1. An epidemiologist presented information regarding the annual prevalence (number of cases per 1,000) of adolescent pregnancy to a local health planning board. The epidemiologist compared data for the local county with data for the United States as a whole. One of the members of the planning board objected that this comparison was not valid because the county is much smaller than the entire country. From an epidemiologic perspective, was the objection a valid one? Why or why not? (2 points) SHOW ALL WORK.

Sales forecast based on external data.  Raspberry Phones uses external data to forecast the coming​ year's sales. The company has 7.5 % of all​ new-phone sales in the United States and 5.6 % of all​ replacement-phone sales. Industry forecasts predict 18.9 million​ new-phone buyers and 31.8 million​ replacement-phone buyers in 2014. If the average Raspberry phone costs ​$84.05​, what sales revenues is the company forecasting for​ 2014?

Fossilized remains were discovered in a remote Cretaceous formation from Wyoming-Montana area of the United States. After carefully examining the bones, you see that the jaws are toothed and that the anterior limbs are modified for flight. You assume it is a tetrapod's fossils.  Determine whether this tetrapod is related phylogenetically to the subclass Archaeornithes, the Neornithes of the Aves or to the subclass Eutheria of the Mammalia. Describe the features of the fossils that allows you to make your determination while eliminating other possibilities.

1-A travel agent wants to estimate the proportion of vacationers who plan to travel outside the United States in the next 12 months. A random sample of 150 vacationers revealed that 45 had plans for foreign travel in that time frame. a)Suppose (at the 95% confidence level) you need to have a margin of error no more than 4 percentage points, but you have no estimate of ^p. How many vacationers would you have to sample?

A newspaper article summarized data from a survey of 1,260 pet owners. The article indicated that 72% of the pet owners celebrated their pet's birthday during the previous year. Assume that the sample is representative of the population of pet owners in the United States.

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Use the given information to estimate the proportion of pet owners who have celebrated their pet's birthday in the past year using a 90% confidence interval. (Round your answers to three decimal places.)

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• What is venture capital, and what types of firms receive it?
• What are some of the important services provided by underwriters?
• What type of underwriting is the most common in the United States, and how does it work?
• What is IPO underpricing, and why might it persist?
• What are some of the costs associated with issuing securities?
• What is a rights offering, and how do you value a right?
• What are some of the characteristics of private placement debt?
• What is shelf registration?

ENERGY STRATEGY

How the expanded use of biofuels,in place of fossil fuel, was thought in theory to be able to slow the buildup of greenhouses gases in the atmosphere.

Briefly describe two unexpected results that the mandated use of corn ethanol in the United States has had on the global environment and/or population.

How the coal panics in Great Britain at the end of the 1800s are similar in two ways to the oil panics of recent years,specifically just before the year 2008.

Long-Term Care Reimbursement

The federal and state governments are the largest payers of health care services in the United States. The largest federal programs are the Medicare and Medicaid services.

Provide a summary of Medicare and Medicaid services

In your summary, include the following points:

·      An overview of the different Medicare and Medicaid services

·      The population covered under Medicare and Medicaid services

·      The services of long-term care covered under Medicare and Medicaid, including the restrictions placed on them