A couple want to save for their daughter’s university studies in 10 years. Their daughter, Susan, will study for 4 years with 1 term for each half year. Susan will need $18,000 at the beginning of each term for 1 term. The couple plan to deposit a fixed amount at the end of each year for 10 years. How much money must the couple have accumulated, in 2 decimal places, at the end of 10 years to support Susan’s 4-year university studies over a period when the interest rate is 7% per annum compounded semi-annually?

The average age of students at the University of Houston – Downtown is about 28 years old. The president of the university believes that the age of full-time students attending classes during the day is lower that the average of all students. Test this hypothesis. Be sure to show all five steps.

Show your Excel file ONCE per group with all the names of your team members included.

Age

14-21: 23%

22-24: 23%

25-30: 27%

31-35: 12%

36-50: 13%

Over 50: 2%

In a university it is known that there are exactly the same number of men and women among faculty members. The university selects one faculty member each month for a survey on the effectiveness of new faculty mentoring program. It is understood that any faculty member can be selected more than once. Let X denote a random variable that counts the number of female faculty members selected over a period of 30 months.

1 Write down the pmf of the RV X

2 Find E(X) and σ 2 X

3 Find P(X < 2)

Indicate whether each of the following transfers by Connie constitute a taxable gift, and if so give the amount of the gift. Explain your answer. Assume unless stated otherwise that Connie is not married, and in each case, it is the only transfer to that person during the year.

a) $16,000 transferred to Connie’s sister.

b) $25,000 is given to Connie’s alma mater Mont State University

c) $30,000 is paid to the local hospital for medical bills for Connie’s best friend Ben.

d) $20,000 is paid directly to the registrar of Big Sky University for the tuition of Connie’s niece Dierdre.

A university health center tracks the number of flu-related visits during each month of the fall semester. The center director wonders whether students come down with the flu more often around mid-October)and mid December. Can these data shed any light on this issue?

Flu-Related Visits to the University Health Center

(by months)

      Is there any significant difference among the flu-related visits during the fall semester? Use an α level of .05 to test the appropriate hypothesis,

Suppose we know that at a University XYZ that 15% of students receive an A in their introductory statistics class, 20% receive a B, 30% receive a C, 10% receive a D, and the rest receive an F. For comparison, a sample of 260 students at University ABC is taken and 20% received an A, 25% received a B, 25% received a C, 10% received a D, and the remaining students failed the class. When testing (at the 5% level of significance) whether the proportions between the two universities are different, what is the critical value? (please round your answer to 3 decimal places)

In C: Find a string within a string Given two strings S1 & S2, search for an occurrence of the second string within a first string. Note: Do not use system library for the implementation. Input: Code Zinger University Zinger where, First line represents string S1. Second line represents string S2. Output: 5 Here 'Zinger' word starts at 5th index within 'Code Zinger University’. Assume that, The length of strings S1 & S2 are within the range [1 to 10000]. Character comparisons will be case-sensitive.

Brief Introduction

Suppose that you are an analyst for the ABC Company, a large consulting firm with offices around the world. The company wants to build a new knowledge management system that can identify and track the expertise of individual consultants anywhere in the world on the basis of their education and the various consulting projects on which they have worked. Assume that this is a new idea that has never before been attempted in ABC or elsewhere. ABC has an international network, but the offices in each country may use somewhat different hardware and software. ABC management wants the system up and running within a year.

Action Items

• Given the situation, what methodology would you recommend that ABC Company use? Why?
• Support or Oppose the above statements with arguments
• Respond to two other class member postings: observe and criticize their statements

Find an example of an industry that has undergone a technological paradigm shift in recent years. What happened to the established companies as that paradigm shift unfolded? This module requires you to analyze the industry environment in which your company is based and determine if it is vulnerable to a technological paradigm shift. With the information you have at your disposal answer the following questions: What is the dominant product technology used in the industry in which your company us based? Are technical standards important in your industry? If so what are they? What are the attributes of the majority if customers purchasing the product of your company? What does this tell you about the strategic issues that the company is likely to face in the future? Did the dominant technology in your industry diffuse Rapidly or slowly? What drove the speed of diffusion?