A. As a health policy expert, you are interested in knowing whether men and women in the United States differ in the frequency they visit doctors when sick. So you conduct a survey of 134 people and ask them how often they visit a doctor when they are sick.  The results from this sample are as follows:

Perform the appropriate hypothesis test, at alpha = .01, to determine whether there is a relationship between sex and the frequency with which individuals in the United States visit doctors.  You must show your hand calculations for this problem. Describe your hypotheses, results, and conclusion in a brief paragraph.  If it is appropriate, you should also discuss the strength of the relationship based upon a suitable measure.

B . Show in a table or explain in words what the crosstabulation for your two variables from

Question above would look like if there were absolutely no association between the independent variable and the dependent variable.

Immigration In April 2010, the state of Arizona passed one of the most stringent immigration laws in the nation. The law requires all immigrants to carry their immigration documents with them at all times, and it authorizes law enforcement officials to question and apprehend anyone they suspect of being an illegal immigrant. Individuals who are not carrying the appropriate papers will be at least detained, and local governments and police departments that do not comply with the order can be reprimanded. This law has drawn fire from critics including President Obama, who believes it undermines the basic idea of fairness that we hold as standard in the United States. The Obama administration challenged the law in court, but in 2012, the Supreme Court ruled that the law’s central provision, the requirement that law enforcement check the legal status of anyone suspected of being an illegal immigrant, was constitutional. It can be said that the United States is a nation of immigrants, based on our history. What are some reasons why people are so resistant to immigration despite this history? Elaborate on your peers’ posts with a well-thought-out, substantive comment that contributes new knowledge to the conversation.

Houston-based Advanced Electronics manufactures audio speakers for desktop computers. The following data relate to the period just ended when the company produced and sold 43,000 speaker sets:

Management is considering relocating its manufacturing facilities to northern Mexico to reduce costs. Variable costs are expected to average $18.00 per set; annual fixed costs are anticipated to be $1,988,000. (In the following requirements, ignore income taxes.)

Required:

1. Calculate the company’s current income and determine the level of dollar sales needed to double that figure, assuming that manufacturing operations remain in the United States.
2. Determine the break-even point in speaker sets if operations are shifted to Mexico.
3. Assume that management desires to achieve the Mexican break-even point; however, operations will remain in the United States.
   1. If variable costs remain constant, by how much must fixed costs change?
   2. If fixed costs remain constant, by how much must unit variable cost change?
4. Determine the impact (increase, decrease, or no effect) of the following operating changes.

Business class

13. Avdeyeva is the owner of a commercial building in Vancouver, which has an ordinance requiring non skid material on steps leading into such buildings. A visitor is injured when he falls on the step on a wet day. If the step did not have the non skid material required by the ordinance, the Negligence per se doctrine will apply. (T F)

14. A court will follow the strict liability standard for an injury if:

a. the injury was a foreseeable consequence of the Defendant’s actions;

b. the Plaintiff was intoxicated;

c. the Defendant was a merchant;

d. the Defendant was involved in abnormally dangerous activity.

15. In a negligence case, the most commonly awarded damages are______________damages.

a. compensatory;

b. punitive;

c. nominal;

d. none of the above.

16. Before a person can obtain copyright protection for a work of art they have created, they must file a copyright with the U.S. Copyright Office.(T F)

17. A patent can only be issued by the:

a. parties to a transaction;

b. United States Patent and Trademark Office.

c. United States Copyright Office;

d. the state office of Patent and Trademark.

You work for a company that makes vehicle safety systems, such as radar, on-board cameras, and the ever-present back-up beeper. To reduce costs on your most mature product, the back-up beeper, you are considering moving production out of the United States. You are considering Mexico, Philippines, and Singapore. You are interested in road infrastructure, port infrastructure, technological readiness, and wages. 1. Compare the four countries on these dimensions. Include the United States in your analysis as well as a baseline. For wages, use the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Foreign Labor Statistics. In particular, use the Index of Hourly Compensation. For the other data, use the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report. The bar chart comparison feature is an efficient way to get the information you need.

2. You are also interested in the overall business climate, which you consider to consist of factors like corruption, accounting standards, and a solid legal system. compare the overall level of opacity of each of each of the four countries.

3. What other factors should be considered?

4. What is your recommendation?

Between 1962 (79 percent) and 2011 (61.4 percent) Voter turnout fell dramatically. According to a portion of its comparable Australia, New Zeland, and the United States, the Gallagher Index of Disproportionality for Canadian government races in that period ran from 6.26 to 20.91, yet altogether higher than many others such as Belgium, Germany, Ireland, the United States, and the Scandinavian nations.Consider the following situation: Julie and Mark are brother and sister. They are traveling together in France on summer vacation from college. One night they are staying alone in a cabin near the beach. They decide that it would be interesting and fun if they tried making love. Julie was already taking birth control pills, but Mark uses a condom too, just to be safe. They both enjoy making love, but they decide not to do it again.

(a) Briefly explain, in 100 words or less, why Julie and Mark’s actions would be morally wrong, according to Natural Law Theory. (10%)

(b) How would liberal ethics view Julie and Mark’s actions? Briefly explain, in 100 words or less. (5%)

International Machinery Company (IMC) is a Swedish multinational manufacturing company. Currently, IMC's financial planners are considering undertaking a 1-year project in the United States. The project's expected dollar-denominated cash flows consist of an initial investment of $2,650 and a cash inflow the following year of $3,350. IMC estimates that its risk-adjusted cost of capital is 14%. Currently, 1 U.S. dollar will buy 7.1 Swedish kronas. In addition, 1-year risk-free securities in the United States are yielding 6%, while similar securities in Sweden are yielding 5%.

a. If the interest parity holds, what is the forward exchange rate of Swedish krona per U.S. dollar? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.

Swedish krona per U.S. dollar

b. If IMC undertakes the project, what is the net present value and rate of return of the project for IMC in home currency? Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to two decimal places.

NPV:  Swedish kronas

Rate of return:  %

Demand can be estimated with experimental data, time-series data, or cross-section data. In this case, cross-section data appear in the Excel file. Soft drink consumption in cans per capita per year is related to six-pack price, income per capita, and mean temperature across the 48 contiguous states in the United States.

Given the data, please construct the demand estimation for soft drink consumption in the United States by
(1) a multiple-linear regression equation, and
(2) a log-linear (exponential) regression equation (show Excel please)

1. Prepare three-year projections for income, expenses, and sources of funds.

- Make realistic assumptions.
- Allow for funding changes at different stages of your companyÂ's growth.
- Present a written rationale for your projections.

2. Indicate your startup costs.
- Detail how startup funds will be used to advance your proposed business
- List current capital and any other sources of funding you may have.
- Document your calculations.
- Use reasonable estimates and/or actual data (where possible).

3. Create a cash-flow statement.

$97,000 will allocated for business operation

$75,000 start up capital

$100,000 guarantee loan,

$150,000 grant from the state government for new printers

Pick any 2 questions and answer it ( answers should be half page long per question):

6. China is currently the world’s second largest economy. It is predicted to surpass the U.S. to become the biggest economy in the not-too-distant future. How does this development influence the strategic balance and the position of the United States?

7. In 1990, Congress imposed a luxury tax on yachts costing more than $100,000, along with similar taxes on a handful of other luxury goods. It was estimated that the new taxes would yield more than $31 million in revenue in 1991. However, the tax actually generated a bit more than half the amount, $16.6 million. Several years later, the Joint Economic Committee estimated that the tax on yachts had led to a loss of 7,600 jobs in the U.U. boating industry. Taking account of lost income taxes and increased unemployment benefits, the U.S. government actually came out $7.6 million behind in fiscal 1991 as a result of its luxury taxes- almost $ 39 million worse than the initial projection. Congress repealed the luxury tax on yachts in 1993. What went wrong?

8. What is the "invisible hand "? Explain how the invisible hand delivers an efficient market outcome.

9. How can a person argue that health care services in America are provided efficiently, but not fairly?

10. Bill Gates is a founder of Microsoft and the world's richest individual. Suppose Microsoft sells more software and Mr. Gates acquires another billion dollars in wealth. Simultaneously, suppose a burglar whose income is well below average broke into Bill Gates' house and stole a million dollars worth of antiques. Using the "it's not fair if the rules aren't fair" approach to fairness, is Mr. Gates' acquisition of additional wealth fair? Is the (poor) thief's acquisition fair?