The observer-participant relationship is an important consideration in the design of observation studies. What kind of relationship would you recommend in each of the following cases? Observations of professional conduct in the classroom by the student author of a course evaluation guide. Observation of retail shoppers by a researcher who is interested in determining customer purchase time by type of goods purchased. Observation of a focus group interview by a client. Effectiveness of individual farmworker organizers in their efforts to organize employees of grape growers.

Through the use of online tools and search facilities, ordinary users can acquire personal information about others. As a matter of fact, anyone with internet access can use search engines such as Google to find out information about another individual. Sometimes, the person who is the subject of research is completely unaware that the information is publicly available. Does this use of search engines pose a threat to the privacy of ordinary people? Explain your answer.

5. When attendees need housing, what is a method that is utilized?

A) they arrange their own rooms.

B) use the group rate by booking through a reservations department.

C) the meeting sponsor handles all the housing.

D) any of these.

Answer:

6. There are 3 basic types of meeting planners. Those who work for corporations, associations and individual clients.

True or False

7. A guarantee is a contractual agreement about a banquet event.

True or False

The agricultural market is often cited as an example of a competitive market.

1) Considering realistic conditions, if you insist that the rice market is not a completely competitive market, Explain and explain why.

2) Suppose that the agricultural market is a fully competitive market free of entry and exit, and that individual farmers are like companies in the general market. Then, why are only elderly people who are relatively incompetent in many ways, such as knowledge, information, and workforce remain on the agricultural field?

Stress is a constant aspect of the modern work environment. There are various methods for dealing with stressful situations but consider this question: who is responsible for dealing with employee stress, is it the employee or the organization? In your initial discussion post, answer the question of responsibility and provide an argument that supports your answer. In addition, describe two methods for an individual to deal with their own stress and two ways an organization to lower the stress of their employees. Your answer should be more than 200 words

1. True or False. Taxpayer (“T”), a cash basis individual taxpayer, bought a bond for $8,760 on January 1, 2019, with a maturity value of $10,000 on January 1 2022 (meaning there are no scheduled payments other than the $10,000 received at maturity). Assume the yield to maturity is 4.5% on an annual basis. If the bond is a series EE government bond T will not be required to include any gross income in 2019, but if the bond is issued by a corporation, T must include $394.20 ($8,760*4.5%) in gross income in 2019?

______ (Write “T” for true or “F” for false)

2. True or False. Taxpayer (“T”) an individual calendar year taxpayer can take a deduction for qualifying medical expenses and the standard deduction in the same year?

______ (Write “T” for true or “F” for false)

3. True or False. An advance payment received in June 2019 by an accrual basis and calendar year taxpayer for services to be provided over a 36-month period, can be spread over the 36 month period for tax reporting purposes?

______ (Write “T” for true or “F” for false)

4. On January 1, Year 1, Taxpayer (“T”) purchased both a bond and stock of Corporation X. The bond was purchased for $10,000, had a face value of $10,000 and paid 10% interest ($1,000) on December 31 of each year. The stock was purchased for $10,000 and paid a dividend of $1,000 on December 31, ex- dividend date December 15. T sold both the X stock and the X bond on July 1, of Year 1. The bond sold for $10,300 and the stock sold for $11,000. What income, gain or loss, including character type (e.g. capital gain, interest, dividend, ordinary) will T recognize as a result of the sales?

__________________________________ BOND

__________________________________ STOCK

5. Taxpayer (“T”), a cash basis individual taxpayer, lent money to each of his two daughters (“D1” and “D2”) on January 1 of the current yer. T lent $50,000 to D1 and $110,000 to D2. T did not charge any interest on the loans. D1 was 19 years old and used the $50,000 to open a brokerage account which invested in stocks. D1 had $300 of net investment income during the year. D 2 was 26 years old and used the loan to renovate her personal house. D2 had no investment income during the year. The applicable federal rate “AFR” is a 5% annual rate. The loans were outstanding for the entire year. What amount of income, if any, will T include on T’s individual income tax return as a result of the loan to

D1______________________    D2 ____________________

6. Taxpayer (“T”) a 59 year-old calendar year individual taxpayer purchased an annuity from an insurance company for $100,000 in 2019. The terms of the annuity were that the company would pay T $5,000 a year to T for the rest of T’s life. How much income will T include in T’s personal income tax return as a result of receiving the $5,000 payment

in 2020?   _____________

In 2050? ______________

7. In 2019, Taxpayer (“T”) is a single, 65 year-old individual who is a U.S. citizen. T turned 65 in 2019.    T receives $18,000 of social security income in 2019 (the first year T received Social Security Benefits). Also, T received $6,000 of interest income from a municipal bond in both 2018 and 2019. On June 1, 2018, T took a job with a multi-national corporation which paid T $5,000 per month. As a condition of the job, T is required to work overseas, in the country of Austria, and T did in fact work in Austria for 214 days (From June 1 – December 31) in 2018. T is offered to continue to work (still in Austria and still for $5,000 per month) for seven additional months (from January 1 until the end of July, which is 211 days) in 2019, at which point T’s position would terminate. T is trying to decide whether T wants to continue to work for seven months in 2019 or quit on January 1. (These are T’s only transactions during 2018 and 2019).

1. What is T’s Gross Income in 2019 if T continues to work through July of 2019?

__________________________________

2. What is T’s Gross Income in 2019 if T does NOT continue to work in 2019?  

__________________________________

3. Excluding the effects of the payroll tax and any credits, What is the economic benefit to T of continuing to work for 7 months in 2019 (meaning how much total extra money, after tax, will T have as a result of continuing to work in 2019)?

_____________________

8. As part of a tax relief plan to counter the economic effects of the Coronavirus, Congress has proposed sending $1,200 to certain individual taxpayers. If this provision were passed, would the recipients have to include the $1,200 in income? Answer “yes” or “no” and provide a BRIEF explanation. (brief means 1 or 2 sentences only).

A 30-year-old male who knowingly suffers from heart disease states on his life insurance application that he is a 27-year-old female in perfect health. How do you think the insurance company will treat a death claim made three years later? Do you feel that this is fair to the insurance company? Explain.

The manager of the customer service division of a major consumer electronics company is interested in determining whether the customers who have purchased a​ Blu-ray player made by the company over the past 12 months are satisfied with their products. What is the population of​ interest?

A.

all the customers who have ever bought a​ Blu-ray player made by the company

B.

all the customers who have bought a​ Blu-ray player made by the company and brought it in for repair over the past 12 months

C.

all the customers who have used a​ Blu-ray player over the past 12 months

D.

all the customers who have bought a​ Blu-ray player made by the company over the past 12 months

The list of individuals from which a sample is actually selected is called the sampling frame. Ideally, the sampling frame should list every individual in the population, but in practice this is often difficult. A sampling frame that leaves out part of the population is a common source of undercoverage. In the following questions select all choices that apply; to receive credit for the question you must select all the correct choices and only the correct choices.

Question 1. A pollster wants to select a random sample of households in a particular community. The pollster randomly selects a sample of households in the community from the community telephone directory available in the public library. What households are omitted from this sampling frame?

1Households that connect to the internet with their phone line.

2Households that possess only cellphones Households with a second line for the fax machine.

3Households that have moved into the community since the most recent community telephone directory was printed.

4Households with unlisted numbers. Households with more than one line. Poor households (cannot afford a phone)

5Households without telephones.

Question 2. What types of people do you think are most likely to live in the omitted households selected in question 1?

1These people will probably be underrepresented in the sample. lower income people (cannot afford a phone)

2people who choose not to list their numbers people who choose not to have phones

3people who graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill

4jobless people who have moved into the community to look for employment since the most recent community telephone directory was printed

5people who drive hybrid automobiles high income people

Question 3. It is usual in telephone surveys to use random dialing equipment that selects the last four digits of a telephone number at random after being given the land-line exchange (the first three digits; note that cell phone exchanges differ from land-line exchanges). Which of the households you selected in Question 1 above will be included in this sampling frame by random digit dialing?

1Households that possess only cellphones Poor households (cannot afford a phone)

2Households with unlisted numbers

3Households without telephones

4Households with land-line telephones that have moved into the community since the most recent community telephone directory was printed.