A+ Answers of the following Questions

Question 1
Go to finance.yahoo.com
2. At the top of the page, you will find a white box next to the phrase "Get Quote" (in yellow).
3. In the box type "BA" for Boeing Company, click "Get Quote".
4. On your left you will see a light blue bar, scroll down and click on "Income Statement".
5. You will see the income statement for Boeing for the last three years.

150 words each
a. Using this information, provide one calculation for a vertical or horizontal analysis of Boeing and explain its significance. For example, you may indicate that Research and Development (R&D) would be 0.06 or 6% in the vertical analysis for 2011.
b. Make a brief statement on how you can use vertical or horizontal analysis for financial decision making within the organization.

Question 2
Provide the advantages and disadvantages of the four different forms of business organization, which include the following:
o Sole proprietorship o Partnership
o C corporation
o S corporation
The different types of financial statements associated with each form of business organization
The following consequences associated with each form of business organization:
o Tax implications
o Legal implications
o Accounting implications, such as SOX and FASB
An explanation of the unique product or service your small business provides
Your choice of business organization form for your new business
Your rationale for choosing this form of business organization

QUESTIONS

1. Which hypothesis, the null or the alternative, is the status-quo hypothesis?

2. What is the level of significance of a test of hypothesis?

3. For each of the following rejection regions, sketch the sampling distribution for z and indicate the location of the rejection region, and determine the probability that a Type I error will be made.

4. A survey found that 55% of college professors believe that their online education courses are as good as or superior to courses that use traditional face-to-face instruction.

5. A university economist conducted a study of elementary school lunch menus. During the state-mandated testing period, school lunches averaged 881 calories. The economist claimed that after the testing period ended, the average caloric content of the school lunches increased significantly. Set up the null and alternative hypothesis to test the economist’s claim.

6. A random sample of 100 observations from a population with standard deviation 65 yielded a sample mean of 111. Complete parts a trough c.
a. Test the null hypothesis that µ=100 against the alternative hypothesis that µ>100, using α=0.05. Interpret the results of the test.
b. Test the null hypothesis that µ=100 against the alternative hypothesis that µ≠100, using α=0.05. Interpret the results of the test.
c. Compare the results of the two tests you conducted. Explain why the results differ. Choose the correct answer bellow.

7. A study of n=59 hospital employees found that the number of latex gloves used per week by the sampled workers is summarized by x = 23.1 and s = 13.7. Let µ represent the mean number of latex gloves used per week by all hospitals employees. Consider testing H0: µ=27 against Ha: µ<27.
a. Give the rejection region for the test at a significance level of α=0.01
b. Calculate the value of the test statistic
c. Use the results, parts a and b, to make the appropriate conclusion

8. A satellite photograph of an urban area was divided into 4x4 meter areas (called pixels). Of interest is a numerical measurement of the distribution of gaps or hole sizes in the pixel, called lacunarity. The mean and standard deviation of the lucanarity measurements of 800 pixels randomly selected from a specific urban area are 223 and 19, respectively. It is known that the mean lacunarity measurements for all grassland pixels is 219. Do the data suggest that the area sampled is grassland? Test at α=0.01
What is the rejection region for the test? Choose the correct answer bellow.
What is the value of the test statistic?
What is the appropriate conclusion at a=0.01?

9. In order to compare the means of two populations, independent random sample of 390 observations are selected from each population, with the results found in the table to the right. Complete parts a trough e.
a. Use a 95% confidence interval. Select the correct answer from the options bellow.
b. Test the null hypothesis H0:(µ1 - µ2) = 0 versus the alternative hypothesis Ha: (µ1-µ2)≠0. Give the significance level of the test, and interpret the result.
c. Suppose the test in part b was conducted with the alternative hypothesis Ha:(µ1-µ2) > 0. How would you answer to part b change?
d. Test the null hypothesis H0: (µ1-µ2) = 22 versus Ha: (µ1-µ2)≠22. Give the significance level, and interpret the results.
e. What assumptions are necessary to ensure the validity of the inferential procedures applied in parts a-d?

10. To use the t-statistic to test for a difference between the means of two populations, what assumptions must be made about the two populations? About the two samples?
What assumption must be made about the two populations? Select all that apply.
What assumption must be made about the two samples? Select all that apply.

11. The data in the table to the right resulted from an experiment that utilized a completely randomized design. Use this information to complete parts a and b

12. A survey was conducted to determine the impact of contamination on property values. Home owners were randomly selected from each of seven states – A, B, C, D, E, F and G. Each homeowner was asked to estimate the property value of a home located in an area contaminated by a certain substance. The dependent variable of interest was the substance discount percentage ( the difference between the current home value and the estimated value after contamination , as a percentage ). The researchers were interested in comparing the mean substance discount percentages across the seven states. Complete parts a and b.
a. Give the null and alternative hypotheses of interest to the researchers. Choose the correct answer bellow.
b. An ANOVA summary table is shown to the right. Use the information provided to conduct the hypothesis test, part a. Use a = 0.10
What is the rejection region? Select the correct choice bellow and fill in the answer boxes to complete your choice.
Determine the conclusion for the hypothesis test. Choose the correct answer bellow.

13. In the production of commercial eggs in a region, four different types of housing systems for the chickens are used: cage, barn, free range, and organic. The characteristics of eggs produced from the four systems were investigated. Twenty-five commercial grade A eggs were randomly selected from supermarket-10 of which were produced in cages, 5 in barns with free range, and 5 organic. A number of quantitative characteristics compared the means of the four housing systems, Minitab descriptive statics and AVONA pointouts for each characteristic are shown in the accompanying display. Fully interpret the results. Identify the characteristic for which housing systems differ.

14. Explain what each of the following sample correlation coefficients tells you about the relationship between the x and y values in the sample.
a. r=1     b. r=-1    c. r=0    d. r=0.9    e. r=0.08    f. r= -0.97
a. What relationship exists between the x and y values in the sample?
b. What relationship exists between the x and y values in the sample?
c. What relationship exists between the x and y values in the sample?
d. What relationship exists between the x and y values in the sample?
e. What relationship exists between the x and y values in the sample?
f. What relationship exists between the x and y values in the sample?

15. A study was conducted to determine if taller people earn more money over their career than short people. Using data collected from 2244 individuals from various careers, the researchers computed the correlation between average earnings over the past decade and height. The result are given in the table. Complete parts a through e below 

1. The economic weakening of Spain and Portugal in the eighteenth century was caused by
A. increased competition for sea power.
B. a decrease in the demand for spices.
C. their expenditures on religious wars.
D. the financial toll of the Seven Years' war.

2. The Ottoman army, even though it adopted western military technology, still lost to the Europeans in 1683 because the
A. Europeans outnumbered them.
B. Ottomans built their weapons too big.
C. Europeans had larger artillery.
D. Ottomans employed traditional battle methods.
 
3. As a result of the battle of Plassey, the British Company
A. was allowed to collect state revenues.
B. was prevented from collecting state revenues.
C. expanded its markets.
D. was allowed to trade in India's interior.
 
4. Which of the following were the first to pioneer the abolitionist movement?
A. The American revolutionaries
B. The British cabinet members
C. William Pitt and Lord Dundas
D. The Quakers and the Methodists
 
5. Alexander Selkirk was an important addition to Woodes Rogers's expedition because he was
A. on friendly terms with the Peruvian government.
B. an experienced sea captain.
C. familiar with the route around the Cape.
D. experienced in preventing mutinies aboard ship.

6. The Luddite movement of the early nineteenth century
A. was opposed to mechanization and industrialism.
B. advocated mechanization and industrialism.
C. was opposed to British imperialism.
D. advocated British imperialism.
 
7. As defined by the British East India Company, a "presidency" was a
A. company leader's position.
B. trading agreement.
C. company base.
D. coveted royal charter.
 
8. "Protoindustrialism" is another term for the _______ system.
A. domestic
B. guild
C. factory
D. free-trade
 
9. By the 1750s, employees of the British East India Company wanted to work in Bombay because
A. the region was involved in a civil war.
B. the region wasn't as economically strong as others.
C. governmental trade restrictions made operations there difficult.
D. it was the least populous region of India.
 
10. As a result of the Peace of Amiens, articulated in 1801,
A. France struck a truce with its radical party members.
B. Napoleon tried to restore slavery in the Caribbean.
C. Napoleon garnered support for his governmental reform program.
D. The French populace accepted monarchy as its official government.
 
11. It was dangerous for governments to depend upon the use of privateers because
A. governments stood to lose their best naval officers.
B. privateers often mistakenly attacked military, not merchant, vessels.
C. the privateers might attack their parent countries.
D. privateers often ignored the directions of their parent countries.
 
12. Woodes Rogers was chosen to head the expedition to the Pacific because of his A. experience with the Royal Navy.
B. reputation for bravery.
C. reputation for practicality.
D. aggressive disposition.
 
13. The battle of Adyar River is important in India's history because
A. a better-organized army defeated a larger army.
B. the French were defeated and driven out of the region.
C. a smaller army defeated a better-organized army.
D. the Dutch were defeated and driven out of the region.
 
14. The Pluviose decree mandated the
A. creation of a black army in the West Indian Islands.
B. abolition of the monarchy in France.
C. crowning of Napoleon as Emperor of France.
D. freedom of the slaves in the West Indian Islands.
 
15. In eighteenth-century India, what advantage did the British have over the French in building an army?
A. Superior commanding officers
B. Superior financial resources
C. Larger numbers
D. Held more Indian territories
 
16. The "putting-out" system affected the European economy because it
A. increased wages in general.
B. allowed for greater overseas investments.
C. decreased the available labor force.
D. caused a shortage in available raw materials.
 
17. The British originally went to Asia primarily to
A. conquer.
B. seek raw materials.
C. trade.
D. unseat the Dutch.
 
18. When the French Revolution abolished the monarchy, it was finally replaced by a radical group called the
A. National Convention.
B. Estates General.
C. National Assembly.
D. Reign of Terror.

19. Like Robert Clive, Sir Arthur Wellesley was
A. one of the founders of the British East India Company.
B. a British privateer hired by the French.
C. a member of the British Cabinet.
D. a British military commander.
 
20. As a result of the imperial firman of 1717, the British Company was allowed to trade in _______without paying customs.
A. Bombay
B. Madras
C. Bengal
D. Bombay, Madras, and Bengal