Normally, capital gains earned in the mutual fund during the year are paid out to the investor as capital gains, at the end of the year.
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Discuss whether or not you believe that discretionary employee benefits should be an entitlement or earned based on performance. Justify your response.
Select two (2) legally required benefits and explain why it is necessary for the law to require these benefits for employees. Next, debate whether or not you believe these laws are fair for both employers and employees. Provide support for your response
In: Operations Management
Various accounting authorities have recommended that the terms paid in surplus and earned surplus not be used in published financial statements. Explain briefly the reason for this suggestion and indicate acceptable substitutes for the terms.
In: Accounting
What interest will be earned if $6600 is invested for 8 years at 12% compounded monthly? (Round your answer to the nearest cent.) $
In: Advanced Math
Government imposes direct taxes on the income earned and generated by businesses. Are these taxes burden on the public or these taxes are an instrument of social and economic policy in the hands on government. Express your opinion with suitable examples.
In: Economics
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POSITIVE |
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NEGATIVE |
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NEITHER |
QUESTION 2
The association between the variables "GPA" and "hours spent
studying" for a student would usually be
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POSITIVE |
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NEGATIVE |
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NEITHER |
QUESTION 3
The association between the variables "cost of a book" and "the
buyers body temperature" would be
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POSITIVE |
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NEGATIVE |
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NEITHER |
QUESTION 4
The association between the variables "airfare" and "distance to
destination" would be
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POSITIVE |
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b. |
NEGATIVE |
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NEITHER |
QUESTION 5
A graph that will help to one to see what type of curve might best
fit the bivariate data
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Pie chart |
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stem-leaf plot |
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dot plot |
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scatter plot |
QUESTION 6
If the correlation coefficient for a linear regression is -0.932.
there is sufficient evidence that a linear relationship exists
between the x and y data
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TRUE |
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b. |
FALSE |
QUESTION 7
Which of the following correlation coefficients represents the most
linear function?
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0.976 |
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0.001 |
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-0.002 |
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-0.989 |
QUESTION 8
If the correlation coefficient for linear regression is 0.25. there
is sufficient evidence that a linear relationship exists between
the x and y data
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TRUE |
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FALSE |
QUESTION 9
A data point that lies statistically far from the regression line
is a potential
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response variable |
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predictor variable |
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extrapolated variable |
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outlier |
QUESTION 10
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0.90 |
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0.81 |
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0.45 |
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0.10 |
QUESTION 11
Use your TI83 to determine the correlation coefficient of the
following set of points. Round correctly to the nearest
hundredth.
(4, 4), (-2, -7), (3, 3), (4, -1)
QUESTION 12
Use your TI83 to determine the correlation coefficient of the
following set of points. Round correctly to the nearest
hundredth.
(4, 4), (-2, -4), (7, -2), (4, 1)
QUESTION 13
Use your TI83 to determine the correlation coefficient of the
following set of points. Round correctly to the nearest
hundredth.
(2, 4), (1, -1), (2, 2), (5, -4)
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In: Finance
The scores 30 students earned on the Calculus I final exam are listed in the data set below (in percentage).
examscores=c(95,68,65,50,82, 85,91,83,70,67, 68,65,52,39,48, 75,65,70,68,65, 69,71,68,73,78, 80,51,65,64,87)
Include your R commands and output for each part of the problem.
a) Create a stem and leaf plot for this data.
b) Comment on at least three features of the distribution using statistical terminology.
c) One of the data values is 39%. Would that value be considered unusual? Show work to justify your answer.
d) One of the data values is 39%. Would that value be considered an outlier? Show work to justify your answer.
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Chee Chew's portfolio has a beta of 1.29 and earned a return of 13.8 % during the year just ended. The risk-free rate is currently 4.7 % . The return on the market portfolio during the year just ended was 10.7 % .
a.Calculate Jensen's measure (Jensen's alpha) for Chee's portfolio for the year just ended.
b.Compare the performance of Chee's portfolio found in part a to that of Carri Uhl's portfolio, which has a Jensen's measure of negative 0.17 . Which portfolio performed better? Explain.
c.Use your findings in part a to discuss the performance of Chee's portfolio during the period just ended.
a.The Jensen's measure (Jensen's alpha) for Chee's portfolio is nothing . (Round to two decimal places.)
b. Chee's portfolio, with a JM of ▼ 1.36 -0.17 , outperformed Carri's portfolio, with a JM of negative 0.17 . A ▼ positive negative JM indicates that the ▼ actual required return exceeds the ▼ actual required return. A ▼ positive negative return on a portfolio means that it did not earn its ▼ actual required return.
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Chee Chew's portfolio has a beta of 1.23 and earned a return of 13.8% during the year just ended. The risk-free rate is currently 4.7%. The return on the market portfolio during the year just ended was 11.2%.
a. Calculate Jensen's measure (Jensen's alpha) for Chee's portfolio for the year just ended.
b. Compare the performance of Chee's portfolio found in part a to that of Carri Uhl's portfolio, which has a Jensen's measure of negative - 0.18 Which portfolio performed better? Explain.
c. Use your findings in part a to discuss the performance of Chee's portfolio during the period just ended.
a.The Jensen's measure (Jensen's alpha) for Chee's portfolio is ___. (Round to two decimal places.)
b. Chee's portfolio, with a JM of ____
▼
1.11
-0.18
outperformed Carri's portfolio, with a JM of
negative −0.18. A_________
▼
positive
negative
JM indicates that the _____
▼
actual
required
return exceeds the ____
▼
actual
required
return. A ____
▼
positive
negative
return on a portfolio means that it did not earn its ____
▼
actual
required
return. (Select from the drop-down menus.)
c. Use your findings in part a to discuss the performance of Chee's portfolio during the period just ended. (Select the best answer below).
A. Based on its positive JM, Chee's portfolio has performed Worse than the market.
B. Based on its negative JM, Chee's portfolio has performed better than the market.
C. Based on its positive JM, Chee's portfolio has performed better than the market
D. Based on its negative JM, Chee's portfolio has performed worse than the market.
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