A researcher investigates the factors that are associated with the salaries of professors who teach courses at a major university. The researcher gathers data about the subject area and the salary per course for a random sample of professors. Data are found in the file Academic Salaries by Subject Area.

1. State the null and alternate hypothesis we would run to determine if the average salaries of the professors is the same across all sujcet areas.
2. Run the appropriate test in Minitab and show output. What conclusions can you make?
3. Obtain boxplots and residual plots for these data.
4. Are the assumptions of an ANOVA reasonably satisfied? Explain in reference to the plots.
5. If there is a difference in salaries run a Tukey’s test to show how the salaries for the different subject areas compare to each other. Describe what the results of the Tukey’s test tell you.

Case Study Report

The last 40 years in Australia has seen a blurring of the three categories (between tax planning, tax avoidance and tax evasion), in particular, the distinction between [what constitutes] tax avoidance and tax evasion” (Xynas, 2011). Alongside economic globalization, the recent decades have witnessed the rise of transfer pricing that facilitates the free movement of capital and tax avoidance (Hampton & Sikka, 2005; Sikka, 2017). In conventional accounting literature, transfer pricing is portrayed as a technique for optimal allocation of costs and revenues… Such representations… simultaneously acknowledge and occlude how it is deeply implicated in processes of wealth retentiveness that enable companies to avoid taxes and facilitate the light of capital” (Sikka & Willmot, 2010, p.342).

REQUIRED: (1) Discuss the overlaps and distinctions among tax planning, tax avoidance, and tax evasion, with particular reference (but not limited) to Xynas (2011). (500 words excluding bibliography).

(2) Explain and evaluate the concept of transfer pricing and how it relates to the above quotes. You should address the issues including (but not limited to) the social, political, financial and ethical implications on business and broader society (1500 words excluding bibliography). Students are required to reference at least ten (10) academic journal articles.

Suggested readings: Hampton, M.P. & Sikka, P. (2005), ‘Tax avoidance and global development’, Accounting Forum, vol.41, no.4, pp.245-248.

Sikka, P. & Willmott, H. (2010), ‘The dark side of transfer pricing: Its role in tax avoidance and wealth retentiveness’, Critical Perspectives on Accounting, vol.21, no.4, pp.342-356.

Sikka, P. (2017), ‘Accounting and taxation: Conjoined twins or separate siblings?’, Accounting Forum, vol.41, pp.390-405.

Q6. Essay: Medical School Admission---

Revisit Answer the following question in an argumentative essay. A medical school has received 300 applications from students who want to enrol. The school has the capacity to accept only 120 new students. All the 300 applicants have at least the minimum academic requirements. All have sent cheques for the $6,000.00 tuition fee. Since the number of applicants exceeded the number of slots, there is scarcity and a need to determine which applicants will be admitted and which will not. It is important to recognize that each of these allocation mechanisms, institutions, or governance alternatives will likely result in a different class composition, i.e., a different 120 students granted admission. Which allocation mechanism do you think is the best? Present your answer in the framework of economics (maximum of 200 words). Note: Unlike the last essay question (Assignment 1 Problem 5), your logic affects the grade for this essay question. This question asks you if you understand the economic concept we learned in this course. Make sure to proofread for typos and the like; obvious grammatical/spelling errors could lower your grade. To get a full credit, the following hint will help. Hint: Allocating school admission seats is different from allocating goods and services. The interesting issue is: which class is best from society’s perspective? That is actually a deeper or broader question that asks how we should allocate the talents of the 300 students, between using their time as doctors or in a next best alternative. Would it not be great if the allocation mechanism resulted in their first best choice for their time also being the first best choice for society? Is it possible that each student’s best choice might also be the best choice from society’s perspective? Could private interest and social interest be the same?

1.     What is the goal of inferential statistics?

a.     To summarize data

b.     Drawing conclusions about data

c.     To quantify results

d.     To generalize based on data

2.     To determine if using a study guide is an effective tool for improving students’ understanding of statistical concepts, students either received (based on random assignment) a study guide or no study guide and subsequently took a test examining their knowledge on various statistical concepts. In this study, the presence/absence of the study guide is:

a.     The independent variable

b.     The dependent variable

c.     The extraneous variable

d.     The random variable

3.     The above study (in question 2) can best be described as:

a.     An experiment

b.     A correlational study

c.     A survey

d.     One involving two variables that are manipulated.

4.    Explain the goal of experimental studies.

5.    Explain the key features of experimentation that

a.    enables it to accomplish that goal.

6.     What is one limitation of correlational studies in relation to experimental studies?

a.     The lack of generalizability to human populations.

b.     The small sample size.

c.     The inability to provide information on causal relations.

d.     The lack of a clear cut conclusion

8.     What are the two reasons that limit the ability of correlational studies to provide information on causal relations between measured variables?

9.    Determining a college student’s academic major is an example of a(n)_____ scale of measurement.

a.    nominal          

b.    ordinal

c.     interval

d.     ratio

10. In a study, people’s weekly TV viewing time was classified as 1) less than 1 hour; 2) 1-2 hours, 3) 3-5 hours; 4) 6-10 hours, and 5) more than 10 hours. In this study, the measure of TV viewing times was what kind of measure?

a.     A nominal measure

b.     An ordinal measure

c.     An interval measure

d.     A ratio measure

Exercise 9.2: Who is responsible for your career?

Who is responsible for developing a person’s career? According to a recent survey, there is disagreement about whether it should be the responsibility of an individual or an employer.

“The Real Story Behind Career Development: Who is Responsible?” is a joint research study conducted by EdAssist and the University of Phoenix to explore employees’ and managers’ perceptions of whose responsibility it is to drive career development. The results showed key disparities between the two groups’ perceptions:

• Most workers believe it is employers’ responsibility to teach career development: 74% say employers should provide professional-development training, 71% say they should identify job opportunities and career paths, and 68% say they should provide career- advancement mentoring.

• Most managers believe employees must take responsibility for their career development: 98% say workers should continually update and improve their skills, 85% say they should identify job opportunities and career paths, and 80% say they should be responsible for building their job-hunting and career-planning skills.

  The results of this study demonstrate why many workers and organizations fail at career management – each believes the other should be responsible. “Managers and employees often point the finger at each other when it comes to taking responsibility for poor career development planning,” says Jay Titus, Senior Director of Academic Services at EdAssist, a leading provider of tuition assistance management programs. “There needs to be morehonest conversation between the two sides about what the end goal should be, as well as what learning tools are available within the organization to get there.”

  (adapted from Quast, L. 2014. Who's in charge of career planning? You. Forbes.com accessed on 22-September 2019).

  Questions

• Do you believe such disagreement exits ?

• What is your experience with companies’ career management?

to inform students, parents, teachers and alumni of different events and daily activities. The automation is loosely based on multiple platforms like WhatsApp, FB, Twitter, Website and Word of mouth.

Provision of information to the concerned people is hard in most of the academic Institutes as they are based on a pull model of information system which states that one needs to look for the information by going somewhere or by asking about it from someone. Furthermore, getting information about events that are beneficial for the students with respect to the extra-curricular activities and registering for the events is a tough job. A candidate has to look for the person who’s managing the event and then filling the manual registration forms which can cause several problems. There’s no official portal with the help of which graduate students can reconnect with their batch fellows.

The block diagram shows the proposed solution including the three types of actors. The functionalities to are also shown for each actor.

Question 1 Use Case Diagram (5+5 marks)

Create a Use Case Diagram as well as a supporting use case description tables.

Question 2 Domain Model

Create an appropriate Domain Model that describes the system presented in the attached block diagram.

Question 3 SSD

Create an SSD of the system.

Question 4 Object Identification

List the objects of the system. Hint: do not confuse objects with actors.

Question 5 Sequence Diagram

Create appropriate Sequence Diagrams for all Actors.

Question 6 Class Diagram

Create an appropriate class diagram. Create super classes if it seems necessary.

Question 7 Package Diagram

Create appropriate Package Diagram.

Question 8 Publish-Subscribe Pattern

Since FUSIS is envisaged to be a Push model, re present class diagram using publish-subscribe pattern.

Prepare a 12- to 15-slide PowerPoint^® presentation with speaker notes requesting initial funding of $500,000 to start and run a start-up company. The proposed start-up company could be an existing business model (coffee shop, pet store, etc.) or could be something entirely new and exciting.

Title Page

Table of Contents

Executive Summary

Information about the Industry

Marketing Plan

Competitor Analysis

3 Year Income Statement (Profit & Loss) Projections

Include your assumptions for why and how you will achieve your sales growth and what significant expenses and investments you expect to incur to achieve your revenue goals.

3 Year Proposed Funding Schedule (Sources and uses of the funds received.)

Break-Even Analysis

Academic and Business References

Review the following scenarios and assumption, and explain how it impacts your decision to expand:

After Year 3, the investors are interested in your company expanding internationally to possibly outsource labor or to reduce manufacturing costs. What countries would you expand to first, and why? What factors would you need to consider in making this decision?

What is the corporate tax rate in the countries you are considering expanding your business to, and how will that affect your decision to expand globally? (Use OECD Database or another resource to determine the corporate tax rate).

The investors want to see a decision tree detailing the decisions you would make if you received $300K now and $200K at the end of three years instead of $500K up front.

The investors would like your team to provide advantages and disadvantages of using debt financing versus selling company stock to raise capital for growth.

Briefly explain the venture capital process. Does it make sense for your company to raise funds through venture capital?

Assignment Details

Framing the Issue

It is important to know that there are at least two sides to every issue. Each side (opinion) should be based on facts that are supported with convincing, reasonable evidence that is credible and current. Before you form an opinion, consider the pros and cons of the issue. Doing this can strengthen your position on the issue—or it can result in a change of opinion on the issue.

For this week’s discussion, complete the following:

1. Choose 1 of the issues in the list below, or you can select any topic you like. If you choose your own topic, make sure the topic is appropriate for an argumentative essay and related to an issue that will hold your interest when you return to the essay in the coming weeks. A good source for this would be current events. Please e-mail your instructor for approval first, and remember academic research methods still apply.
2. Read 1 article on your topic from the list provided in the Topic Bibliography.
3. Express your opinion about the issue in 1 sentence.
4. Use the article you selected to write a paragraph to support your opinion, and be sure to cite it in your response.

Issues to Choose From

• Is TV a leftover media source from the past that will soon be outdated, or is TV keeping up with the times and attracting new viewers?
• How is social media affecting young adults, parents, or teens for better or worse?
• Should high school students be required to take a civics course as a graduation requirement?
• Should journalists try to be objective to regain the public’s confidence?
• Do charter schools hurt traditional public schools?
• Are drug courts the solution to addressing nonviolent drug offenders?
• Should forensic techniques require federal approval for use in court?
• Should the U.S. government provide universal health care?
• Do video games portray positive or negative gender stereotypes?

Kotler and Keller (2016) outline the 10 Deadly Sins of marketing. The items listed as part of the 10 include real marketing practices and processes that have been identified by Kotler and Keller as organization’s ineffectiveness or weaknesses in the development and implementation of organizational marketing strategy.

In a 5-7 page paper, select 5 out of the 10 Deadly Sins. The list of the 10 are included below. For the 5 Deadly Sins selected, address the potential solution for each. Include a thorough academic discussion on the solution for each of the 5 Deadliest Sins selected.

The Research Report will meet the APA 6^th edition format criteria, 5 - 7 pages, and follow the structure below and consider the following:

1. Title page
2. Reference page
3. Include at least three scholarly sources in addition to the course text
4. Utilize APA formatted in-text citations to include and support course and external content as part of the assignment response.
5. Structure the assignment response with APA formatted section headings
6. Please avoid writing the minimum. When the page requirement is listed as 5-7 pages, consider including content for at least 5-7 pages of content.

10 Deadly Sins of Marketing

Note: Select 5

1. Your company is not sufficiently market-focused and customer-driven.

2. Your company does not fully understand its target customers.

3. Your company needs to better define its competitors and monitor them.

4. Your company has not properly managed its relationships with stake holders.

5. Your company is not good at finding new opportunities.

6. Your company’s marketing plans and planning process are deficient.

7. Your company’s product and service policies need tightening.

8. Your company’s brand-building and communications skills are weak.

9. Your company is not well-organized to carry on effective and efficient marketing.

10. Your company has not made maximum use of technology.