According to the 2018 American Community Survey, 80% of the 120 million households in the US have broadband Internet subscriptions. Consider drawing a random sample of n = 256 households from all households in the US. Let p̂ denote the sample proportion of households that have broadband Internet subscriptions.
a) State the mean, standard deviation, and the approximate shape for the sampling distribution of p̂ .
b) Based on your answer in part a, what is the approximate probability that p̂ is greater than 0.78 but less than 0.85?
In: Statistics and Probability
In what way is health care a business? In what ways is it not? In
what way is the business case in health care different from
organizations in other sectors of the US economy? Do you believe
the business case for diversity and cultural competence in health
care is strong enough that leadership in US health care provider
organizations should make strategic diversity management and
cultural competence a high priority?Support your answers with
logical argument and factual information and use APA format for
in-text citation.
In: Operations Management
In what way is health care a business? In what ways is it not? In what way is the business case in health care different from organizations in other sectors of the US economy? Do you believe the business case for diversity and cultural competence in health care is strong enough that leadership in US health care provider organizations should make strategic diversity management and cultural competence a high priority? Support your answers with logical argument and factual information and use APA format for in-text citation.
In: Operations Management
In: Economics
After global financial crises, US dollar deprecated against the Japanese Yen significantly, from 1 $ = 110 Yen to 1 $ = 75 Yen. It is argued that different monetary policies between US Fed and Bank of Japan triggered the depreciation of dollar. Specifically, the Fed adopted quantitative easing while Bank of Japan maintained a relatively stable money supply. Please use asset approach to explain the depreciation of dollar. Draw two figures – equilibrium of money market and that of foreign exchange market.
In: Economics
Using the common sense statement "actions speak louder than words" and tell us how you can apply the scientific method to search the truth. You are free to use any research design you like ( correlational, experimental, case study, naturalistic observation, etc) as long as you tell us why you chose this design and as long as you identify the various steps the scientific process. What is the hypothesis, sample variables, etc?
- I'm not sure where to go from this
In: Psychology
how do the senses work together to give us the experiences we perceive in the world around us? 100words
Although Jan appears to be underweight, she is afraid of becoming fat and consistently restricts her food intake. Although Gene appears to be overweight, he enjoys eating and always eats as much as he wants. Explain how their different reactions to food might result from (a) differences in their inner bodily states and(b) differences in their reactions to external incentives.
In: Psychology
The current spot exchange rate between the US Dollar and the Yen is 113 (i.e., $1 buys 113 Yen). What is the “fair price” for a 12month forward contract (dollars for yen) if the US borrowing cost is 5% per annum and the investment return on a Yen denominated Certificate of Deposit is 1.0%? Given the above information, would you purchase a forward contract offered at 105 Yen to the Dollar from your dealer or create a “synthetic forward contract” on your own? Why?
In: Economics
For this Discussion, you are required to identify and review any article or journal dealing with why companies are no longer finding China a particularly attractive place today for manufacturing? Apart from the Trade War with the United States, are there any other reasons? You must give at least five reasons for your answer? How can the US take advantage of this changing economic and manufacturing environment of China to attract manufacturing back to the US? Give at least three (3) reasons for your answer.
In: Economics
An unlevered company with a cost of equity of 11% generates $8 million in earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) each year. The decides to alter its capital structure to include debt by adding $4 million in debt with a pre-tax cost of 7% to its capital structure and using the proceeds to reduce equity by a like amount as to keep total invested capital unchanged. The firm pays a tax rate of 35%.
Assuming that the company's EBIT stream can be earned into perpetuity and that the debt can be perpetually issued (or rolled), what will be the firm's new cost of equity?
An unlevered company (just common stock, no preferred) with a cost of equity of 13% generates $5 million in earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) each year. The decides to alter its capital structure to include debt by adding $4 million in debt with a pre-tax cost of 7% to its capital structure and using the proceeds to reduce equity by a like amount as to keep total invested capital unchanged. The firm pays a tax rate of 33%.
Assuming that the company's EBIT stream can be earned into perpetuity and that the debt can be perpetually issued (or rolled), what is the firm's new weighted average cost of capital?
In: Finance