In: Statistics and Probability
In 2010, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ("Dodd-Frank”) was signed into federal law. Under this Act, whistleblowers that bring violations of securities & commodities law, or the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) to the attention of the proper government authorities are entitled to between 10% to 30% of any government recovery in excess of $1 million. Do you believe it is appropriate/ethical for the government to incentivize reporting fraud and other wrongdoings in return for a monetary reward?
In: Accounting
How much energy is required to change a 52 g ice cube from ice at −9 ◦C to steam at 106◦C? The specific heat of ice is 2090 J/kg · ◦ C and of water 4186 J/kg · ◦ C. The latent heat of fusion of water is 3.33 × 105 J/kg, its latent heat of vaporization is 2.26 × 106 J/kg, and the specific heat of steam is 2010 J/kg · ◦ C. Answer in units of MJ.
In: Physics
How's the economy? A pollster wants to construct a 99.5% confidence interval for the proportion of adults who believe that economic conditions are getting better.
(a) A poll taken in July 2010 estimates this proportion to be 0.3 Using this estimate, what sample size is needed so that the confidence interval will have a margin of error of 0.02?
| A sample of adults is needed to
obtain a 99.5% confidence interval with a margin of error of
0.02 . |
B. Estimate the sample size needed if no estimate of p is available.
In: Statistics and Probability
| U.S. Civilian Labor Force (thousands) | ||||
| Year | Labor Force | Year | Labor Force | |
| 2007 | 153,918 | 2012 | 155,628 | |
| 2008 | 154,655 | 2013 | 155,151 | |
| 2009 | 153,111 | 2014 | 156,238 | |
| 2010 | 153,650 | 2015 | 157,957 | |
| 2011 | 153,995 | 2016 | 159,640 | |
(d) Make forecasts using the following fitted
trend models for years 2017-2019. (Round your answers to
the nearest whole number.)
| t | Linear | Quadratic | Exponential |
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| 13 | |||
In: Statistics and Probability
You have owned the following two stocks over the past 5 years
| Year | Sock A's Price | Stock B's Price |
| 2014 | 67 | 31 |
| 2013 | 46 | 25 |
| 2012 | 44 | 23 |
| 2011 | 50 | 18 |
| 2010 | 34 | 19 |
a. What is the standard deviation of a portfolio's return in which 50% of your portfolio is in each stock? ( Hint: Calculate the holding period return first)
Please show all work and finance formulas.
In: Finance
| U.S. Civilian Labor Force (thousands) | ||||
| Year | Labor Force | Year | Labor Force | |
| 2007 | 168,954 | 2012 | 170,664 | |
| 2008 | 169,691 | 2013 | 170,187 | |
| 2009 | 168,147 | 2014 | 171,274 | |
| 2010 | 168,686 | 2015 | 172,993 | |
| 2011 | 169,031 | 2016 | 174,676 | |
(d) Make forecasts using the following fitted
trend models for years 2017-2019. (Round your answers to
the nearest whole number.)
| t | Linear | Quadratic | Exponential |
| 11 | |||
| 12 | |||
| 13 | |||
In: Statistics and Probability
ESSENTIALS & PRACTICE IN GLOBAL HEALTH NURSING
Identify the determinants of health.
Recognize basic epidemiologic concepts and definitions and key health status indicators.
Describe influences of the global demographic (in terms of social determinants and trends of globalization) in relation to patterns of disease and quality of life. Describe the leading causes of death in low-, middle-, and high-income countries (LMICs) based on the Global Burden of Disease 2010.
Interpret the leading risk factors for the key causes of death in LMICs.
In: Nursing
Speed-read the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (2010). Do you think it will prevent a financial crisis like the one in 2007-08? What does consumer protection have to do with that crisis? What happened to banks that were allegedly "too big to fail?" Does it affect large banks and small community banks the same way? Who bears the costs? Make your case for over- or right-sized regulation.
In: Finance
Tronic Financial corporation is a financial services holding company headquartered in Ithaca,New York, that offers banking insurance and wealth management service. It pays cash dividends quarterly and also issues stock dividends periodically.
3. Tronic issued 9% stock dividends in 1995, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2010. In 1998, True issued a three-for-two split. If an investor purchased 800 shares in 1994, how many shares would the investor have in 2012?
In: Accounting