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  1. Your research team has been tasked with finding the correlation of the following scenario:

Four research participants take a test of manual dexterity (high scores mean better dexterity) and an anxiety test (high scores mean more anxiety). The scores are as follows:

Person                         Dexterity                      Anxiety

1                                 1                                 10

2                                 1                                   8

3                                 2                                   4

4                                 4                                  -2

Describe the process your research team would go through by completing the following:

a.    Design a scatter diagram of the scores.

b.    Describe in words the general pattern of correlation, if any.

c.    Figure the correlation coefficient.

d.    Explain the logic of what you have done, writing as if you are speaking to someone who has never heard of correlation (but who does understand the mean, standard deviation, Z scores, and hypothesis testing).

e.    Provide three logically possible directions of causality, indicating for each direction whether it is a reasonable explanation for the correlation based on the variables involved. Explain your answer.

 

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Determine what discount rate (WACC) Soco should use to evaluate the warehousing facility project.

You work for an investment banking firm and have been asked by management of Soco Corporation (not real), a software development company, to calculate its weighted average cost of capital, to use in evaluating a new company investment. The firm is considering a new investment in a warehousing facility, which it believes will generate an internal rate of return of 11.5%. The market value of Seco capital structure is as follows:

Source of Capital

Market Value

Bonds

$10,000,000

Preferred Stock

$2,000,000

Common Stock

$8,000,000

To finance the investment, Soco has issued 20 year bonds with a $1,000 par value, 6% coupon rate and at a market price of $950. Preferred stock paying a $2.50 annual dividend was sold for $25 per share. Common stock of SECO is currently selling for $50 per share and has a Beta of 1.2. The firm’s tax rate is 34%. The expected market return of the S&P 500 is 13% and the 10-Year Treasury note is currently yielding 3.5%.

 Determine what discount rate (WACC) Soco should use to evaluate the warehousing facility project.

 

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Hello, I am looking for someone to write an essay on Discuss how Apple Computers can bring manufacturing jobs make to the United States. It needs to be at least 500 words.

The cost of producing an I-Phone in China is a fraction of what it is in the U.S. This is partly down to cheap labor costs in China vis-a-vis the United States. Huge incentives and subsidies are also directed at technology companies from the Chinese government. The government should similarly offer tax breaks to Apple and other technology companies to ship jobs back to the U.S (Pisano & Wily 8). This will ensure Apple remains competitive even while manufacturing in the U.S. If this happens, jobs shall be created in the shipping industry deriving from the increased movement of parts and raw materials from China to the U.S. The disadvantage in this move is that the government will forego large amounts of revenue from a company that already rakes in a fortune in terms of revenue. However, as its increasingly becoming apparent, costs are not the sole motivator behind Apples decision to relocate to China. A poorly skilled workforce in the United States is also to blame.

The immediate solution to this is upgrading workers skills. This is best done through employee training programs by the government. However, this does not to suggest that American workers are totally deficient of skills in demand. instead, they need to fine-tune their technical or mid-level skills. Majority of Americans are armed with first-rate qualifications, but the technical side of their training can not live up to the demands of a global company of Apple’s size. Even if, they had the necessary qualifications, the company would not obtain them in the numbers required. This deficiency could be plugged by relaxing visa rules to allow easier entry of Chinese, or other equally skilled workers to take up the extra jobs (Pisano & Wily 9). Even when that is done, a more flexible workforce will be required. Up scaling happens at extremely short notice. thus, it would be difficult to achieve that considering the fact people are only familiar with nine to five jobs, in the U.S.

 

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1.      Suppose that 53% of all registered voters prefer presidential candidate Smith to presidential candidate Jones.

a.      In a random sample of 100 voters, what is the probability that the sample will indicate that Smith will win the election (that is, there will be more votes in the sample for Smith)?

b.      In a random sample of 100 voters, what is the probability that the sample will indicate that Jones will win the election?

c.      In a random sample of 100 voters, what is the probability that the sample will indicate a dead heat?

d.      In a random sample of 100 voters, what is the probability that between 40 and 60 voters will prefer Smith?

 

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