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Explain 2 types of reliability: Include information about how we calculate them How we use them...

Explain 2 types of reliability:

Include information about how we calculate them

How we use them in test development

How we evaluate test based on them

In: Statistics and Probability

A 790-kg two-stage rocket is traveling at a speed of 6.60×103 m/s away from Earth when...

A 790-kg two-stage rocket is traveling at a speed of 6.60×103 m/s away from Earth when a predesigned explosion separates the rocket into two sections of equal mass that then move with a speed of 2.80×103 m/s relative to each other along the original line of motion

What is the speed of each section (relative to Earth) after the explosion?

Express your answers using three significant figures separated by a comma.

V1,V2=

What are the direction of each section (relative to Earth) after the explosion?

a)both away from Earth
b)both towards the Earth
c)one away from Earth and the other towards the Earth

SubmitRequest Answer

Part C

How much energy was supplied by the explosion? [Hint: What is the change in kinetic energy as a result of the explosion?]

Express your answer to three significant figures and include the appropriate units.

E=?

In: Physics

2. An experiment was conducted to test the effects of nitrogen fertilizer on lettuce production. Five...

2. An experiment was conducted to test the effects of nitrogen fertilizer on lettuce production. Five rates of ammonium nitrate were applied to four replicate plots in a completely randomized design. The data are the number of heads of lettuce harvested from the plot. Use α =0.05

  1. Write the statistical effects model and completely specify each component. State the necessary assumptions for the analysis.
  2. Perform the appropriate analysis, identify what hypotheses are being tested, the test statistic, critical value and p-value. State your conclusions and make any specific recommendations for use of the fertilizers.
  3. Use Tukey’s adjustment and perform pairwise comparisons for the different level of fertilizers.
  4. Treatment (lb N/acre) Heads of lettuce/plot
    0 104 114 90 140
    50 134 130 144 174
    100 146 142 152 156
    150 147 160 160 163
    200 131 148 154 163

In: Statistics and Probability

Create a power-point presentation at least 15-20 sildes in length that describes your how your plan...

Create a power-point presentation at least 15-20 sildes in length that describes your how your plan covers each of the five domains of quality, (access, structure, process, outcome, and patient experience). Quality improvement in each domains should be explained and applied to the healthcare facility. detail speaker notes which describe the program. In this presentation chose a disease or condition and presented to the hospital facility by a hypothetical patient and how the new system will help patient in each domain, access, structure, process, outcome, and patient experience. in one or two sileds explain how this new quality improvement program will help improve the healthcare of employees experience.

In: Nursing

You have been contacted by the World Health Organization. Because you are a renowned microbiologist, they...

You have been contacted by the World Health Organization. Because you are a renowned microbiologist, they have asked you to join a panel of experts to come up with recommendations to curb the global problem of antibiotic resistance.  

Before the meeting, you need to draft a document outlining at least one recommendation in each of the following categories: 1) discovery of new antibiotics, 2) strategies to make ineffective antibiotics effective again, 3) ways to minimize the emergence and spread of resistance, and 4) methods to protect drugs of last resort.

Be sure to describe your strategy in detail, and specifically explain how your proposed strategies would address each category.

In: Biology

1. The purchasing department employee works for meager wages and eventually conspires with the supplier contact...

1. The purchasing department employee works for meager wages and eventually conspires with the supplier contact to steal supplies for personal use. Which controls are adequate to deal with these types of situations?

2. Suggest controls you would recommend to mitigate these employee stealing for personl use. Eplain each suggestion in detail.

In: Accounting

Polyamorous relationships: Discuss what you think are the strengths of these relationships and what you think...

Polyamorous relationships:

Discuss what you think are the strengths of these relationships and what you think are the weaknesses. Discuss this topic from a sociological point of view. Use your sociological imagination to think about and discuss whether or not this could become a social problem if everyone practiced it.  

In: Psychology

Overview The written assignments will present you with a scenario that has legal implications and ask...

Overview

The written assignments will present you with a scenario that has legal implications and ask you to identify the legal issues involved and make recommendations as to how to best handle the situation. The written assignments may be turned in at any time between the time the unit begins and the deadline for that unit. Read the scenario below and answer the questions that follow. Submit your answers in the form of a Word or PDF file.

Instructions

George Bluth really, really wants to control the market for new homes in Orange County, California. The Bluth Company (“TBC””) currently controls about 60% of the market in Orange County, while TBC’s chief competitor, Stan Sitwell, controls about 25%, and various other companies control the remaining 15%. George approaches Sitwell to see if they can make a deal under the table to stop competing and join forces to corner the market, but Sitwell refuses. After being rebuffed by Sitwell, George decides to try and buy out Sitwell’s company. He is unable to raise enough cash to do so, however. Finally, he tries to corner the market all by himself by cutting his prices so low that his competitors could not possibly hope to compete. In fact, he cuts the prices for his new houses so low that he’s losing money on each one. Hopefully his competitors will go out of business soon and he can raise his prices back up once they do.

Please answer the following questions:

If Stan Sitwell had been open to George’s suggestion that they join forces, discuss two possible ways they could have acted that would be blatant violations of Section 1 of the Sherman Act.

If TBC had been able to raise the money to purchase Sitwell, what type of merger would it have been? Would the government have allowed the merger to proceed? (hint: discuss Section 7 of the Clayton Act).

Do George’s actions create an illegal monopoly under Section 2 of the Sherman Act? (hint: analyze ALL of the elements necessary to have an illegal monopoly).

In: Operations Management

Student,HW,Ex,Ex.Other 1,0.85,0.87,0.71 2,0.96,0.89,0.58 3,0.97,0.87,0.94 4,0.96,0.93,0.88 5,0.93,0.81,0.82 6,0.97,0.75,0.91 7,0.92,0.95,0.77 8,0.35,0.40,0.64 9,0.90,0.91,0.95 10,0.73,0.69,0.1 11,0.00,0.00,0.99 12,0.97,0.89,0.99 13,0.69,0.95,0.96 14,0.83,

Student,HW,Ex,Ex.Other
1,0.85,0.87,0.71
2,0.96,0.89,0.58
3,0.97,0.87,0.94
4,0.96,0.93,0.88
5,0.93,0.81,0.82
6,0.97,0.75,0.91
7,0.92,0.95,0.77
8,0.35,0.40,0.64
9,0.90,0.91,0.95
10,0.73,0.69,0.1
11,0.00,0.00,0.99
12,0.97,0.89,0.99
13,0.69,0.95,0.96
14,0.83,0.73,0.96
15,0.96,0.85,0.92
16,0.00,0.58,0.95
17,0.93,0.90,0.96
18,0.83,0.97,0.92
19,0.93,0.61,0.79
20,0.98,0.80,0.85
21,0.99,0.95,0.89
22,0.83,0.75,0.82
23,0.97,0.92,0.74
24,0.72,0.85,0.77
25,0.99,0.94,0.81
26,0.97,0.91,0.64
,,,
,,,
,,,
given the following values.

Please conduct a t test for the two ex grades.

#### a
Please check the conditions for a t test and state your assumptions.

#### b
What is the test statistic?

#### c
What is the p value?

#### d
Interpret the results in context.

#### e
Create a 95% Confidence Interval and explain the results.

#### f
Please explain why you did not complete a paired t test.

In: Statistics and Probability

Shiraz, Inc. is a small producer and distributor of a product called Alpha. Shiraz Company has...

Shiraz, Inc. is a small producer and distributor of a product called Alpha. Shiraz Company has become interested in the preparation of operating and financial budgets. The budgets are vitally needed for operational planning and cost control purposes. You have been asked to assist Sara, the accountant of the company, in the preparation of budgets for the first three months of year 20X2.

Sales Forecasting:

Sara knows that the first step for the preparation of budgets is to forecast sales. Sara has been able to identify two possible variables that drive/influence the sales of the company. They are: the level of distribution of Alpha (number of dealers) and the amount of money spent on advertising (advertising expenditures). Sara wants to use the Regression method for the development of a regression equation/model for forecasting the sales of the company. She has accumulated 12 months of recent data, 20X1, on sales units, advertising expenditures, and the number of dealers as shown in Table I.

TABLE I

Sales

Advertising

Number of

Units

Expenditures

Dealers

248,000

19080

300

256,000

19440

337

264,000

19800

375

304,000

27000

312

320,000

30600

318

272,000

21600

303

296,000

28800

315

216,000

19800

225

232,000

19440

247

240,000

19620

270

268,000

23400

306

280,000

25200

309

Shiraz expects the following for the first five months of year 20X2:

January

February

March

April

May

Advertising Expenditures

$28,000

$25,000

$27,000

$26,500

$25,800

No. Of Dealers

290

300

208

285

265

Budgeting:

Management of Shiraz Company is interested in a number of budgets. The preferred formats for budgets are displayed in Exhibit I. As shown in Exhibit I, Sara’s Excel file has two sections. Section One contains the required data for the preparation of budgets. Section Two contains the budgets. Since management of Shiraz wants to simulate the budgets for various possible conditions, the content of budgets will be stated all in formulas. The only area where data should be entered manually is in the data section, under the January column only! (Hint: this will require the use of excel functions including: “IF”, “AND”, “SUM”, “ROUNDUP”, “ROUNDDOWN”, “ROUND” etc.). Sara has prepared the following data for the preparation of budgets:

1. Sales

  • Selling price per unit of Alpha is expected to be $12 in January through February. Five percent increase in selling price is expected in March. Aril and May are expected to have the same selling price as in March.
  • Seventy-five (75) percent of each month’s sales are collected in the month of sale. The remaining is collected in the following month.

2. Manufacturing Expenses

Production of each Alpha requires:

  • Direct materials: 5 pounds of direct material @ $0.80 per pound (expected to increase by 10 cents each month)
  • Direct Labor: ½ hour of direct labor @ $10 per hour
  • Variable manufacturing overhead (each unit): $0.50 per unit
  • Fixed manufacturing overhead: Total of $25,000 per month of which $3,000 is depreciation expense

3. Operating (Selling & Administrative) Expenses

  • Sales Commission: $0.80 per unit
  • Shipping and Handling: $0.60 per unit
  • Fixed Operating Expenses: Total $12,000 per month of which $1,500 is depreciation expense.

4. Payment of Expenses

  • Other than purchase of materials, all expenses are expected to be paid in the month incurred. Sixty (60) percent of purchases are paid in the month of purchase and the remaining is paid in the following month

5. Capital Expenditures

  • Shiraz is in the process of expansion of its operations by adding new equipment. The expansion requires $400,000 cash outflow in the month of January and another $200,000 in the month of February.

6. Loan Repayments & Interest Expense

  • The Company can borrow from its bank as needed to bolster the Cash account. Borrowings and repayments of principle must be in multiples of $1,000, unless you are paying off the entire balance. All borrowings and repayments take place at the end of a month. The annual interest rate is 12%. Interest is compounded every month and added to the principle. Compute interest on whole month (1/12, 2/12, and so on).

7. Inventory Policy

  • It is the company's policy to maintain an inventory of Alpha at the end of each month equal to 20% of next month's anticipated sales.
  • Company also maintains an inventory of raw materials equal to 25% of next month’s production needs.

8. Other Information

  • Sales on December of previous year were $4,350,000.
  • Direct material purchases for December of the previous year were $1,800,000.
  • The balance of cash on December 31 of the previous year was $21,000.
  • The Company desires to maintain a minimum balance of $20,000 cash on hand at all times.
  • Applicable income tax rate is 30%.

Requirements:

Write a one to two page single-spaced memo to the management of Shiraz Company and include/attach your findings.

  1. In your memo, discuss these various equations and state which of the equations you would recommend to be used and why. Provide a complete and detailed justification for your choice. Also, discuss the meaning of the regression coefficients of the equation that you choose and explain whether these coefficients are reliable by referring each to its t-value. Attach your Excel work for this section to your memo. In your regression equation, carry two decimal points for coefficient of X variables and none for the intercept. (Hint: Your selection should be based on highest R2 and t-values or P-values.)
  1. Using the chosen equation in Item 1, forecast sales of Shiraz Company for January to May and state the results in a Table similar to the following in the memo. You may not be able to fill the cells for all 5 months. However, you should be able to have complete information for the first quarter (January, February, and March).

Month

January

February

March

April

May

Sales Units

  1. Using the format in Exhibit I, summarize the requisite data for the preparation of budgets in the January column of Section One of your Excel file. Then, write the necessary formulas for all other cells to calculate the budgets. Format nicely the content of budgets (allow two decimal points for “per unit” items and “round” to whole numbers for total items). Attach a print copy of (a) the budgets containing numbers, and (b) the budgets displaying the formulas in the cells (don’t worry about displaying the whole formula in order to save paper!)

5. There are rumors that the price of direct materials and direct labor for Alpha to be increased by 15% and 5%, respectively effective January 1, 20X2. Management of Shiraz wants to know the impact of this increase on its financial position. Recalculate the budgets by incorporating the expected increases in the price of direct materials and direct labor. Compute and discuss the percentages of change in the profit and cash balance of the company due to the increase in the price.

In: Accounting