Given the following research topic, answer the question below: Are there differences in university GPA and persistence rates between who enrolled in first-year seminars compared to those who did not enroll in first-year seminars?

a. What is the dependent variable(s)?

b. Are there any other dependent variables that might be of interest in this study?

c. What is the independent variable? Identify levels of the variable.

d. Why is this an example of ex post facto research?

e. Consider the extraneous variable high school (HS) GPA. Describe how you could control this extraneous variable through ANCOVA.

f. Consider the extraneous variable academic major. Describe how you could control this extraneous variable through homogeneous grouping.

g. Consider the extraneous variable campus living arrangement. Describe how you could control this extraneous variable through homogeneous grouping.

h. Suggest one additional extraneous variable and one way to control it.

1. What is the difference between legal and equitable remedies?
A buyer contracts to buy a 1941 four-door Cadillac convertible from a seller for $75,000. The seller, having found a third party who will pay $85,000 for the car, refuses to sell to the buyer. What is the buyer’s remedy? Assume the third party had paid the $85,000 and the seller was ordered to sell to the buyer. What is the third party’s remedy?
Professor Smith contracts to teach business law at State University for the academic year. After the first term is over, she quits. Can State University get an order of specific performance or an injunction requiring Professor Smith to return for the second term? Now suppose that the reason Professor Smith quit work at State University is because she got a better job at Central University, fifteen miles away. Can State University get an injunction prohibiting her from teaching at Central University?

Liquid penetrant testing is a suitable method for almost any material. What can not be inspected by liquid penetrant testing method?

Explain why pre-cleaning is the most important step

Imagine a part that contains fatigue cracks which are detectable under no load using liquid penetrant technique. Would they still be detectable under tensile and compressive loads and why?

List the main human factors that affect the probability of detection in liquid penetrant testing.

What control measures should be considered in developer thickness layer?

List the advantages and disadvantages of the various developer types.

Additionally there are 10 marks given for organisation and presentation. You will be expected to show evidence of research and well balanced arguments supported by academic literature relevant to the problem (in addition to the learning package material). Note that that the marking scheme gives an indication of the expected length of each section. Explanations and descriptions should reflect this balance between sections and sub-sections.

A survey is divided into three parts:

Part 1 includes socioeconomic status (SES) information; parent’s education, employment status (currently employed yes or no), income level, and receiving free or reduced lunch at school.

In part 2, the questions are regarding the environment at home, time spent watching (playing video games) TV at home, having a TV in their rooms, computer available to do assignments at home, Internet access at home, etc.

part 3, includes questions related to the safety of the neighborhood environment: some examples include if the students walk to school, how safe they feel while walking to and from school, do you feel safe at school? Are there a lot of fights at school? etc.

The purpose of you collecting these data is to create a model that can help to predict academic achievement in high school students using some of these variables.

1. Question: How could you measure for multicollinearity? Explain how you could address the multicollinearity

Reading journal articles can be challenging for students, as they are often technical in nature. A high school that prides itself on preparing students for college wants to purchase journals that are written at a level accessible to students. The school librarian recruits four students with varying academic ability to read articles from four different journals and rate their readability from 1 (very difficult to read and understand) to 7 (very easy to read and understand). Some hypothetical data are shown in the table.

Table: Journal and Readability

a) Perform an F test at alpha level .05, using excel. Submit your workbook showing the results.

b) What is the conclusion in terms of the null hypothesis, reject or fail to reject? Explain why.

Research a developmental toy either online or by visiting a store. The toy must assist in the physical, cognitive, and psychosocial development of children, aged 1 through 3. Create a five- to eight-slide PowerPoint Presentation that includes the following:

A picture and description of the toyHow the toy assists the child in physical developmentHow the toy assists the child in cognitive developmentHow the toy assists the child in psychosocial developmentUsing the table on page 185 of the text as a guide, describe how Piaget's theory applies to your toy.

Your presentation must also include a title slide and reference slide.

Include at least two scholarly references, in addition to the textbook, in your presentation.

APA format is required for essays only. Solid academic writing is always expected. For all assignment delivery options, documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

The interpretation of research in health care is essential to decision making. By understanding research, health care providers can identify risk factors, trends, outcomes for treatment, health care costs and best practices. To be effective in evaluating and interpreting research, the reader must first understand how to interpret the findings. You will practice article analysis in Topics 2, 3, and 5.

For this assignment:

Search the Library and find three different health care articles that use quantitative research. Do not use articles that appear in the Topic Materials or textbook. C an article analysis for each using the "Article Analysis 1" template.

Refer to the "Patient Preference and Satisfaction in Hospital-at-Home and Usual Hospital Care for : Results of a Controlled Trial," in conjunction with the "Article Analysis Example 1," for an example of an article analysis.

While is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented , which can be found in the Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

How can people escape the poverty trap without necessarily migrating to the cities where industries are concentrated?

People are most likely to be attracted to certain cities that offer better job opportunities and income. According to Moretti, these cities are few, yet they have the concentration of most industries. The local ecosystem for most people is not usually conducive and does not lead to better opportunities for locals. A deeper understanding of how innovation clusters are established is key to coming up with solutions to solve the problem of migration to innovation clusters. While this is a difficult process, it will help provide insights as to whether people can escape the poverty trap, and whether this can be achieved within the local ecosystems. Moretti highlights various ways the clusters are established and one way is to locate their business operation near top academic institutions. Struggling communities have to reinvent themselves and only then shall they start the process of avoiding the poverty trap.

Read the Chapter 15 Mini Case on page 651-652 in Financial Management: Theory and Practice. Using complete sentences and academic vocabulary, please answer questions a and b.

If the company were to recapitalize, then the debt would be issued and the funds received would be used to repurchase stock. Pizza Palace is in the 40% state-plus-federal corporate tax bracket, its beta is 1.0, the risk-free rate is 6%, and the market risk premium is 6%.
a. Using the free cash flow valuation model, show the only avenues by which capital
structure can affect value.

b. (1) What is business risk? What factors influence a firm’s business risk?

(2) What is operating leverage, and how does it affect a firm’s business risk? Show the operating break-even point if a company has fixed costs of $200, a sales price of
$15, and variable costs of $10.

Please show formulas