After conducting an experiment, you report a p-value of less than .05 and an effect size of .82. Explain what this means.
In: Psychology
Not In Subjectlist . Crititcal Thinking !
Is That Even A Thing ?
In 200-300 words paraphrase of this article: "Is that even a thing", New York Times, by Alexander Stern, April 16, 2016. Your final product will be a paraphrase.
https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/04/16/is-that-even-a-thing/
In: Psychology
| Costco Wholesale Corporation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Consolidated Statements of Earnings | |||
| For Fiscal Years Ended ($ millions) | August 28, 2016 | August 30, 2015 | August 31, 2014 |
| Revenue | |||
| Net Sales | $116,073 | $113,666 | $110,212 |
| Membership fees | 2,646 | 2,533 | 2,428 |
| Total revenue | 118,719 | 116,199 | 112,640 |
| Operating expenses | |||
| Merchandise costs | 102,901 | 101,065 | 98,458 |
| Selling, general and administrative | 12,068 | 11,445 | 10,899 |
| Preopening expenses | 78 | 65 | 63 |
| Operating Income | 3,672 | 3,624 | 3,220 |
| Other income (expense) | |||
| Interest expense | (133) | (124) | (113) |
| Interest income and other, net | 80 | 104 | 90 |
| Income before income taxes | 3,619 | 3,604 | 3,197 |
| Provision for income taxes | 1,243 | 1,195 | 1,109 |
| Net income including noncontrolling interests | 2,376 | 2,409 | 2,088 |
| Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests | (26) | (32) | (30) |
| Net income attributable to Costco | $2,350 | $2,377 | $2,058 |
| Costco Wholesale Corporation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Consolidated Balance Sheets | |||
| ($ millions, except par value and share data) | August 28, 2016 | August 30, 2015 | |
| Assets | |||
| Current assets | |||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $3,379 | $4,801 | |
| Short-term investments | 1,350 | 1,618 | |
| Receivables, net | 1,252 | 1,224 | |
| Merchandise inventories | 8,969 | 8,908 | |
| Deferred income taxes and other current assets | 268 | 228 | |
| Total current assets | 15,218 | 16,779 | |
| Property and equipment | |||
| Land | 5,395 | 4,961 | |
| Buildings and improvements | 13,994 | 12,618 | |
| Equipment and fixtures | 6,077 | 5,274 | |
| Construction in progress | 701 | 811 | |
| Gross property and equipment | 26,167 | 23,664 | |
| Less accumulated depreciation and amortization | (9,124) | (8,263) | |
| Net property and equipment | 17,043 | 15,401 | |
| Other assets | 902 | 837 | |
| Total assets | $33,163 | $33,017 | |
| Liabilities and equity | |||
| Current liabilities | |||
| Accounts payable | $7,612 | $9,011 | |
| Current portion long-term debt | $1,100 | $1,283 | |
| Accrued salaries and benefits | 2,629 | 2,468 | |
| Accrued member rewards | 869 | 813 | |
| Deferred membership fees | 1,362 | 1,269 | |
| Other current liabilities | 2,003 | 1,695 | |
| Total current liabilities | 15,575 | 16,539 | |
| Long-term debt, excluding current portion | 4,061 | 4,852 | |
| Other liabilities | 1,195 | 783 | |
| Total liabilities | 20,831 | 22,174 | |
| Equity | |||
| Preferred stock, $0.005 par value: | |||
| 100,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding | 0 | 0 | |
| Common stock, $0.005 par value: | |||
| 900,000,000 shares authorized; | |||
| 437,524,000 and 437,952,000 shares issued and outstanding | 2 | 2 | |
| Additional paid-in-capital | 5,490 | 5,218 | |
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (1,099) | (1,121) | |
| Retained earnings | 7,686 | 6,518 | |
| Total Costco stockholders’ equity | 12,079 | 10,617 | |
| Noncontrolling interests | 253 | 226 | |
| Total equity | 12,332 | 10,843 | |
| Total liabilities and equity | $33,163 | $33,017 | |
HINT: For Sales use "Total revenues" for your computations, when applicable.
(a) Compute net operating profit after tax (NOPAT) for 2016. Assume that the combined federal and state statutory tax rate is 37%. (Round to the nearest whole number.)
2016 NOPAT = Answer ($ millions)
(b) Compute net operating assets (NOA) for 2016 and 2015.
2016 NOA = Answer ($ millions)
2015 NOA = Answer ($ millions)
(c) Compute Costco’s RNOA, net operating profit margin (NOPM) and
net operating asset turnover (NOAT) for 2016. (Do not round until
final answer. Round two decimal places. Do not use NOPM x NOAT to
calculate RNOA)
2016 RNOA = Answer %
2016 NOPM = Answer %
2016 NOAT = Answer
(d) Compute net nonoperating obligations (NNO) for 2016 and 2015.
2016 NNO = Answer ($ millions)
2015 NNO = Answer ($ millions)
(e) Compute return on equity (ROE) for 2016. (Do not round until
final answer. Round answer two decimal places)
2016 ROE = Answer%
(f) Infer the nonoperating return component of ROE for 2016. (Use
answers from above to calculate. Round two decimal places.)
Answer%
In: Accounting
Alton Newman, age 67, is married and files a joint return with his wife, Clair, age 65. Alton and Clair are both retired, and during 2016, they received Social Security benefits of $10,000. Both Alton and Clair are covered by Medicare. Alton's Social Security number is 111-11-1112, and Clair's is 123-45-6789. They reside at 210 College Drive, Columbia, SC 29201.
Alton, who retired on January 1, 2016, receives benefits from a qualified pension plan of $2,750 a month for life. His total contributions to the plan (none of which were deductible) were $168,250. In January 2016, he received a bonus of $2,000 from his former employer for service performed in 2015. No income taxes were withheld on this bonus by his former employer (Amalgamated Industries, Inc.; EIN 12-3456789; 114 Main Street, Columbia, SC 29201). Although Amalgamated Industries, Inc. accrued the bonus in 2015, it was not paid until 2016.
Clair, who retired on December 31, 2015, started receiving benefits of $1,400 a month on January 1, 2016. Her contributions to the qualified pension plan (none of which were deductible) were $74,100.
On September 27, 2016, Alton and Clair received a pro rata 10% stock dividend on 600 shares of stock they owned. They had bought the stock on March 5, 2009, for $20 a share. On December 16, 2016, they sold the 60 dividend shares for $55 a share.
On October 10, 2016, Clair sold the car she had used in commuting to and from work for $17,000. She had paid $31,000 for the car in 2010.
On July 14, 2008, Alton and Clair received a gift of 1,000 shares of stock from their son, Thomas. Thomas's basis in the stock was $35 a share (fair market value at the date of gift was $25). No gift tax was paid on the transfer. Alton and Clair sold the stock on October 8, 2016, for $24 a share.
On May 1, 2016, Clair's mother died, and Clair inherited her personal residence. In February 2016, her mother had paid the property taxes for 2016 of $2,100. The residence had a fair market value of $235,000 and an adjusted basis to the mother of $160,000 on the date of her death. Clair listed the house with a real estate agent, who estimated it was worth $240,000 as of December 31, 2016.
Clair received rent income of $6,000 on a beach house she inherited three years ago from her uncle Charles. She had rented the property for one week during the July 4 holiday and one week during the Thanksgiving holiday. Charles's adjusted basis in the beach house was $150,000, and its fair market value on the date of his death was $240,000. Clair and Alton used the beach house for personal purposes for 56 days during the year. Expenses associated with the house were $3,700 for utilities, maintenance, and repairs; $2,200 for property taxes; and $800 for insurance. There are no mortgages on the property.
Clair and Alton paid estimated Federal income tax of $3,100 and had itemized deductions of $6,800 (excluding any itemized deductions associated with the beach house). If they have overpaid their Federal income tax, they want the amount refunded. Both Clair and Alton want $3 to go to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund.
Compute their net tax payable or refund due for 2016.
You are required to complete the Qualified Dividends and Capital Gain Tax Worksheet. The form is provided to assist you in computing the tax.
Make realistic assumptions about any missing data.
If an amount box does not require an entry or the answer is zero, enter "0".
Enter all amounts as positive numbers, unless otherwise instructed.
It may be necessary to complete the tax schedules before completing Form 1040.
When computing the tax liability, do not round your immediate calculations. If required round your final answers to the nearest dollar.
Use the 2016 Tax Rate Schedule provided. Do not use the Tax Tables.
In: Accounting
In: Statistics and Probability
In a double-slit interference experiment you are asked to use laser light of different wavelengths and determine the separation between adjacent maxima. You observe that this separation is greatest when you illuminate the double slit with In a double-slit interference experiment you are asked to use laser light of different wavelengths and determine the separation between adjacent maxima. You observe that this separation is greatest when you illuminate the double slit with:
1. yellow light.
2. red light.
3. blue light.
4. green light.
5. The separation is the same for all wavelengths.
In: Physics
a)Gilbert is doing a SDS-PAGE experiment and he cannot find sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) for the experiment. He wants to use the household detergent to replace SDS and he said that the cancer cells are easily being lysed even by household detergent. Will he have a successful SDSPAGE result? Discuss how SDS works.
b)Experiments have shown that a defective gene gives a defective enzyme. Hence there is argument of that one gene is responsible for making one enzyme. Discuss whether this statement is correct or not. Give ONE example to support.
In: Biology
After taking Biology 101 you decide continue in science and are
hired as medical researcher at UH-Manoa.
Doctors have reported to you that they have observed that individuals taking a new headache medication called PAINFREE also have low blood pressure.
A. Design a simple experiment based on this observation. Include a hypothesis statement and your proposed experiment for the study.
B. Comment on if your study will be enough to make a conclusive statement about the drug PAINFREE. Explain why or why not
C. Discuss if their any ethical or societal implications of your proposed research.
In: Biology
One concern about the depletion of the ozone layer is that the increase in UV light will decrease crop yields. An experiment was conducted in a green house where soybean plants were exposed to varying levels of UV levels - measured in Dobson units. At the end of the experiment the yield (kg) was measured. A regression analysis was performed with the following results:
Term____|_Estimate__|_Std Error_|_t ratio_|_Prob>ltl_|_Lower 95%_|_Upper 95%
Intercept__3.9800118__0.053774__74.01___<.0001___3.8638398___4.0961838
uv_______-0.046285___0.010741__*hidden__0.0008_______****hidden****
A 95% confidence interval for the mean yield when the UV reading is 20 Dobson units is:
In: Statistics and Probability
1.The equilibrium constant, Kc, for the reaction A(g) + B(g) AB(g) is 115 at 25 oC. If 1.580 x 10‐1 mol of A and 4.721 x 10‐5 mol of B are introduced into a 1.00 liter vessel at 25 oC, calculate the equilibrium concentration of all species. Show your work using an ICE table.
2. (a) This experiment is separated into parts I and II. What are the [Fe3+] and [SCN‐] before mixing in each part?
(b) Briefly, explain why the concentrations of the Fe3+ and SCN‐ are different in the two parts of the experiment.
In: Chemistry