and B have the same population standard deviations)

B. A manufacturing process produces bags of cookies. The distribution of content weights of these bags is Normal with mean 15.0 oz and standard deviation 6.0 oz. We will randomly select a sample of 900 bags of cookies and weigh the contents of each bag selected, is the mean of such sample

a) The mean of is x

b) The standard deviation of x is

c) The distribution of x is

d) Does the distribution of depend on the assumption that the weight (in oz) of these bags is normally distributed and why?

C.Last year, the mean annual salary for adults in one town was $35,000. A researcher wants to perform a hypothesis test to determine whether the mean annual salary for adults in this town has changed this year. The mean annual salary for a random sample of 16 adults from the town was 33000. Assume population standard deviation σ =12000. Use a significance level of α=0.05

D. A special diet is intended to reduce the cholesterol of patients at risk of heart disease. After six months on the diet, an SRS of 64 patients at risk for heart disease had an average cholesterol of x= 192, with standard deviation s = 24. The 95% confidence interval for the average cholesterol of patients at risk for heart disease who have been on the diet for 6 months is

In: Statistics and Probability

An analyst at a local bank wonders if the age distribution of customers coming for service...

An analyst at a local bank wonders if the age distribution of customers coming for service at his branch in town is the same as at the branch located near the mall. He selects 100 transactions at random from each branch and researches the age information for the associated customer. Use the table below to answer the questions.

Less than 30

30-55

56 or older

Total

In-town branch

20

42

38

100

Mall branch

30

48

22

100

Total

50

90

60

200

1. What are the null and alternative hypotheses?

a. Ho: The age distributions of customers at the two branches are not the same.

     Ha: The age distributions of customers at the two branches are the same.

b. Ho: Age is not independent of branch.

    Ha: Age is independent of branch.

c. Ho: The age distributions of customers at the two branches are the same.

    Ha: The age distributions of customers at the two branches are not the same.

d. Ho: Age is independent of branch.

    Ha: Age is not independent of branch.

2. What type of test is this?

a. Chi-square goodness-of-fit-test

b. Chi-square test of independence

c. Chi-square test of homogeneity

3. What are the expected numbers for each cell if the null hypothesis is true?

Less than 30

30-55

56 or older

Total

In-town branch

100

Mall branch

100

Total

50

90

60

200

4. Find the X2 statistic.

X2 =               (round to two decimal places)

5. How many degrees of freedom does the X2 statistic have?

df =

6. Find the critical value at alpha = 0.05

X2 =               (round to three decimal places)

7. What do you conclude?

The test statistic is (greater than or less than) the critical value. There is (insufficient or sufficient) evidence to reject Ho.

In: Math

Marty and Jean are married and have 4-year-old twins. Jean is going to school full-time for...

Marty and Jean are married and have 4-year-old twins. Jean is going to school full-time for 8 months of the year, and Marty earns $45,400. The twins are in day care so Jean can go to school while Marty is at work. The cost of day care is $8,600. What is their child and dependent care credit?

In: Accounting

In a given school, 3 out of 10 people tend to have IQ level of more than 150.

In a given school, 3 out of 10 people tend to have IQ level of more than 150.

  1. If a group of 100 people were to be picked from this school, what is the probability of getting 80 people that have IQ below 150.

b. What is the expected number of people with IQ over 150 in a group of 100.

In: Statistics and Probability

It is estimated that 4.5% of the general population will live past their 90th birthday. Suppose...

It is estimated that 4.5% of the general population will live past their 90th birthday. Suppose a random sample of 753 high school seniors is selected.

a. Describe the sampling distribution of ?̂.

b. What is the probability that from this random sample taken, the sample proportion of these high school seniors who will live past their 90th birthday is between 0.043 and 0.056?

In: Statistics and Probability

1.Which players have lost more matches than the average number of losses?   No duplicates should be...

1.Which players have lost more matches than the average number of losses?   No duplicates should be listed.   Order by player number.   Insert your screen shot here.

2.How many players from each town served on the committee in any capacity? Display the town as ‘Town’ and the number served as ‘Committee Service’.   Insert your screenshot here.

3.How many members come from each town? Display the town as ‘Town’ and the number of members as ‘Number’. Insert your screenshot here.

4.Who has served on the committee more than once? Display the player number as ‘Number’, concatenate the player initial and name as ‘Name’, town as ‘Town’, and number served as ‘Terms’. Insert your screenshot here.

Below I will include the tennis database

* *******************************************************************

CREATE and OPEN the TENNIS Base

******************************************************************* */

Create database tennis;

USE tennis;

#--Create table players and fill it--------------------------

Create table players

(

playerno              int                         not null                primary key,

name                    varchar(15)         not null,

initials   varchar(3),

birth_date           date,

gender                 char(1),

joined                   int          not null,

street                   varchar(15)         not null,

houseno                             varchar(4),

zip                         char(6),

town                     varchar(10)         not null,

phoneno                             char(10),

leagueno             char(4)

);

Insert into players values

(2,'Everett','R','1988-01-09','M',2000,'Stoney Road','43','3575NH','Stratford','070-237893','2411'),

(6,'Paramenter','R','1984-06-25','M',2002,'Haseltine Lane','80','1234KK','Stratford','070-476547','8467'),

(7,'Wise','GWS','1983-05-11','M',2006,'Edgecombe Way','39','9758VB','Stratford','070-347689',Null),

(8,'Newcastle','B','1982-07-08','F',2005,'Station Road','4','6584RO','Inglewood','070-458458','2983'),

(27,'Collins','DD','1990-05-10','F',2008,'Long Drive','804','8457DK','Eltham','079-234857','2513'),

(28,'Collins','C','1983-06-22','F',2008,'Old Main 28','10','1294QK','Midhurst','071-659599',Null),

(39,'Bishop','D','1986-10-29','M',2005,'Eaton Square','78','9629CD','Stratford','070-393435',Null),

(44,'Baker','E','1983-09-01','M',2010,'Lewis Street','23','4444LJ','Inglewood','070-368753','1124'),

(57,'Brown','M','1981-08-17','M',2007,'Edgecombe Way','16','4377CB','Stratford','070-473458','6409'),

(83,'Hope','PK','1976-11-11','M',2009,'Magdalene Road','16A','1812UP','Stratford','070-353548','1608'),

(94,'Miller','P','1993-05-14','M',2013,'High Street','33A','5746OP','Douglas','070-867564',Null),

(100,'Parmenter','P','1983-02-28','M',2012,'Haseltine Lane','80','1234KK','Stratford','070-494593','6524'),

(104,'Moorman','D','1990-05-10','F',2014,'Stout Street','65','9437AO','Eltham','079-987571','7060'),

(112,'Bailey','IP','1983-10-01','F',2014,'Vixen Road','8','6392LK','Plymouth','010-548745','1319');

#--Create the table committee_members and fill it--------------------

Create table committee_members

(

playerno              int          not null,

begin_date          date       not null,

end_date             date,

position               varchar(20),

primary key(playerno, begin_date)

);

Insert into committee_members values

(2,'2010-01-01','2012-12-31','Chairman'),

(2,'2014-01-01',Null,'General Member'),

(6,'2010-01-01','2010-12-31','Secretary'),

(6,'2011-01-01','2012-12-31','General Member'),

(6,'2012-01-01','2013-12-31','Treasurer'),

(6,'2013-01-01',Null,'Chairman'),

(8,'2010-01-01','2010-12-31','Treasurer'),

(8,'2011-01-01','2011-12-31','Secretary'),

(8,'2013-01-01','2013-12-31','General Member'),

(8,'2014-01-01',Null,'General Member'),

(27,'2010-01-01','2010-12-31','General Member'),

(27,'2011-01-01','2011-12-31','Treasurer'),

(27,'2013-01-01','2013-12-31','Treasurer'),

(57,'2012-01-01','2012-12-31','Secretary'),

(94,'2014-01-01',Null,'Treasurer'),

(112,'2012-01-01','2012-12-31','General Member'),

(112,'2014-01-01',Null,'Secretary');

#--Create the table matches and Fill it-------------------

Create table matches

(

matchno                             int          not null Primary Key,

teamno                int          not null references teams(teamno),

playerno              int          not null references players(playerno),

won                      int,

lost                       int

);

Insert into matches values

(1,1,6,3,1),

(2,1,6,2,3),

(3,1,6,3,0),

(4,1,44,3,2),

(5,1,83,0,3),

(6,1,2,1,3),

(7,1,57,3,0),

(8,1,8,0,3),

(9,2,27,3,2),

(10,2,104,3,2),

(11,2,112,2,3),

(12,2,112,1,3),

(13,2,8,0,3);

#--Create Table Penalties and Fill it-------------------------------------

create table Penalties

(

paymentno         int          not null Primary Key,

playerno              int          not null references players(playerno),

payment_Date   date       not null,

amount decimal(10,2)     not null

);

Insert into Penalties values

(1,6,'2010-12-08',100.00),

(2,44,'2011-05-05',75.00),

(3,27,'2013-09-10',100.00),

(4,104,'2014-07-08',50.00),

(5,44,'2010-12-08',25.00),

(6,8,'2010-12-08' ,25.00),

(7,44,'2012-12-30',30.00),

(8,27,'2014-08-12',75.00);

#--Create Table Teams and Fill it----------------------------------------------

Create table teams

(

teamno int          Primary Key        Not Null,

playerno              int          Not Null               references players(playerno),

division varchar(6)

);

Insert into teams values

(1,6,'first'),

(2,27,'second');

/* ********************************************************************************************

End of loading the database

******************************************************************************************** */

In: Computer Science

3.1 With the help of the CAGE framework, discuss the challenges and opportunities that Avon is likely to encounter in entering the Chinese market.


The Newest Avon Lady—Barbie! Selling Tradition "Ding-dong, Avon calling." With that simple advertising message over the past 112 years, Avon Products built a $4 billion worldwide beauty-products business. Founded in 1886, and incorporated as California Perfume Products in 1916, Avon deployed an army of women to sell its products. These "Avon ladies," 40 million of them over the company's history, met with friends and neighbors in their homes, showed products, took and delivered orders, and earned sales commissions. Through direct selling, Avon bypassed the battle for retail space and attention waged by its competitors in department stores, and later in discount drug stores and supermarkets. Direct selling also offered convenience for the customer, coupled with personal beauty-care advice from a friend. Avon's plan worked well. Most members of its up to 500,000-member U.S. salesforce were homemakers who needed extra money but did not want a full-time job outside the home. They developed client lists of friends and neighbors whom they called on from time to time. Customers could also call them between visits. Recruiting salespeople was easy, and a good salesperson could develop a loyal core of customers who made repeat purchases. Avon paid the salespeople a commission based on their sales, and a successful salesperson could earn an attractive income. Times Change However, during the 1970s and 1980s, the environment changed. First, more women found that they needed to work outside the home. As a result, when Avon ladies rang the doorbell, often no one answered. Second, many Avon ladies decided that they needed more than part-time jobs, and Avon's annual salesforce turnover rates soared to more than 200 percent. Third, because of high salesforce turnover, many Avon customers wanting to see a salesperson could not find one. Fourth, more competitors, such as Amway, Mary Kay Cosmetics, and Tupperware, were competing for the pool of people interested in full- or part-time direct selling jobs. Finally, in addition to all those factors, increasing mobility of the U.S. population meant that both customers and salespeople were moving. This made it difficult for salespeople to establish loyal, stable customer bases. A New Strategy To deal with these issues, in 1988 Avon Products tapped James E. Preston to serve as its chair and chief executive. Preston decided that Avon needed to overhaul its marketing strategy. First, he refocused the company on its core business—selling cosmetics, fragrances, and toiletries—and sold unrelated businesses. Next, he drastically cut prices on Avon products. Finally, he tried a new compensation program called "Leadership" that allowed sales representatives to earn up to 21 percent in bonuses based on the sales of new representatives they recruited. Such multilevel selling is common among direct-sales companies. However, by late 1991, Avon killed the program, arguing that it did not fit Avon's culture. Preston believed that Avon had left as many as ten million former or potential customers stranded. These customers wanted to buy Avon products, but salesforce turnover meant that they did not know how to find a salesperson or order products. Fourteen percent of American women accounted for one-third of Avon's sales. Another 62 percent were fringe customers. These customers viewed Avon positively but did not buy regularly. Another 15 percent of American women were potentially receptive to Avon but were not necessarily interested in dealing with a traditional Avon sales representative. Thus, Preston decided to develop another program he called "Avon Select." The program featured a catalog and toll-free telephone number that allowed direct-mail selling. Avon's research revealed that its median customer was 45 years old and had an average household income of under $30,000. The catalog would reach younger, higher-income customers. Preston believed that, with a catalog, the company could cut the median customer age to 38 and increase average household income to more than $30,000. Avon supported the catalog program by kicking off a national advertising campaign that featured the slogan "Avon—The Smartest Shop in Town." To fund the advertising, the company cut sales commissions and incentives and laid off scores of executives. As you might imagine, all these changes created lots of turmoil at Avon including three different heads of the U.S. operation in a short period. However, Preston vowed to keep pursuing changes. To keep customers, "change we did, change we must, and change we will," Preston asserted. To make good on his promise, he launched a $30 million ad campaign in 1994 with the theme, "Just Another Avon Lady." Market research showed that, despite all Avon's changes, consumers still thought of "Ding-dong" and the Avon lady when asked what they associated with the company. Observers wondered if the use of the term lady in the mid 1990s would cause negative reactions among many women. After all, even Avon had avoided using the term in advertising for 20 years. Between 1992 and 1996, Avon's sales and profits rose slowly but steadily, driven primarily by sales in international markets. Then, in late 1997, Avon announced what might be its most radical change yet. It announced that it would soon test the idea of selling its products through retail stores. Although the company had been using retail stores in some foreign markets for years, this approach would be new to the U.S. market. Preston argued that no matter how great Avon's products were, many customers just weren't interested in buying from Avon ladies in a one-on-one situation. To pacify the company's 440,000 U.S. sales reps, Avon said it would consider giving them a share of the new business either through franchising or referrals from the stores. It also announced that it would cut its product line by 30 percent in order to put its marketing resources behind fewer products, pursue the creation of global brands out of several of its skin care and cosmetics products, and standardize its promotion efforts using the same promotions for its products around the world. Global Reach The value of Avon's global reach and it 2.3 million sales representatives worldwide had not gone unnoticed by other firms wanting to crack international markets. Mattel, Inc. announced in 1997 that it would partner with Avon to allow its salespeople to begin selling its Barbie dolls. In a 1996 test, Avon sold $43 million worth of two versions of Barbie, including more than one million of one version in just two weeks. Andrea Jung, Avon's president of global marketing noted that, "Our powerful distribution channel combined with their powerful brand is a huge opportunity." Companies like Mattel are attracted to direct salesforces like Avon's for several reasons. In international markets, the companies do not have to wait for retailers to build stores if they use a direct salesforce. Further, in many developing economies, being a direct sales rep may be the most attractive job for many women, thus making recruitment easy. However, there are problems. Turnover is often high, and many sales representatives are not really committed to the company. Further, many don't have formal business training or basic skills needed to perform their duties. Although Avon and Mattel limited distribution to the U.S. market initially, they planned to have Avon ladies selling Barbies in China as early as spring 1998. Mattel would introduce an "international Barbie," but she did not look Asian. In an earlier test in Japan, Mattel found that Asian girls preferred the standard American Barbie. Avon also planned to introduce a Barbie-branded line of toiletries and fragrances for girls in the U.S. and abroad. However, in early 1998, the Chinese government threw a monkey wrench into Avon's plans. The government announced that it was banning direct sales throughout the country. Government officials were responding to news reports of bogus sales schemes in which salespeople duped unsuspecting customers into spending their savings on over-priced, inferior goods. Further, officials believed that the direct-selling companies used their sales meetings to start secret societies and sell smuggled or fake goods. The ban prompted protests from the affected companies, like Avon, Mary Kay, and Amway, as well as the U.S. government. In addition, thousands of salespeople rioted in several Chinese cities, protesting the loss of their jobs. By mid-June 1998, however, Avon had successfully negotiated with the Chinese government to restart its business. Avon agreed to operate as a wholesaler, selling its products to retail stores and converting its 75 branch centers into retail outlets. The new arrangement meant that Avon's 50,000 sales representatives would lose their jobs. Despite the obstacles, Avon and other companies are committed to opening the Chinese market. China accounted for only about 1.5 percent of Avon's sales in 1998, but the potential was huge. Most Chinese consumers have little money, no credit cards, no telephones, and no direct way to get merchandise. The most common means of distribution are the China Post Office, hand-delivered door drops, and on-street distribution. There are also few customer lists available that direct-marketing firms can use. However, the Chinese population is developing into a discerning group that prefers quality products that meet their needs. Chinese customers believe that aggressive promotions cheapen a product. They like American-made products that companies promote tastefully. They particularly like cosmetics, jewelry, and entertainment products, especially if they are associated with celebrities. Direct marketers are also learning that they should not view China as a single market. The stereotype of 1.3 billion, low-income people living in rural areas is simply not true. China has the largest urban population in the world. By 2000, savvy marketers realized that the true Chinese market is the 400 million consumers living in a set of urban centers along the Chinese coast. Avon has shown its willingness to make changes and face challenges. Taking Barbie to China is just the latest challenge.

Questions:

3.1 With the help of the CAGE framework, discuss the challenges and opportunities that Avon is likely to encounter in entering the Chinese market. [15]

3.2 With the help of Porter’s Five Forces framework, analyse the chances of Avon’s succeeding in going global/ international market and provide recommendations to the company executives. [15]

In: Operations Management

Phase 1 – ERD In this phase of the project you will create an ERD based...

Phase 1 – ERD

In this phase of the project you will create an ERD based upon the following requirements and business rules. Limit your ERD to entities and relationships based on the business rules showed here. In other words, do not add realismto your design by expanding or refining the business rules.  However, make sure you include all attributes needed that would permit the model to be successfully implemented, including all primary and foreign keys.

1.Trinity College (TC) is divided into several schools: a school of business, a school of arts and sciences, a school of education, and a school of applied sciences. Each school is administered by a dean who is a professor.  Each dean can administer only one school.  Each school must have a school name.

2.Each school is composed of several departments.  The smallest number of departments operated by a school is one, and the largest number of departments is indeterminate.  Each department belongs to only one school. A department may be classified as research only.  Each department must have a department name.

3.Each department may have many professors assigned to it.  One of those professors chairs the department.  Only one professor may chair the department to which he or she is assigned.  No professor is required to accept the chair position.  Each professor must have a first name, last name, rank, specialty, and an email.

4.Each department may offer courses.  Each course is offered by only one department.  If a department is research only, it will offer no courses. Each course must have a course title, description, and number of credits.

5.A class will be a section of a course.   A course may exist in Trinity College’s catalog even when it is not offered as a class in a current schedule.  Each class must have a class section and class time.

6.Each professor can teach up to four classes.  A professor may also be on a research contract and teach no classes at all.

7.A student may enroll in up to six classes, but takes each class only once during each enrollment period. Each class may have up to 35 students.  A class can exist even though no students are enrolled in it.

8.Each department has several students whose major is offered by that department, but a student can have only one major and is, therefore, associated with only one department. A student is not required to declare a major field of study when first enrolling.

9.Each student has an advisor in his or her department, each advisor counsels several students.  An advisor is a professor, but not all professors advise students.

10.Each class is taught in a room, and each room is located in a building.  A building can contain many rooms, but a room can only be contained in one building. Some buildings do not contain class rooms (e.g., maintenance building).  A room must have a room type, a building must have a building name and location.

Phase 2. After reviewing the various ERDs, Trinity College has decided on the following tables and attributes.

PROFESSOR

Professor ID

Department

Professor Specialty

Professor Rank

Professor Last Name

Professor First Name

Professor Initial

Professor Email

SCHOOL

School ID

School Name

SCHOOLDEAN

School

Dean

DEPARTMENT

Department Code

Department Name

School

DEPARTMENTCHAIR

Department

Chair

STUDENT

Student ID

Department

Student Last Name

Student First Name

Student Initial

Student Email

Advisor

COURSE

Course Code

Department

Course Title

Course Description

Course Credits

CLASS

Class Code

Class Section

Class Time

Course

Professor

Room

ENROLL

Class

Student

Enrollment Date

Enrollment Grade

BUILDIING

Building Name

Building Location

ROOM

Room Code

Room Type

Building

Write the SQL code to drop and then create the above tables.  Remember that when creating tables, the tables with foreign keys have to be created afterthe table that the foreign key points to.  When dropping tables, they have to be dropped in the reverse order, so that the tables with foreign keys are dropped beforethe tables that the foreign keys point to.  You can create all the drop SQL statements first followed by all the create tables.  The first time you run them the drop statements will work as no tables have been created and therefore no drops will occur.  You will need to run them twice to insure the drops will work.

Please be sure to review the Phase 1 requirements so you can determine the primary and foreign keys for each table and then determine the order of DROP and CREATE STATEMENTS. Please note that some fields are foreign keys but not identified as such by their names. Also know which fields are required fields and which are not.  Use appropriate data types for each field and meaningful field names.  

In: Accounting

Completion is only granted for questions that require a graph if your answer includes: A clear...

Completion is only granted for questions that require a graph if your answer includes:

A clear and completely labeled graph.

A clear statement of what curve(s) are changing.

Why those curve(s) are changing.

A clear statement of what is happening to the equilibrium values of the variables in the model.

1)     A survey indicated that chocolate is the most popular flavor of ice cream in America. For each of the following, indicate the possible effects on demand, supply, or both as well as equilibrium price and quantity of chocolate ice cream.

a.     A severe drought in the Midwest causes dairy farmers to reduce the number of milk-producing cattle in their herds by a third. These dairy farmers supply cream that is used to manufacture chocolate ice cream.

b.     A new report by the American Medical Association reveals that chocolate does, in fact, have significant health benefits.

c.     The discovery of cheaper synthetic vanilla flavoring lowers the price of vanilla ice cream.

d.     New technology for mixing and freezing ice cream lowers manufacturers’ costs of producing chocolate ice cream.

2.     In a supply and demand diagram, draw the shift of the demand curve for hamburgers in your hometown due to the following events. In each case, show the effect on equilibrium price and quantity.

a.     The price of tacos increases.

b.     All hamburger sellers raise the price of their French fries.

c.     Income falls in town.

d.     Hot dog stands cut the price of hot dogs.

In: Economics