1. Minorities in Higher Education

You are a social psychologist interested in the adjustment of international students who go to school at American universities. You decide to examine whether there are differences in scores on the Acceptability by Others Scale (AOS). The AOS is a scale that ranges from 1 to 20 (1 = feeling completely isolated – 20 feeling completely accepted) that measures acceptance within the college community. You collect scores on the AOS from a sample of international students (Int) at a small college in the United States and another sample of United States (U.S.) citizens attending the same college. The data is provided below. Conduct a two-tailed independent-samples t-test by hand using an alpha level of .05 to determine whether there are differences in AOS scores between the two samples. Record your answers below.

1. Step #1: A priori expectations
   1. Question of interest:

2. Prediction:

2. Step #2: Set up hypotheses
   1. H₀:

2. H₁:

3. Step #3: Set criteria for decision
   1. t_cv (critical value for rejecting the null hypothesis)

2. Decision rule for when to reject the null hypothesis:

4. Step #4: Collect data/ compute statistic

5. 
   Step #5: Report results in standard format – Must include test statistic , degrees of freedom, p-value , 95% confidence interval (95% C.I.) and conclusion (reject or fail to reject H₀)

​​​​​​​6. Step #6: Interpret the results of the statistical test in terms of the research question

Analyzing the macroeconomic status of a country examines the behaviors within a whole economy. In addition to the macroeconomic factors introduced in the reading materials, other components must be considered when analyzing the economic status of a country. The first component is the misery index, which is the unemployment rate and the inflation rate combined. Another consideration is the economic freedom index, which is an exploration of the overall position of a country in comparison to other countries. Finally, there is the human development index, which focuses on the people within the economy, not just the economic growth within a country. For this assignment, compare the United States and one other selected country of your choice approved by the instructor. Throughout this course, multiple resources have been included in all topic materials to provide websites that will assist in the research required for this assignment. Collect the economic data outlined in the "Country Analysis Matrix," located in Topic Materials and conduct additional research through a minimum of three readings from The Economist. You must provide citations for the three articles from The Economist. In addition to completing the matrix, write a 250-word summary identifying two major economic strengths and two major weaknesses for your selected country. Focus on identifying factors that contribute to the country's overall performance and support the growth of the economy as a whole. For example, has the country grown primarily through export promotion or domestic growth? Finally, point out any significant differences you observe between your selected country and the United States. Use the matrix you have developed and the readings from The Economist to support your analysis. GCU format is required for essays only. Solid academic writing is always expected. For all assignment delivery options, documentation of sources should be presented.

Please provide the references also. Need to have references for the question RN must answer. 1D1: Nutritional status of the older adult 6 6 unread replies. 6 6 replies. In 2011 the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) introduced the "My Plate" initiative, to help Americans make healthy food choices and to be active every day. Recently, new guidelines were released, and the initiative was updated to include, "MyPlateMyWins!" Initial Discussion Post: Review the following resource: United States Department of Agriculture: ChooseMyPlate.gov. (2015). Older adults (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site. . Retrieved from http://www.choosemyplate.gov/older-adults Mrs. Jenkins is a 70-year-old patient at the primary care provider for a routine visit. As you are gathering data prior to showing her into an examination room, you note her height and weight, of 65 inches and 101 pounds. Calculate Mrs. Jenkins’ BMI and interpret the result. Discuss two additional specific assessments you would perform, and why the information you obtain in these assessments might be a concern to the RN. Based on these assessments: What education would you provide related to this concern? Identify a member of the health care team with whom you would collaborate about this concern. Be sure to use evidence from the assigned text or website, or other professional sources in your answer. Base your initial post on your readings and research of this topic. Your initial post must contain a minimum of 250 words. References, citations, and repeating the question do not count towards the 250-word minimum.

For each of the following events, indicate whether it is a demand-side or a supply-side change and how the event affects that side of the economy. a. Consumers become more pessimistic about the economy. Demand decreases. Demand increases. Supply decreases. Supply increases. b. Technological changes enable workers to be more productive._____ Demand increases. Demand decreases. Supply increases. Supply decreases. c. Manufacturing firms expect steel prices to decrease significantly. ____Demand decreases. Supply decreases. Demand increases. Supply increases. d. The Affordable Care Act is amended to require employers to provide health insurance to part-time as well as full-time employees. ___Demand increases. Demand decreases. Supply decreases. Supply increases. e. Government spending increases.___ Demand increases. Demand decreases. Supply decreases. Supply increases. f. A cyclone destroys manufacturing plants.____ Supply decreases. Supply increases. Demand decreases. Demand increases. g. A stock market crash reduces people's wealth. ____ Supply decreases. Supply increases. Demand decreases. Demand increases. h. The spread of democracy around the world increases consumer confidence in the united States.____ Supply decreases. Supply increases. Demand decreases. Demand increases. i. The United States enters into an arms race with China, resulting in a significant increase in military spending. ____ Supply decreases. Supply increases. Demand decreases. Demand increases. j. A revolution in Iran results in a significant reduction in the world's supply of oil. ____ Supply decreases. Supply increases. Demand decreases. Demand increases k. A new computer chip is developed that is faster and cheaper than previous chips. _____ Supply decreases. supply increases. Demand decreases. Demand increases

Question Set 2: Growth Rates

The data in the table below comes from FRED® Economic Data, a database compiled at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. The data represents annual nominal GDP for the United States from 2011-2016. The data for nominal GDP is Gross Domestic Product, Billions of Dollars, Annual, Not Seasonally Adjusted. The data for the GDP Implicit Price Deflator is annually (not seasonally) adjusted, with a base year of 2010. The U.S. population data comes from Worldometers.[1] The U.S. annual population growth rate comes from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Use the data in the table above to calculate U.S. economic growth rates for the following years:

2016

2014

2012

Question Set 3: Rule of 70

The following table details the growth rate in RGDP per capita for the countries listed from 1975 to 2009.

Taking the information in the table into consideration, answer the following question:

If each country continues to grow at the rate it grew from 1975-2009, how long would it take RGDP per capita to double in each country?

[1] Worldometers United States Population Website

Americo​ Industries' Consolidate Earnings. Americo is a​ U.S.-based multinational manufacturing firm with ​ wholly-owned subsidiaries in​ Brazil, Germany, and​ China, in addition to domestic operations in the United States. Americo is traded on the NASDAQ. Americo currently has

647,000

shares outstanding. The basic operating characteristics of the various business units are as​ follows:  ​(Click on

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icon to import the table into a​ spreadsheet.)

Americo must pay corporate income tax in each country in which it currently has operations.

a. After deducting taxes in each​ country, what are​ Americo's consolidated earnings and consolidated earnings per share in U.S.​ dollars?

b. What proportion of​ Americo's consolidated earnings arise from each individual​ country?

c. What proportion of​ Americo's consolidated earnings arise from outside the United​ States?

a. After deducting taxes in each​ country, what are​ Americo's consolidated earnings and consolidated earnings per share in U.S.​ dollars?

Calculate the business performance per country​ below:  ​(Round to two decimal places. Round exchange rates to four decimal​ places.)

A foreign direct investment is acquiring certain “…assets with the intent to control and manage them.”  (International Business, 2012). These types of investments are long term, as the time, money and resources that are put into acquiring them are vast! A “foreign direct investment is when an individual or business owns 10% or more of foreign company…it [is] part of his or her stock portfolio.” (Amadeo, 2018).

Foreign direct investment helps countries thrive that have them within it. These operations aid the communities that they are in by providing work to their citizens, cash flow in the community, and stability for numerous reasons. According to the article, Foreign Direct Investment, Its Pros, Cons, and Importance to You: How FDI Affects Your Life, written by Kimberly Amadeo, it states that,

“In 2017, global foreign direct investment was $1.52 trillion, according to the United Nations. The FDI is down 16 percent from 2016's record of $1.8 trillion. The decline was due to a 27 percent drop in developed countries. Investments returned to normal levels in the United States after spiking in 2016…In 2017, developing countries received 37 percent of total global FDI. They received 43 of worldwide investment. Investments rose 2 percent in Asia, the largest recipient region in the world”.

There are several types of direct foreign investments. To name a few there is an outward FDI, which is money coming into a country and outward FDI, which is a company who expands into another country, also sometimes known as a greenfield investment. "Horizontal FDI investment occurs when a company is trying to open up a new market...A vertical FDI is when a company invests internationally to provide input into its core operations--usually into its home country."

Please respond in 100-150 words

An open economy interacts with the rest of the world through its involvement in world markets for goods and services and world financial markets. Although it can often result in an imbalance in these markets, the following identity must remain true:

In other words, if a transaction directly affects the left side of this equation, then it must also affect the right side. The following problem will help you understand why this identity must hold.

Suppose you own a toy store in the United States, where there is high demand for the PlayNation Perfect, a video game console. Because of this, you spend $10,000 to increase your inventory of the gaming system, which is manufactured by Zony, a Japanese company, in Japan.

Determine the effects of this transaction on exports, imports, and net exports in the U.S. economy, and enter your results in the following table. If the direction of change is "No change," enter "0" in the Magnitude of Change column.

Hint: The magnitude of change should always be positive, regardless of the direction of change.

Because of the identity equation that relates to net exports, the____ in U.S. net exports is matched by_____ in U.S. net capital outflow. Which of the following is an example of how the United States might be affected in this scenario? Check all that apply.

Zony purchases $10,000 worth of stock in a U.S. company.

Zony purchases $10,000 worth of U.S. bonds.

Zony exchanges the $10,000 for yen at the local bank, which then uses the dollars to purchase U.S. bonds.

Chapter 4, Section 3, Exercise 116 Lizards and Invasive Fire Ants This exercise addresses lizard behavior in response to fire ants. The red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, is native to South America, but has an expansive invasive range, including much of the southern United States (invasion of this ant is predicted to go global). In the United States, these ants occupy similar habitats as fence lizards. The ants eat the lizards and the lizards eat the ants, and in either scenario the venom from the fire ant can be fatal to the lizard. A study explored the question of whether lizards learn to adapt their behavior if their environment has been invaded by fire ants. The researchers selected lizards from an uninvaded habitat (eastern Arkansas) and lizards from an invaded habitat (southern Alabama, which has been invaded for more than 70 years) and exposed them to fire ants. They measured how long it takes each lizard to flee and the number of twitches each lizard does. The data are stored in FireAnts. If lizards adapt their behavior to the fire ants, then lizards from the invaded habitats should flee from the fire ants faster than lizards from the uninvaded habitats. Test this hypothesis. Time to flee is measured in seconds, and lizards taking more than a minute to flee have recorded responses of 61 seconds. Let group 1 be lizards from invaded habitats and let group 2 be lizards from uninvaded habitats.

(b) Use StatKey or other technology to compute the p-value.

Round your answer to three decimal places.

p-value = ?

If we are lucky, there may be a vaccine available for COVID-19 in the next year or so. However, vaccine hesitancy among parents (for their children) as well as among adults (for themselves) exists in the United States which may limit the country's ability to control the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. As a health psychologist, you have been given the job of using a theory of health behavior change to design a multi-level public intervention to increase the rate of COVID-19 vaccine uptake once it has been found to be effective. Using one or more theories of health behavior change (see Health Behavior Theories in Gurung, Chapter 7 and slides from 6/15 and 6/22), please briefly describe 3 behavior change strategies that encompass multiple levels including strategies that, 1) medical and other social service providers can use with individual patients/families to get them to get the vaccine and/or vaccinate their children; 2) social strategies, including strategies for changing social norms about the benefits of getting the vaccine, and 3) structural strategies including ease of obtaining the vaccine such as the availability, price, amount of time required, etc.

Please be specific regarding which theory (or theories) you are using and the corresponding strategy. For example, using the Theory of Planned Behavior, you might focus on changing parental attitudes about getting the vaccine by creating an instagram posts/videos for parents that focus on the way they value their children's education. The video would demonstrate that by getting the vaccine, it will enable their child - and their child's friends - to be able to attend school in-person.

Describe 3 health behavior strategies and the corresponding theory of health behavior change for increasing the uptake of the potential COVID-19 vaccine.