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The XYZ marketing firm found that a particular brand of portable stereo has the following demand curve: Q = 10,000 – 201P + 0.029 Pop. + 0.61 I + 0.22 A
Where Q is the quantity demanded per month, P is the price ($), Pop. is population (in units), I is income ($), and A is advertising expenditures ($).
a. Are the signs of the individual coefficients consistent with predictions from economics theory? Concisely explain. (4pts) b. Interpret the effect of each explanatory variable on Q. (4pts) c. Determine the demand function for the company in which P = 300, Pop. = 1,000,000, I = 30,000, A = 15,000. (4pts) d. Calculate the price necessary to sell 45,000 stereos. (1pts) e. If income decreases by $10,000, in which direction and by how much should advertising expenditures change to cancel out this change in income? (5pts)

Your patient is a 23-year-old female with a history of headaches. This morning she was experiencing a really bad headache as her boyfriend was driving her to the university. He thought she was sleeping and by the time they got to the school, 45 minutes later, she was not waking up. She was diagnosed with a cerebral aneurysm and you are taking care of her in the Neurological ICU.

• What testing do you expect to be performed to diagnose brain death?
• What is the procedure when a patient is determined to be brain dead?
• Who should approach the family about organ donation?

The family is approached about organ donation. The patient indicated on her driver's license that she wanted to be an organ donor. Her mother refuses to consent for organ donation.

• Do you think donation should happen anyway? Why or why not?
• What will be the ethical consequences of your decision?

Regulations in Long-Term Care

There are many federal and state regulations when it comes to long-term care.Using the South University Online Library and the Internet, research any four specific regulations related to long-term care and summarize them. Based on the regulations you identified, respond to the following questions:

• What are the benefits and shortcomings of your identified regulations? Which of these shortcomings have an effect on the quality and the cost of health care services? How?
• Do you believe there is a link between regulations and better care? Why or why not?
• Why do you think long-term care services are subjected to so much external control by government agencies? Provide a rationale for your responses.
• How is quality measured in long-term care? Is there only one, or are there several approaches to measure quality? What are they? Who should be given the responsibility to measure quality?

Identifying Health Disparities

Using the South University Online Library or the Internet, research and read about a specific health disparity of interest to you. This can be based on gender, age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, etc.

Based on your research and data gathered, create a report in a 8 to 10 page paper that addresses the following:

What is the background of the disparity chosen?

Who does this disparity impact?

What are the determinants of this disparity?

What is the impact of this disparity?

Is there an intersection of multiple concerns related to race/ethnicity, gender, and sexuality related to this issue?

How and where would one seek to intervene to address this disparity in the context of the social ecological model?

How does this disparity affect the health of the population on a larger scale?

How does your race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or SES impact your ability to work within the community affected by this disparity?

A wealthy billionaire recently retired since his travel business was adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. He wants to start a mutual fund focusing on equities. He has hired two fund managers. One of them is his son who is a graduate of the University of Adelaide and believes in market efficiency. You are the second fund manager. You are skeptical about market efficiency having read a number of academic and practitioner articles on the topic. Since your boss is not a finance person, you need to convince him regarding the investment strategies that you will use in conjunction with your colleague

In the interest of equity, your boss is thinking of allocating equal amount of the funds undermanagement to you and your colleague. Is this the correct approach? Argue your case – equal or not using concepts learned in the course. What methodology should you use to come-up with the best allocation scheme?

1. Compare and contrast three different money market securities in terms of issuer, return,
risk and tradability /liquidity.

2. Explain the role of non-depository financial institutions within the financial sector?
Discuss the core functions of any three of these institutions.

3. In class we learnt about defined-benefit pension plans and a defined-contribution
pension plans. How will you explain these to your sibling who just got a job after his
University education? Which of them will you recommend to him and why?

4. Compare and contrast index fund and active fund. Provide relevant examples of these
and explain what their objective is.

5. Jimmy Enterprises Inc. has twenty years remaining on Ghc 1,000 par value
semiannual coupon bonds paying a coupon of Ghc40. If the yield to maturity on these
bonds is 6% per year, what is the current price?

A university financial aid office polled a random sample of 746 male undergraduate students and 828 female undergraduate students. Each of the students was asked whether or not they were employed during the previous summer. 501 of the male students and 502 of the female students said that they had worked during the previous summer. Give a 95% confidence interval for the difference between the proportions of male and female students who were employed during the summer.

Step 1 of 3 : Find the point estimate that should be used in constructing the confidence interval. Round your answer to three decimal places.

Step 2 of 3: Construct the 90% confidence interval. Round your answers to three decimal places. Find the margin of error. Round your answer to six decimal places.

Step 3 of 3:Construct the 90%confidence interval. Round your answers to three decimal places.

Match each scenario below with the most appropriate inferential technique. Group of answer choices

We want to test if at least half of students at a university feel as if the dorms need to be renovated.

We want to estimate the average number of calories in a combo meal at fast food restaurants.

The population standard deviation is unknown.

We want to test if the average number of miles that motorists drive between oil changes is greater than the recommended 3000 miles while assuming a population standard deviation of 1000 miles.

We want to test if high school marching bands are equally made up of freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors.

We want to test if the average starting salary of software engineers out of college is greater than \$70,000. The population standard deviation is unknown. We want to estimate the proportion of people who speak more than one language fluently.

Research is defined as “a systematic investigation into and study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and research new conclusions”. Research also included designing research projects and performing statistical analysis. Design a research project that you feel would benefit the Clemson University Athletic Department. The research question is: What are the positive and negative effects of caffeine on athletic performance?

Included within your design and your research question, please provide a purpose statement, at least two hypotheses, a null hypothesis, the dependant and independant variable, a description of the type of data you will gather and how you will gather it, who is your population and how will you sample that population, and the type of statistical analysis you would use to analyze the data. Finally, please also discuss the potential benefit(s) the study would have on the athletic department.

The unadjusted trial balance for Forever Fitness as December 31, 2017 is provided on the trial balance tab.

Information for adjustments is as follows:

As of December 31, 2017, employees had earned $1,300 of unpaid and unrecorded salaries. The next payday is January 4, at which time $1,625 of salaries will be paid.

The cost of supplies still available at December 31, 2017, is $1,700.

The notes payable requires an interest payment to be made every three months. The amount of unrecorded accrued interest at December 31, 2017, is $1,250. The next interest payment, at an amount of $1,500, is due on January 15, 2018.

Analysis of the unearned member fees account shows $2,400 remaining unearned at December 31, 2017.

In addition to the member fees included in the revenue account balance, the company has earned another $10,800 in unrecorded fees that will be collected on January 31, 2018. The company is also expected to collect $11,000 on that same day for new fees earned in January 2018.

Depreciation expense for the year is $21,200.

General Journal tab - Prepare any necessary adjusting and closing entries for the current fiscal year.

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Trial Balance tab - You may view the unadjusted, adjusted, or post-closing trial balances by choosing from the dropdown box below. Your choice will determine the reported values on the financial statement tabs.

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Post-Closing tab - Use the drop-downs to indicate whether each account is included on the post-closing trial balance.