...Questions LG1 1. Is the set of cash flows depicted below normal or non-normal? Explain. |Time |0 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 | |Cash Flow |-$100 |-$50 |$80 |$0 |$100 |$100 | They’re normal: there is only one change in cash flows from negative to positive. LG1 2. Derive an accept/reject rule for IRR similar to 13-8 that would make the correct decision on cash flows that are non-normal, but which always have one large positive cash flow at time zero followed by a series of negative cash flows: |Time |0 |1 |2 |3 |4 |5 | |Cash Flow Sign |+ |- |- |- |- |- | With one positive at the beginning and all future cash flows negative, this type of project would be worth more if rates were higher, implying that the NPV profile would be upward-sloping. So the appropriate accept/reject decision rule would look like Accept Project if IRR ≤ Cost of Capital Reject Project if IRR > Cost of Capital LG1 3. Is it possible for a company to initiate two products that target the same market and are not mutually exclusive? Sure, as long as the market has room for both products. LG2 4. Suppose that your company used “APV”, or “All-the-Present Value-Except-CF0”, to analyze capital budgeting projects. What would this rule’s benchmark value be? Accept Project if APV ≥ -CF0 Reject Project if APV < -CF0 ...
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...familiarising yourself with SPSS and (ii) completing the homework exercises to complete the Assignment 2 (Research Report) for assessment (20% of your MKTG7510 Grade). SPSS is accessible in all computer labs in Building 39A and 35. Please check current times of access to the computer labs and plan your study time accordingly. 1. How to create a new project? (1) Click on the ‘Start’ menu. Click on ‘All Programs’. (2) You will find the folder ‘Data Analysis and Stats Programs’ - click it to open the folder. (3) Click on the ‘IBM SPSS statistics’ folder. Click on the ‘IBM SPSS Statistics’ icon. (4) Once SPSS is open, the screen (see Fig. 1) asks you what you would like to do: either type in the data manually, or find an existing data file (as circled below). Figure 1: Create a New Project MKTG7510 Market and Consumer Research S1-2014 P. 1/20 2. What are the main components of an SPSS ‘project’? When you open a new ‘project’ you will see the Data Editor window where the raw data are visible. However, there are multiple windows that allow you to interact with the data in different ways. The following is a list of the main components of a ‘project’. i. Data Editor: screen containing all the data and information for one study. You can have multiple worksheets open when working in SPSS. However, the Data Editor window only displays your current worksheet similar to a spread sheet format, with rows and columns that intersect to form individual cells. Although...
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...classes visit www.snaptutorial.com PSYCH 625 Week 1 Individual Assignment Basic Concepts in Statistics Worksheet PSYCH 625 Week 1 Individual Assignment Reliability and Validity Matrix PSYCH 625 Week 1 Individual Assignment Time to Practice – Week One PSYCH 625 Week 2 Individual Assignment Time to Practice – Week Two PSYCH 625 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Statistics Project Import Data Into IBM ® SPSS ® Software PSYCH 625 Week 3 Individual Assignment Time to Practice – Week Three PSYCH 625 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Hypothesis Testing Problem Worksheet PSYCH 625 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Statistics Project Descriptive Statistics PSYCH 625 Week 4 Individual Assignment Time to Practice – Week Four PSYCH 625 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment Statistics Project Comparing Means PSYCH 625 Week 5 Individual Assignment Programmatic Assessment Time to Practice – Week Five PSYCH 625 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Statistics Project Correlations PSYCH 625 Week 6 Individual Assignment Overview of Important Statistical Tests PSYCH 625 Week 6 Learning Team Assignment Statistics Project Presentation ----------------------------------------- PSYCH 625 Week 1 Individual Assignment Basic Concepts in Statistics Worksheet For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Complete the following questions. Be specific and provide examples when relevant. Cite any sources consistent with APA guidelines. What are statistics and how are they used in the behavioral sciences?...
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...Assignment 1 Capital Budgeting Measurement Criteria 1. Describe the Net Present Value (NPV) method for determining a capital budgeting project's desirability. What is the acceptance benchmark when using NPV? Net Present Value (NPV) method for determining a capital budgeting project’s desirability is by computing the difference between the present values of a project’s cash inflows and outflows. Since this calculation includes the necessary capital expenditures and other startup costs of the project as cash outflows, a positive value indicates that the project is desirable that it more than covers all of the necessary resource cost to do the project itself. The acceptance benchmark when using NPV would accepting both inflows and outflows which means anything greater than zero represents value above and beyond the investment. 2. What is the payback period statistic? What is the acceptance benchmark when using the payback period statistic? The payback period statistic is something in which you break even calculation for the costs of financing a new project. We run the subtotal of the cumulative sum of the cash flows up to the point that this sum exactly offsets the initial investment. The acceptance benchmark when using the payback period statistic could vary in different situations. It’s normally based in on the relevant external constraint. Chapter 13 gives an excellent example of “assuming that we have been told that the maximum allow- able payback for this project is three years...
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...Paragraph The thought projects I have chosen were Decimal to binary, Density, Speed of Light, Sports and statistics and colors. I chose decimal to binary because i've always been curious as to what the varied combinations of 0 and 1 could produce. I chose density as figuring out how and why materials contain different amounts of mass is intriguing. I chose the speed of light, because i've always been curious to what that entailed in terms of actual velocity. Sports and statistics interested me because i've been an avid sports fan the entirety of my life. Statistics are basically the legitimate version of fortune telling. I chose colors because the different gamma wavelengths, and what the human eye can perceive fascinates me. I chose distance, rate and time to further help me calculate traveling at static and varied paces with stops in between. I hoped to gain more general knowledge from completeing these projects which i did. The two most interesting things from these thought projects were from the colors, which was green being the most distinguishable color to the human eye and the actuality of the speed of light. I believe my mind is now honed and further able to tackle further problem solving and mathmatical problems. The thought projects I have chosen were Decimal to binary, Density, Speed of Light, Sports and statistics and colors. I chose decimal to binary because i've always been curious as to what the varied combinations of 0 and 1 could produce. I chose...
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...Best Suited Career For: Professor Dr. Marie LaCara English Prof. Devry University Prepared By: Jane Doe Devry University April 14, 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………………1 Purpose, Scope, Limitations …………………………………………………………...1 Sources & Methods ……………………………………………………………………1 Analytical Report Organization ………………………………………………………..1 Business Management ………………………………………………………………………….2 Education Requirements ………………………………………………………………..2 Daily Tasks ……………………………………………………………………………..2 Salary ……………………………………………………………………………………3 Project Management …………………………………………………………………………….3 Education Requirements …………………………………………………………………3 Daily Tasks ………………………………………………………………………………4 Salary …………………………………………………………………………………….4 Job Outlook ………………………………………………………………………………………4 Recommendation …………………………………………………………………………………4 Work Cited ……………………………………………………………………………………5 INTRODUCTION As graduation approaches the idea of which career choice is ideal for me grows every day. While I have always been interested in Project Management, I have more hands on experience in the business sector, primarily accounting. Prior to my experience in the business sector, I was involved in the legal world working as a paralegal. I very soon realized that this was not the career that I wanted to pursue for the rest of my life. Working as a paralegal made me realize that while this was a recognized position, it was not highly regarded and that I have always...
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...1. Describe the Net Present Value (NPV) method for determining a capital budgeting project's desirability. What is the acceptance benchmark when using NPV? Net present value compares today’s dollar value to the value of that same dollar the future. This amount includes inflation and returns. This method is likely the most correct budgeting method that business owners can use in the decision making regarding new capital projects. If the NPV of a project is positive, then it will be accepted. If the project is negative, then it will be rejected. 2. What is the payback period statistic? What is the acceptance benchmark when using the payback period statistic? The payback period statistic is the length of time required to recover the cost of an investment. The payback period of a capital project is an important determining factor of whether or not to partake in the project. It is calculated as payback period = cost of project / annual cash inflows. 3. Describe the Internal Rate of Return (IRR) method for determining a capital budgeting project's desirability. What is the acceptance benchmark when using IRR? The internal rate of return (IRR) is a rate of return used in capital budgeting to measure and compare the profitability of investments. It is also called the discounted cash flow rate of return (DCFROR) or simply the rate of return (ROR). In the context of savings and loans the IRR is also called the effective interest rate. the IRR of an investment is the...
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...Sampling saves the project manager time and money, but introduces risk. How much risk for how much savings? The answer to these questions is the subject of this paper. Examples for the Project Manager A whitepaper by John C. Goodpasture, PMP Managing Principal Square Peg Consulting, LLC Sampling and the Law of Large Numbers Examples for the Project Manager The Law of Large Numbers, LLN, tells us it‟s possible to estimate certain information about a population from just the data measured, calculated, or observed from a sample of the population. A population is any frame of like entities. For statistical purposes, entities should be individually independent and subject to identical distributions of values of interest. Sampling saves project managers a lot of time and money: Obtains practical and useful results even when it is not economical to obtain and evaluate every data point in a population Extends the project access even though it may not be practical to reach every member of the population. Provides actionable information even when it is not possible to know every member of the population. Avoids spending too much time to observe, measure, or interview every member of the population Avoids collecting too much data to handle even if every member of the population were readily available—to include expense of data handling and timeliness of data handling Analysis by sampling is called ‘drawing an inference’, and the branch of statistics from which it comes...
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...1. Describe the Net Present Value (NPV) method for determining a capital budgeting project's desirability. What is the acceptance benchmark when using NPV? What are the strengths and weaknesses of the NPV method? 2. What is the payback period statistic? What is the acceptance benchmark when using the payback period statistic? What problem of the PB period method is corrected by using the discounted PB period method? • The payback period statistic is …”a type of recovery period for the initial investment” (Cornett, Adair, & Nofsinger, 2014, p. 306). Payback is computed by keeping …”a running subtotal of the cumulative sum of the cash flows up to the point that this sum exactly offsets the initial investment” (Cornett, Adair, & Nofsinger, 2014, p. 306). • 3. Describe the Internal Rate of Return (IRR) method for determining a capital budgeting project's desirability. What is the acceptance benchmark when using IRR? How are NPV and IRR methods similar and how are they different? 4. Describe the Modified Internal Rate of Return (MIRR) method for determining a capital budgeting project's desirability. What are MIRR's strengths and weaknesses? What is the difference in the reinvestment rate assumption that distinguishes the MIRR from the IRR? 5. Compute the NPV statistic for Project Y and tell [advise] whether the firm should accept or reject the project with the cash flows shown in the chart if the appropriate cost of capital is 12 percent. How do decreases in the...
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...1. Introduction to C&S Department, HKSAR 1.1 Department background The place where I took the internship is called the Census and Statistics Department, HKSAR.The Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) together with statistical units established in various government departments forms the Government Statistical Service (GSS), representing a network for the provision of government statistical services. The latter are generally called the "outposted statistical units". Broadly speaking, most general-purpose statistics come under the responsibility of C&SD. The statistical units in various government departments take care of specific-purpose statistics and provide necessary support in the application of statistics. Generally speaking, the whole work of C&SD can be classified into three categories: 1) Conducting statistical surveys and operating statistical systems for the production of social and economic statistics including data series on such areas as population, external trade, commerce and industry, labour, prices, national income and Balance of Payments; 2) Performing statistical analysis and disseminating statistical data and analytical results; and 3) Providing consultation and support services on statistical matters to various government departments. And the mission of C&SD is 1) to provide adequate, relevant, reliable and timely statistics to facilitate research, discussion, planning and decision making within the government and in the community; 2) to ensure that the...
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...Running head: M&M PROJECT REPORT Abstract This paper examines the proportion of M&M candies through the random sampling of 156 bags. After reading this paper one should have a better understanding of the process that accompanies packaging M&M candies. The bags used in the experiments were taken from different stores to help ensure a true sample of all the 1.69 oz of plain M&M candies. Introduction: Purpose of Report The purpose of this report is to examine the five project parts of an M&M analysis and examine a method for quality control. The parts of this project included using random sampling to gather data on the number of colored M&M candies, the sample proportion and sample mean, constructing a 95% confidence interval and testing claims of M&M candies. By the end of this report a better understanding of the methods behind packing M&M candies should be gained. Project Part 1: Sampling Method To begin the M&M analysis a random sample of three 1.69oz bags of plain M&M candies where purchase by each individual students from three different stores. A random sample ensures that every member of the population has a chance to be selected. The population in statistics refers to the “collection of all outcomes, responses, measurements, or counts that are of interest (Larson, & Farber, 2009).” Buying bags from different stores assures a true sample of the population of all 1.69 oz bags of plain M&M candies. Once bags were purchased...
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...Sciences Peshawar Bachelors in Business Studies Course Plan Course Title: Statistics for Business Instructor: Shahid Ali Contact Email shahid.ali@imsciences.edu.pk Semester/Duration: 16 Weeks Course objectives : To introduce students to the concepts of statistics and to equip them with analytical tools to be used in business decision making. The course is intended to polish the numeric ability of the students to identify business problems, describe them numerically and to provide intelligible solutions by data collection and inferential principles. Course pre-requisites Intermediate statistics Attendance Policy: Late arrivals are highly discouraged. Any student coming late to a class late by 5 minutes after the scheduled start time will be marked as absent for the day. The teacher reserves discretion, however, to allow or disallow any student, to sit in the class in case of late arrivals. Attendance is not be entertained once the attendance register is closed. Class Project Students will be divided in groups for a class project. Each group will have to nominate a group leader. The details of the project will be made available to the group leader. Class Presentations Each student will have to make at least one individual presentation and one group presentation in the class. The group presentation will be on the project explained earlier. The individual presentations will start after first two weeks. ...
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...Module 1 – Session Long Project Introduction to Probability Theory and Health Statistics Your specific assignment for this week is to select one type of quantitative health datum to collect from your own life. Some examples of data to collect could be: 1. How many minutes do you spend exercising each day? 2. What is your total daily caloric intake in calories? 3. What is your resting heart rate in beats per minute? 4. How many ounces of water do you drink each day? 5. What is your estimated total caloric expenditure from exercise each day? 6. What is your estimated daily intake of saturated fat in grams? 7. What is your daily systolic/diastolic blood pressure? Your Task: 1. Choose one variable that varies measurably from day to day. Be sure to specify the units of measurement, and state how it will be gathered. 2. Then collect at least 5 days’ worth of data on that one variable. For example, if your variable is how many minutes you spend exercising each day, simply record the number of minutes that you spend exercising each day during the sampling period. Be sure to save this data for use in remaining SLP assignments. The more data points that you gather during the session, the better. 3. Describe the data you have collected and its importance in relations to individual/population’s health. Linda Gleason Module 1- Session Long Project BHS220- Introduction to Health Statistics Dr. Alla Adams November 02, 2015 Introduction to Probability Theory and...
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... | |INSTRUCTOR |Dr. Edward Olanrewaju | |COHORT NUMBER |MBA 3174 | |COURSE NUMBER |BSA -518 | |COURSE TITLE |Business Research and Applications | |MEETING DATES |1/20/2016, 1/27, 2/03, 2/10, 2/17, 2/24, 03/02, 03/09, 03/16, 03/23 | |CLASS MEETING TIMES |6:00PM to 10:00PM | |LOCATION |Innsbrook/122 | |CONSULTATION HOURS |By Appointment | |PHONE HOME |804 305 6734 | |PHONE WORK...
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...University of Utah David Eccles School of Business Department of Operations and Information Systems (OIS) OIS - 2340-001, BUSINESS STATISTICS Class Times: Tuesday & Thursdays 12:25 pm – 1:45 pm Spencer Fox Eccles Business Building (SFEBB) -160 Fall Semester 2013, Course Syllabus ------------------------------------------------- How we run this class: ------------------------------------------------- To prepare and understand this material, you are invited to participate in class (by asking questions), read the text as specified in the class schedule and do the assigned HW problems. ------------------------------------------------- You can also watch the class video lectures using the link below for review or missed class. ------------------------------------------------- https://eq.utah.edu/u/items/acebb864-436f-458e-9c57-9353d655ec7e/0/ ------------------------------------------------- These lectures will be recorded during fall semester 2013 and will be posted as they are made available by the campus media services. The text used is Business Statistics –a decision making approach, 4th custom edition for David Eccles School of business or 9th edition by David Groebner’ Business Statistics. ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- You will also be given online chapter quizzes which can be accessed through the CIS (CANVAS) system (https://cis.utah.edu). These chapter quizzes (“take homes”)...
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