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A researcher would like to predict the dependent variable Y from the two independent variables X1...

A researcher would like to predict the dependent variable Y from the two independent variables X1 and X2 for a sample of N=16 subjects. Use multiple linear regression to calculate the coefficient of multiple determination and test the significance of the overall regression model. Use a significance level α=0.05.

X1             X2             Y

48 42.3 47.1
36.3 58.7 65.4
43.4 40.2 63.6
49.5 37.9 45.6
45.5 37.2 50.8
40.6 64.7 42.4
42.5 46.7 63.1
42.7 40 35.8
55.8 10.6 52.1
40.9 63 60.3
39.6 56.5 44
43.5 45.1 61.2
39 68.8 67.2
50.4 43.7 40.6
46.1 42.6 58
55.2 19.1 49.1

SSreg=
SSres=
R2=
F=
P-value =

What is your decision for the hypothesis test?

  • Reject the null hypothesis, H0:β1=β2=0
  • Fail to reject H0


What is your final conclusion?

  • The evidence supports the claim that one or more of the regression coefficients is non-zero
  • The evidence supports the claim that all of the regression coefficients are zero
  • There is insufficient evidence to support the claim that at least one of the regression coefficients is non-zero
  • There is insufficient evidence to support the claim that all of the regression coefficients are equal to zero

In: Statistics and Probability

Raner, Harris & Chan is a consulting firm that specializes in information systems for medical and...

Raner, Harris & Chan is a consulting firm that specializes in information systems for medical and dental clinics. The firm has two offices—one in Chicago and one in Minneapolis. The firm classifies the direct costs of consulting jobs as variable costs. A contribution format segmented income statement for the company’s most recent year is given:

Assume that Minneapolis’ sales by major market are:

Market

Minneapolis Medical Dental
Sales $ 630,000 100 % $ 420,000 100 % $ 210,000 100 %
Variable expenses 378,000 60 % 273,000 65 % 105,000 50 %
Contribution margin 252,000 40 % 147,000 35 % 105,000 50 %
Traceable fixed expenses 75,600 12 % 21,000 5 % 54,600 26 %
Market segment margin 176,400 28 % $ 126,000 30 % $ 50,400 24 %

Common fixed expenses
not traceable to markets

18,900 3 %
Office segment margin $ 157,500 25 %

The company would like to initiate an intensive advertising campaign in one of the two market segments during the next month. The campaign would cost $8,400. Marketing studies indicate that such a campaign would increase sales in the Medical market by $73,500 or increase sales in the Dental market by $63,000.

Required:

1. How much would the company's profits increase (decrease) if it implemented the advertising campaign in the Medical Market??

Company's profits by

2. How much would the company's profits increase (decrease) if it implemented the advertising campaign in the Dental Market?

Company's profits by

3. In which of the markets would you recommend that the company focus its advertising campaign?

In which of the markets would you recommend that the company focus its advertising campaign?

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In: Accounting

1.1 A company with a cost of capital of 20% has identified projects with the following...

1.1 A company with a cost of capital of 20% has identified projects with the following cash flows:

Year Project C Project D
0 -N$100 000 -N$30 000
1 40 000 10 000
2 45 000 15 000
3 50 000 20 000
4 55 000 25 000


Required 1:
a. Calculate the payback period of each project.
b. Calculate the NPV and IRR of each project.
c. Which project would you accept on basis of NPV? On basis of IRR?
d. Compare and contrast NPV and IRR by listing advantages and disadvantages of each method. Based on the comparison, which of the two projects would you recommend?


2.2 A firm has total financing of N$20.06 million made up of N$14.46 million worth of equity and N$5.6 million worth of debt. The after tax cost of debt is N$12.8%. The next dividend is expected to be 10 cents, the current price is 50 cents ex-dividend and the growth rate is 8%. The firm is planning to raise N$5 million in new equity capital at 50 cents with floatation costs of 2 cents per share.
Required 2:
Calculate the firm’s WACC.

In: Finance

Part 1 (20%) Implement a class with a main method. Using an enhanced for loop, display...

Part 1 (20%)

Implement a class with a main method. Using an enhanced for loop, display each element of this array:

String[] names = {"alice", "bob", "carla", "dennis", "earl", "felicia"};

Part 2 (30%)
In a new class, implement two methods that will each calculate and return the average of an array of numeric values passed into it. Constraints:

  • your two methods must have the same name
  • one method should accept an array of ints; the other should accept an array of doubles
  • both methods must return the average to at least two decimal places of accuracy

Implement a new class demonstrating your methods in action. Call your methods at least twice each with arrays of different sizes each time.

Part 3 (50%)
The Valencia Ice Cream Shoppe pays its summer employees bonuses based on two factors: the number of weeks worked over the summer, and the number of positive customer reviews. The table below shows the bonuses based on these two factors.

Positive Reviews (right)

Weeks Worked (down)

0 1 2 3 4 or more
0 25 45 80 110 150
1 50 60 90 120 180
2 100 125 160 210 265
3 160 190 225 275 340
4 230 270 325 385 450
5 300 360 420 480 600
6 or more 425 500 600 700 875

Examples:

  • Employee A worked 4 weeks and got 2 positive reviews; bonus: $325.
  • Employee B worked 1 week and got 7 positive reviews; bonus: $180
  • Employee C worked 8 weeks and got 0 positive reviews; bonus: $425
  • Total bonuses paid: $930

Write an application that:

  • stores the bonus values in a two-dimensional array
  • allows the user to enter values for weeks worked and reviews received, and displays the amount of the bonus
  • only accepts valid values for input (focus on valid ranges; don't worry about preventing wrong type input)
  • allows the user to keep entering values until some sentinel value is entered, at which point the program ends
  • upon ending, displays the total amount of bonuses paid out based upon the values entered

Please submit:

(1) all source code (.java files)
(2) screenshots showing all programs in action (image files)

In: Computer Science

You put $2,500 into an account earning interest at a rate of 8% per year. How...

  1. You put $2,500 into an account earning interest at a rate of 8% per year. How much money will you have after 8 years, assuming simple interest and assuming no withdrawals? How much money will you have assuming compound interest and no withdrawals? (4 pts.)
  1. Suppose you have an investment that pays 8% per year, compounded quarterly. What interest rate are you actually getting per year? (2 pts.)
  1. What is the present value of $2,500 received in 7 years with monthly compounding at a 6% annual percentage rate (APR)? (2 pts.)
  1. You are a financial manager for ABC Corp. trying to figure out which of three mutually exclusive projects to choose from, all of which are within the budget of the company. According to your projections, Project A will require an initial cash outlay of $2 million and promises to pay out $2 million after one year and $3 million after two years. Project B will require an initial cash outlay of $3 million and promises to pay out $3 million after one year and another $2.5 million after two years. Project C will require a cash outlay of $500,000 and will generate $1.2 million every year for the next five years. Which of the projects (A, B or C) should you choose to pursue, and why? (5 pts.)

In: Finance

All questions below analyze the same company. The information below will be needed to answer all...

All questions below analyze the same company. The information below will be needed to answer all questions. Consider the following information regarding ABC Corporation.
2009
2010
Sales ($ millions)
1000
1112
Cost of Goods Sold ($ millions)
500
556
Other Expenses ($ millions)
100
111
Depreciation ($ millions)
100
100
Interest Expense ($ millions)
50
55
Total Current Assets ($ millions)
600
700
Net Fixed Assets ($ millions)
1800
2000
Total Current Liabilities ($ millions)
450
550
Long-term Liabilities ($ millions)
900
975
• The firm’s plowback ratio is 60%
• The firm’s tax rate is 40%
• The company has 30 million shares outstanding. The current stock price is $35.
• The company has two bond issues outstanding. The first issue is 100,000 bonds that have YTM of 5%, coupon rate of 7%, face value of $1000, and mature in 7 years. The second issue is 500,000 bonds with YTM of 8%, face value of $1500, and mature in 13 years. These bonds are currently selling for $1200.
• The expected return on the market is 11%. The risk-free rate is 4%.
• ABC’s beta is 2.15
1. Use market values to find the percentage of the company that is debt-based (Wd).
2. Use market values to find the percentage of the company that is equity-based (We).
3. Use CAPM to find the cost of equity (Re).
4. Find a market-value based weighted average of the bonds’ YTMs (Rd).
5. Use the answers to #1-#4 to find the company’s WACC.
6. Find the company’s internal growth rate (IGR).
7. Use the IGR from #6 and the required return on the stock from #3. Use the financial data to find the current dividend. What does the dividend growth model predict the stock price to be?
8. Which of the following might be a valid reason for the large discrepancy between the predicted stock price from #7 and the actual stock price of $35?
a. The market expects the company to grow at a faster rate than the internal growth rate.
b. The market expects the company to grow at a slower rate than the internal growth rate.
c. The market requires a higher return than the one you have using CAPM?
d. The company is doing very poorly.
e. The company is doing very well.
9. Find the firm’s 2010 total cash flow.
10. Find the firm’s 2010 cash flow to shareholders.

In: Finance

Consider the following data for two variables,  and . x 8 27 21 16 22 y 8...

Consider the following data for two variables,  and .

x 8 27 21 16 22
y 8 30 23 12 26

a. Develop an estimated regression equation for the data of the form y=b0+b1x . Comment on the adequacy of this equation for predicting . Enter negative value as negative number.

The regression equation is
Y=_______+_______ (to 2 decimals)
s= (to 3 decimals) R^2= % (to 1 decimal) R^2 adj= % (to 1 decimal)
Analysis of Variance
SOURCE DF SS
(to 2 decimals)
MS
(to 2 decimals)
F
(to 2 decimals)
-value
(to 4 decimals)
Regression
Residual Error
Total

Using a .05 significance level, the p-value indicates a - Select your answer -weak relationship strong relationship no relationship ; note that  (to 1 decimal) of the variability in  has been explained by .

b. Develop an estimated regression equation for the data of the form y=b0+b1x+b2x^2. Comment on the adequacy of this equation for predicting y . Enter negative value as negative number. If your answer is zero, enter "0".

The regression equation is
Y=______+_____x+______x^2 (to 2 decimals)
S= (to 3 decimals) R^2= % (to 1 decimal) R^2 adj= % (to 1 decimal)
Analysis of Variance
SOURCE DF SS
(to 3 decimals)
MS
(to 3 decimals)

(to 2 decimals)
-value
(to 4 decimals)
Regression
Residual Error
Total

At the .05 level of significance, the relationship - Select your answer -is/ is not significant; note that   (to 1 decimal) of the variability in  has been explained by .

c.Using the appropriate regression model, predict the value of y when x=17 .

(to 2 decimals)

In: Statistics and Probability

2) A utility date presented here under contained a cost pf electricity (in $) during July...

2) A utility date presented here under contained a cost pf electricity (in $) during July 2014 for a random sample of 50 one-bedroom apartments in large city. 96 171 202 178 147 102 153 197 127 82 157 185 90 116 172 111 148 213 130 165 141 149 206 175 123 128 144 168 109 167 95 163 150 154 130 143 187 166 139 149 108 119 183 151 114 135 191 137 129 158

a) Construct a frequency distribution and percentage distribution that have class intervals with upper class boundaries $99, $199 and so on.

b) Construct a cumulative percentage distribution. c) Around what amount does the monthly electricity cost seem to be concentrated?

d) Draw a histogram e) Make a conclusion remark.

In: Statistics and Probability

2) A utility date presented here under contained a cost pf electricity (in $) during July...

2) A utility date presented here under contained a cost pf electricity (in $) during July 2014 for a random sample of 50 one-bedroom apartments in large city. 96 171 202 178 147 102 153 197 127 82 157 185 90 116 172 111 148 213 130 165 141 149 206 175 123 128 144 168 109 167 95 163 150 154 130 143 187 166 139 149 108 119 183 151 114 135 191 137 129 158

a) Construct a frequency distribution and percentage distribution that have class intervals with upper class boundaries $99, $199 and so on.

b) Construct a cumulative percentage distribution. c) Around what amount does the monthly electricity cost seem to be concentrated?

d) Draw a histogram e) Make a conclusion remark.

In: Statistics and Probability

Use the Law of Cosines to solve the triangle. (Let a = 11.9 ft and c...

Use the Law of Cosines to solve the triangle. (Let a = 11.9 ft and c = 12.1 ft. Round your answer for b to two decimal places. Round your answers for A and C to the nearest minute.)

one angle is 50 degrees, 30'

In: Math