Q5. Let {Xn|n ≥ 0} is a Markov chain with state space S = {0, 1, 2, 3}, and transition probability matrix (pij ) given by   2 3 1 3 0 0 1 3 2 3 0 0 0 1 4 1 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 2   Determine all recurrent states. 1 2 Q6. Let {Xn|n ≥ 0} is a Markov chain with state space S = {0, 1, 2} and transition probability matrix (pij ) given by   2 3 1 3 0 1 3 2 3 0 0 1 4 3 4   Determine all transient states. Q7. Classify the states {1, 2, 3} of the Markov chain with transition matrix   1 3 0 2 3 1 2 1 2 0 2 3 0 1 3  

If a hurricane was headed your way, would you evacuate? The headline of a press release states, "Thirty-two Percent of People on High-Risk Coast Will Refuse Evacuation Order, Survey of Hurricane Preparedness Finds." This headline was based on a survey of 5237 adults who live within 20 miles of the coast in high hurricane risk counties of eight southern states. In selecting the sample, care was taken to ensure that the sample would be representative of the population of coastal residents in these states.

(a) Use this information to estimate the proportion of coastal residents who would evacuate using a 98% confidence interval. (Round your answers to three decimal places.) (_____ ,_____ )

(b) Write a few sentences interpreting the interval and the confidence level associated with the interval. We are ____% confident that the proportion of all coastal residents who evacuate is within the confidence interval. If we were to take a large number of random samples of size 5237, ____% of the resulting confidence intervals would contain the true proportion of all coastal residents who_____evacuate.

What effect does the increase of the price of gasoline have on the cost curves of package delivery firms such as Federal Express or United Parcel Service? Which cost curves will this price change impact and in what direction will they shift? For an extra point draw the original curves and indicate the shift.

Prepare a written detail report on topic of United postal services. Examine the logistics of the company in terms of scheduling organizing, routing, timing. Write about the company's supply chain management. Use material from the text and other research.

You must cite your source.

In general, Medicare pays hospitals

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Which of the following is true about the source of insurance?

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Which of the following is true of the Medicare program?

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Which of the following is true?

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Which of the following is true?

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Which of the following are NOT insurance products commonly offered in the United States?

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An Indian physician has contacted you for a nutrition intervention with a community group where he is also a participant. This group consists of Indian Muslims who have emigrated to the United States. The group meets one evening per week as a social support event and shares a meal. The physician, as a member of the group, has noted a growing interest in nutrition among members but cannot field many of the questions that are directed to him. He has invited you to come to share the meal with them and hold an informal question-and-answer discussion twice a month, as well as to set up nutrition counseling sessions with individuals who have health risks. He says that they are particularly interested in nutrition and in prevention of cardiovascular disease. You have done a lot of consulting for this physician and would enjoy the challenge of working with this Indian Muslim community; however, you do not know anything about their culture or their dietary habits. You decide you need to research the Muslim culture before you can provide any nutrition intervention with this group. You find information about the Islamic dietary laws, including foods considered haram and halal. You speak with an Indian colleague who informs you that traditional women dress conservatively and cover their hair with a scarf, that men and women tend to avoid mixed groups, and that many Muslims avoid contact between sexes, such as shaking hands and hugging. The Indian physician states that his group is traditional and consists mostly of married couples

1. identify and discuss cultural food practices and any other components that may be relevant to Muslims.

2. Outline cultural beliefs, attitudes, or practices that you discovered in your research on the Muslim way of life that would be different from those of your ethnicity. How might this affect your interaction with the Muslim immigrants when you hold a group session, share a meal, and conduct individual counseling sessions?

3. Indicate what questions you may need to ask the physician before coming to a meeting and what questions you may need to ask the group when you meet with them, to gain a greater understanding of Muslim food habits and behaviors.

4. What strategies will help you to provide culturally sensitive interventions for your target group?

5. create a Muslim food guide.

6. Describe how you would use this pictorial food guide with your target group.

7. Develop additional interventions (resources, community participation, activities, shopping, food preparation, and the like) for presenting information about nutrition and prevention of heart disease as you become more familiar with the Muslim population

Barbara Lynch is the product manager for a line of skiwear produced by HeathCo Industries and privately branded for sale under several different names, including Northern Slopes and Jacque Monri. A new part of Ms. Lynch's job is to provide a quarterly forecast of sales for the northern United States, a region composed of 27 states stretching from Maine to Washington. A 10-year sales history is shown:

a.) Because Ms. Lynch has so many other job responsibilities, she has hired you to help with the forecasting effort. First, she would like you to prepare a time-series plot of the data and to write her a memo indicating what the plot appears to show and whether it seems likely that a simple linear trend would be useful in preparing forecasts.

b.) In addition to plotting the data over time, you should estimate the least-squares trend line in the form:

SALES=a+b(TIME)

Set TIME=1 for 2007Q1 through TIME=40 for 2016Q4. Write the trend equation:

SALES=_________+/-__________(TIME)

(Circle + or - as appropriate)

c.) Do your regression results indicate to you that there is a significant trend to the data? Explain why or why not.

d.) On the basis of your results, prepare a forecast for the four quarters of 2017.

e.) A year later, Barbara gives you a call and tells you that the actual sales for the four quarters of 2017 were: Q1=334,271, Q2=328,982, Q3=317,921, and Q4=350,118. How accurate was your model? What was the mean absolute percentage error (MAPE)?

1. Which of the following factors would not cause the supply of labor to shift?

Select the correct answer below:

a) an increase in the amount of education required to perform a job

b) implementation of a new government program that offers child care benefits to workers

c) an increase in the number of companies producing a certain product

d) All of the above would cause the supply of labor to shift.

2. In the United States, childless women with the same education and experience levels as men are typically paid _______________ men.

Select the correct answer below:

a) less than

b) more than

c) comparably to

d) less frequently than

3. Labor market discrimination arises if workers with the same ___________________ receive different pay or have different job opportunities because of their race or gender.

Select the correct answer below:

a) professional training

b) professional expertise

c) work experience

d) all of the above

4. Which of the following is an example of workers facing a monopsony in the labor market?

Select the correct answer below:

a) fast food workers in New York City

b) school teachers in a suburb of Chicago

c) heart surgeons in a town with one hospital

d) airline workers at a large international airport

5. It is sometimes necessary for an employee to take time off from work to attend to family concerns. A law was passed which allows employees to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave per year for family reasons, including birth or family illness. Review the selections below and choose the one which addresses this law.

Select the correct answer below:

a) Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993

b) Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938

c) Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988

d) Pension Protection Act of 2006

6. The minimum wage is an example of ___________ .

Select the correct answer below:

a) a price ceiling

b) a price floor

c) equilibrium

d) a non-binding wage

7. The university states that emergency medical technicians need to be at all games to tend to medical needs. In the past, a certified athletic trainer would handle such needs. How does this new regulation affect the demand for certified trainers and emergency medical technicians?

Select the correct answer below:

a) The demand for certified trainers will not change, while the demand for emergency medical technicians will increase.

b) The demand for certified trainers and emergency medical technicians will increase.

c) The demand for certified trainers will decrease, and the demand for emergency medical technicians will increase.

d) The need for emergency medical technicians and certified trainers will decrease.