Ocean currents are important in the studies of climate change as well as ecology studies of dispersal of plankton. Drift bottles are used to study ocean currents in the Pacific near Hawaii, the Solomon Islands, new guinea, and other islands. X represent the number of days to recovery of a drift bottle after release and why represent the distance from point of release to point of recovery in km/100. The following data are taken from the reference by professor E.A. Kay, University of Hawaii.

x days 74 79 34 97 208

y km/100 14.6 19.5 5.3 11.6 35.7

Test slope in regression use significance level of 0.05

Find a confidence interval

Financial Analysis Project

Company: Capri Holdings

1. Provide a description of your selected business

   • - In what primary industry are the firms?

   • - What do the companies do?

   • - What are their major products and/or services?

   • - Who are their customers?

   • - How does the company differentiate from its competition?

2. Locate your selected company’s mission statement and summarize and comment on its provisions.

3. Identify the various classes of stock, both authorized, issued and outstanding. Does the company repurchase their own stock, and if so, what goal are they attempting to achieve?

4. Review the Independent Auditors Report.

   • - What type of opinion was given: unqualified (standard), modified, qualified,

     adverse or disclaimer?

   • - If the opinion is modified or qualified, why?

   • - Name of the CPA firm issuing the report? Is the firm one of the "Big 4"?

5. Analyze the management’s discussion and analysis section and summarize the forward-looking information in this section.

   • - Briefly summarize the financial events (sales, expense, etc.) mentioned.

   • - Is management optimistic or pessimistic about the future of the company?

     Explain.

   • - What future goals are mentioned for the company?

   • - Has the company and/or the industry as a whole, been impacted by the recent

     economics? How so?

   • - Are there any current events impacting the company and/or industry?

Thank you

Please read and answer the questions below this Mini case study. Please i need a different answer from what is already online. Thank you

Marketing Excellence Target In the mid-1980s, then-dominant Kmart and up-and-coming Walmart were both communicating their low-price promise, but their merchandise was perceived as cheap and low quality. Target, founded in 1962, sensed a gap in the market for “cheap chic” mass retail and set out to distinguish itself from the other big-box retailers by building an up-market cachet for its brand without losing its relevance for price-conscious consumers. Through careful merchandising and a strategic marketing communications plan, the company successfully positioned itself as a high-fashion brand with trendy styles and quality merchandise at affordable low prices. Target has fulfilled this brand promise in many ways. In the mid-2000s, for instance, the company introduced Europe’s “fast fashion” strategy to the United States, gaining a strong competitive advantage in the process. Its merchandisers travel the world; once they have identified a trending style, product, or color scheme, they rush it to the stores’ shelves faster than any other retailer. This speed-to-market approach also keeps the company’s product selection fresh, leading to more frequent shopper visits. Target has also partnered with world-renowned designers to deliver stylish and exclusive merchandise lines, including fashion from Mossimo Giannulli, maternity from Liz Lange, cosmetics from Sonia Kashuk, handbags from Anya Hindmarch, shoes from Siegerson Morrison, and beauty from Petra Strand. These items are either staples in Target locations or part of the Go International line, a special design collection available for only a few months at a time. Target’s collection of designer lines is just one part of its integrated marketing communications plan for communicating its “cheap chic” positioning. For instance, the company continuously works to improve every department’s appearance and performance. It uses strategically placed low shelves, halogen and track lighting, cleanly styled fixtures and signage, and wide aisles to avoid visual clutter. The shopping carts have a slick plastic design with hundreds of holes resembling Target’s bull’s-eye logo. Checkout lines are intended to be efficient, clean, speedy, and pleasant. Even the roofs of Target stores near airports display a large red bull’s-eye, attracting air passengers’ attention. Target’s traditional advertising includes television ads, direct mailers, print ads, radio, and circulars. All prominently display its tagline, “Expect More, Pay Less,” and feature hip young customers, a variety of strong name-brand products, and a lighthearted tone. The company also reaches specific demographic groups by aligning itself with a variety of events, sports, athletes, and museums through corporate sponsorships. These range from Target Field, home of the Minnesota Twins in Minneapolis, to Target NASCAR and Indy racing teams, Olympic snowboarder Shaun White, and major awards shows such as the Oscars, Emmys, Grammys, and Golden Globes. Target reinforces its positive brand image by contributing 5 percent of its annual income, or more than $4 million a week, to community programs that focus on education, the arts, social service, and volunteerism. Employees also use company time to volunteer hundreds of thousands of hours in surrounding communities each year. Target continuously updates its product mix to match customers’ shopping behaviors and needs. For example, during the 2008–2009 recession, when consumers shied away from discretionary items like clothing and home accessories, the company tweaked its marketing message and merchandising strategy by adding perishables to its inventory, which proved highly successful. In 2012, it expanded with a new small-store format called CityTarget located in large cities and targeting urban consumers. CityTarget stocked its shelves with fresh food, apartment-appropriate household items, trendy fashions, and the company’s latest designer collections. As a result of its highly integrated marketing communications plan, Target has attracted many shoppers who would not otherwise shop at a discount retailer. Its customers are younger, more affluent, and more highly educated than typical Walmart or other discount shoppers. In addition, 97 percent of U.S. consumers recognize the bull’s-eye logo. Target is the third-largest retailer in the United States (after Walmart and Kroger) with $73 billion in sales. The company continuously ranks as one of Fortune’s “Most Admired Companies” and has also received awards for being innovative, ethical, and environmentally friendly. Its successful marketing communications have resonated so well with consumers that they often jokingly pronounce the company’s name “Tar-Zhay” as if it were an upscale boutique.

Questions.

1. What has Target done well over the years in terms of its integrated marketing communications strategy? What should it do going forward?

2. How does Target compete against mammoth Walmart? What are the distinct differences in their IMC strategies?

3. Did Target do the right thing by tweaking its message to focus more on value and less on trends? Why or why not?

2. For each of the following variables, indicate if it is quantitative or categorical and also indicate the scale of measurement used for each:

The Gender of an individual

The Weight(pounds) of a package

The Income(dollars) of an individual

The Distance(miles) between two cities

1.) In the library on a university campus, there is a sign in the elevator that indicates a limit of 16 persons. In addition, there is a weight limit of 2,500 pounds. Assume that the average weight of students, faculty, and staff on campus is 155 pounds, that the standard deviation is 27 pounds, and that the distribution of weights of individuals on campus is approximately normal. Suppose a random sample of 16 persons from the campus will be selected.

a. What is the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of x bar?

b. What mean weights (in pounds) for a sample of 16 people will result in the total weight exceeding the weight limit of 2,500 pounds? The mean weight of 16 persons needs to be greater than _____lbs to exceed the weight limit of the elevator.

c. What is the probability that a random sample of 16 people will exceed the weight limit? (Use a table or technology. Round your answer to four decimal places.)

2. In a survey of 485 potential jurors, one study found that 340 were regular watchers of at least one crime-scene forensics television series. Assuming that it is reasonable to regard this sample of 485 potential jurors as representative of potential jurors in the United States, use the given information to construct a 95% confidence interval for the true proportion of potential jurors who regularly watch at least one crime-scene investigation series. (Use Table 3 in Appendix A. Give the answer to three decimal places.) ( ______, ________) please in this form.

3. In a survey of 1000 randomly selected adults in the United States, participants were asked what their most favorite and what their least favorite subject was when they were in school (Associated Press, August 17, 2005). In what might seem like a contradiction, math was chosen more often than any other subject in both categories! Math was chosen by 224 of the 1000 as the favorite subject, and it was also chosen by 366 of the 1000 as the least favorite subject.

(_____, .2498)

4. Many consumers pay careful attention to stated nutritional contents on packaged foods when making purchases. It is therefore important that the information on packages be accurate. A random sample of n = 12 frozen dinners of a certain type was selected from production during a particular period, and the calorie content of each one was determined. (This determination entails destroying the product, so a census would certainly not be desirable!) Here are the resulting observations, along with a boxplot and normal probability plot

the values are

a. Carry out a formal test of the hypotheses suggested in part (b). (Use Table 4 in Appendix A. Use α = 0.05. Round your test statistic to two decimal places and your P-value to three decimal places.)

t= ___

df= 11

P= ___

please answer all parts, i appreciate it.

1. The University of Florida is interested in determining if there is a difference in the proportion of male students that work versus female students, so they send out a survey with a question that asks, "Do you currently, or have you, worked a job while taking classes at UF?" Out of 874 males (group 2) that responded, 396 said yes, and out of the 902 females (group 1) that responded, 489 said yes.

(Males - Females)

Find the point estimate of the difference in the population proportion of females that work at UF versus males.

Group of answer choices

a. Unknown

b. -0.026

c. -0.089

d. -0.048

e. -0.098

2. Match the following scenarios with the correct test.

Test options are 1 of the 3 following:

1. Chi Square Goodness of Fit
2. Chi Square Homogeneity Test
3. Chi Square Test of Independence

Group of answer choices

(a.) A sales manager wants to know if the total count of commissions received by the company's sales team depends on sales methods (Memorized, Formula, Need-Satisfaction, and Problem-Solution) and business quarter (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4). The sales manager wants to know if these two factors are independent of each other.

- Chi Square Test of Independence

- Chi Square Homogeneity Test

- Chi Square Goodness of Fit

(b.) A sales manager wants to estimate the number of commissions received throughout the year (quarter by quarter). He has historic predictions in the form of percents, and then he collects the actual counts of the each quarter.

- Chi Square Test of Independence

- Chi Square Homogeneity Test

- Chi Square Goodness of Fit

(c.) A sales manager wants to know the general satisfaction of Long-Term and Short-Term clients regarding their experience with the companies sales representatives. The results to the survey were either "Satisfied", "Somewhat Satisfied", and "Unsatisfied".

- Chi Square Test of Independence

- Chi Square Homogeneity Test

- Chi Square Goodness of Fit

In the library on a university campus, there is a sign in the elevator that indicates a limit of 16 persons. Furthermore, there is a weight limit of 2500 lb. Assume that the average weight of students, faculty, and staff on campus is 154 lb, that the standard deviation is 27 lb, and that the distribution of weights of individuals on campus is approximately normal. If a random sample of 16 persons from the campus is to be taken:

What is the expected value of the sample mean of their weights?
μ_x =  lb

(b) What is the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of the sample mean weight? (Round your answer to two decimal places.)
σ_x =  lb

(c) What average weights for a sample of 16 people will result in the total weight exceeding the weight limit of 2500 lb? (Round your answer to two decimal places.)
x >  lb

(d) What is the chance that a random sample of 16 persons on the elevator will exceed the weight limit? (Round your answer to four decimal places.)
P =

This is for a hotel that would be located in the University of the Virgin Islands

Section VI: Marketing Strategies

Unit-level goals and strategies

A.        Marketing: At least five items need to be identified as part of the Marketing Strategy

1. Target market: should identify the primary customers of the business. This should include demographics including age ranges, socioeconomic status, customer locations.

2. Product mix strategy: this should consist of a description of the services offered at Lovango Key Resort. Current and Future. If you are not sure, research product mix.

3. Pricing strategy Pricing strategy should follow the product strategy. Thus, your work must state if the prices are higher, lower, or match the competition. You must defend your strategy as to why you have chosen this strategy. Be articulate.

4. Promotion and selling strategy: The promotion strategy is one key part of the overall marketing strategy. What promotional strategy will be developed? What is the recommended budget for advertising and other promotional activities. State what the promotional activities are planned. State what media you may plan for. How much does this cost per event? (hint, you must research costs. BE SURE TO CITE YOUR WORK and RESEARCH). It may be good to create a 1 year promotional plan to insert as part of this section of the strategic plan.

5. Service Strategy: Service strategy should be strait forward and outline the day-to-day service policies. This section should focus on the degree of service.

Consider the cost of assigning a task to an individual as shown in the table below. It is assumed that each individual can be assigned to at most one task, and each task can be assigned to at most one individual. The objective is to minimize the cost of assignments.

(a) Write down the linear programming formulation of this problem. (i.e., write down the objective function and constraints – do not use a tableau.)

(b) Using the Hungarian Algorithm, solve this assignment problem (i.e., the problem described on the previous page). Please show the order in which the tableaus are used!

(c) State the optimal values of the variables and the optimal objective function.