Health issues due to being overweight affect all age groups. Of children and adolescents 6-11 years of age, 18.8% are found to be overweight. A school district randomly sampled 130 in this age group and found that 20 were considered overweight. At the 90% level of confidence, is this less than the national proportion? Use the p-value method
In: Statistics and Probability
Union Local School District has a bond outstanding with a coupon rate of 3.6 percent paid semiannually and 12 years to maturity.
The yield to maturity on this bond is 2.4 percent, and the bond has a par value of $5,000. What is the price of the bond?
(Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
In: Finance
About 42.3% of Californians speak a language other than English at home. Using your class as the sample, conduct a hypothesis test to determine if the percent of students at school that speak a language other than English at home is different from 42.3%. 23 out of 34 students in the sample speak a language other than English at home
In: Statistics and Probability
In a recent study, among recently-graduated university students of the sample, only 4% of them wrote with their left hand. Yet, among grade 1 elementary-school students from the same sample, a full 20% of them wrote with their left hand. What is wrong with the conclusion from these data that writing with the left hand is bad for university success?
In: Math
I/ The following data are ACT test scores from a group of high school seniors: 30, 25, 29, 32, 27, 25, 24, 18, 26 1/ Find the mode 2/ Find the mean 3/ Construct a boxplot (clearly label all 5 specific values) 4/ Calculate the standard deviation for the data set
In: Math
Which of the following would be most closely related to microeconomics?
The extent to which people leaving the labor force affects unemployment.
How rising wages affect the choice of working instead of going to school.
How rising prices cause standards of living to fall.
The effect of improving consumer confidence on economic growth.
Explain your reasoning:
In: Economics
In: Psychology
One of the assumptions of the kinetic molecular theory is that there are no intermolecular forces (attractive or repulsive) between gas particles (atoms or molecules). How would the presence of intermolecular forces affect the ideal gas equation (PV = nRT)? Again, in your response, please use terms that a high school senior who hasn’t taken AP chemistry might use.
In: Chemistry
In Chapter 14, we discuss how organizations schedule staff and sequence operations to make sure that the production process working to its full capacity. Discuss how you prioritize your school assignments. Do your informal scheduling rules resemble any of the rules described in this chapter? Must be at least 150 words or more.
In: Operations Management
Name the benefit program in the scenario a person can apply for
1)A construction workerets laid off because its too cold work outside
2) A man worked for 3 months after leaving high school and loses his job... he doesnt work for over a year, his mother kicked him out the house
In: Psychology