Many hotels have begun a conservation program that encourages guests to re-use towels rather than have them washed on a daily basis. A recent study examined whether one method of encouragement might work better than another. Different signs explaining the conservation program were placed in the bathrooms of the hotel rooms, with random assignment determining which rooms received which sign. One sign mentioned the importance of environmental protection, whereas another sign claimed that 75% of the hotel’s guests choose to participate in the program. The researchers suspected that the latter sign, by appealing to a social norm, would produce a higher proportion of hotel guests who agree to re-use their towels. Researchers used the hotel staff (a mid-sized, mid-priced hotel in the Southwest that was part of a well-known national hotel chain) to record whether guests staying for multiple nights agreed to reuse their towel after the first night.

(a) Identify the observational units, explanatory variable, and response variable in this study.

(b) State the null and alternative hypotheses in symbols, and be sure to define the parameter in the context of this study.

The following table displays the observed data in this study:

(c) Calculate the conditional proportions of re-use in each group.

(e) Use a two-sample z-test to test the hypotheses that you stated in (a). Report the test statistic and p-

value.

(f) Report your test decision at the α = 0.10, 0.05, and 0.01 significance levels. Also summarize what

these test decisions reveal about the strength of evidence for the researchers’ conjecture.

(g) Produce and interpret a 90% confidence interval for the difference in probabilities of re-using towels

between these two signs.

Andy wants Ben to build Andy a pool, a tennis court, and a basketball court for Andy's employer which is a small hotel. Ben tells Andy that he can do the pool for $ 10,000, a tennis court for $ 7,000, and a basketball court for $ 3,000 if this is done individually. Andy must have the pool for no more than $ 12,000. He would like the basketball court this year or next. He would like the tennis court for no more than $ 8,000. His entire budget for this year for any of these things is no more than $ 17,000 but he would really prefer $ 15,000. Andy must decide this within 10 days or lose his job. Andy knows that Ben has no time pressure at all. Andy also knows that Ben, however, does not like to waste time and likes to do multiple jobs at once if he can in order to be more efficient. Andy also knows that Ben has many other jobs he can do right now but that he prefers to do jobs closest to his office more than farther jobs because they are easier to get to etc. Andy's hotel is only a mile from Ben's office. Andy would like someone to improve the entrance to his hotel, the back area of his hotel, and the parking lot of his hotel, but he really does not care about that right now as he can do that in 3 or 4 years and has no rush for that. Andy also knows that Ben's construction business is always looking for more cement trucks and flatbed trucks and Andy happens to have a cement truck and two flatbed trucks he does not need anymore.

a. What 2 or 3 negotiation strategies would you advise Andy to use in negotiating with Ben and why?

b. In general, what 2 strategies below would you say most often ruins negotiations between people and why?

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In January 2017, Mitzu Co. pays $2,700,000 for a tract of land with two buildings on it. It plans to demolish Building 1 and build a new store in its place. Building 2 will be a company office; it is appraised at $678,500, with a useful life of 20 years and a $75,000 salvage value. A lighted parking lot near Building 1 has improvements (Land Improvements 1) valued at $501,500 that are expected to last another 17 years with no salvage value. Without the buildings and improvements, the tract of land is valued at $1,770,000. The company also incurs the following additional costs:

Required:

1. Allocate the costs incurred by Mitzu to the appropriate columns and total each column.

2. Prepare a single journal entry to record all the incurred costs assuming they are paid in cash on January 1, 2017.

3. Using the straight-line method, prepare the December 31 adjusting entries to record depreciation for the 12 months of 2017 when these assets were in use.

There is an understanding that social capital, social inequities, and the built environment play a vital role in our health and health outcomes. At the intersection of these three concepts are our communities and neighborhoods. Describe linkages between the social environment and the built environment (e.g. having sidewalks or parks in a neighborhood.) How does your environment align with concepts of social capital? What role does the 'built environment' play a role in health and health outcomes in your community?

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1447705/

F.J. Brewerton Retailers, Inc., must decide whether to build a small or a large facility at a new location in Omaha. Demand at the location will either be low or high, with probabilities 0.4 and 0.6, respectively. If Brewerton builds a small facility and demand proves to be high, he then has the option of expanding the facility. If a small facility is built and demand proves to be high, and then the reatiler expands the facitliy, the payoff is $270,000. If a small facility is built and demand proves to be high, but Brewerton then decides not to expand the facility, the payoff is $223,000.

If a small facility is built and demand proves to be low, then there is not option to expand and the payoff is $200,000. If a large facility is built and demand proves to be low, Brewerton then has the option of stimulating demand through local advertising. If he does not exercise this option, then the payoff is $40,000. If he does exercise the advertising option, then the response to advertising will either be modest or sizable, with probabilities of 0.3 and 0.7 respectively. If the response is modest, the payoff is $20,000. If it is sizable, the payoff is $220,000. Finally, if a large facility is built and demand proves to be high, then no advertising is needed and the payoff is $800,000.

a.) What should Brewerton do to maximize his expected payoff?

b.) What is the value of this expected payoff?

Q3: Why can a hotel, motel, or restaurant usually operate with a current ratio
considerably lower than other types of businesses, such as manufacturing
companies?

Servicescapes are the physical surroundings in which a service is delivered. What is the strengths and weaknesses of the layout of that Servicescapes from the hotel industry of both service delivery and the customer?

A survey found that​ women's heights are normally distributed with mean 63.3 in. and standard deviation of 3.7 in. The survey also found that​ men's heights are normally distributed with a mean 68.6 in. and standard deviation 3.3 in. Most of the live characters employed at an amusement park have height requirements of a minimum of 55 in. and a maximum of 62 in. Complete parts​ (a) and​ (b) below.

a. Find the percentage of men meeting the height requirement. What does the result suggest about the genders of the people who are employed as characters at the amusement​ park?

The percentage of men who meet the height requirement is = %.

​(Round to two decimal places as​ needed.)

NOTE: THIS IS FOR MY LEGAL ENVIRONMENT CLASS

11. In June, Daniels contracted with Lefkowitz to build a stone path leading from the road to his vacation home. Daniels asked him to complete the job within 11 (eleven) months. Explain whether Lefkowitz and Daniels must enter in a written agreement for such a contract to be enforceable.

12. The hotel workers union of Metropolis strikes in spite of a no-strike clause, causing several conventions to be canceled. Restaurant owners in Metropolis want to sue the hotel workers union for their loss of business caused by the canceled conventions. Will the restaurant owners win their suit?