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• Financial institutions utilize prediction models to predict bankruptcy. One such model is the Altman Z-score model, which uses multiple corporate income and balance sheet values to measure the...
  May 20, 2022
• Salesforce ExactTarget Marketing Cloud conducted a study of U.S. consumers that included 205 tablet owners. The study found that 134 tablet owners use their tablet while watching TV at least once per...
  May 20, 2022
• A manufacturing company produces electrical insulators. If the insulators break when in use, a short circuit is likely to occur. To test the strength of the insulators, destructive testing is carried...
  May 20, 2022
• An important quality characteristic used by the manufacturer of Boston and Vermont asphalt shingles is the amount of moisture the shingles contain when they are packaged. Customers may feel that they...
  May 20, 2022
• Studies conducted by the manufacturer of Boston and Vermont asphalt shingles have shown product weight to be a major factor in the customer’s perception of quality. Moreover, the weight...
  May 20, 2022
• The manufacturer of Boston and Vermont asphalt shingles provides its customers with a 20-year warranty on most of its products. To determine whether a shingle will last through the warranty period,...
  May 20, 2022
• 1. referring to the results of Problems 9.76 through 9.78 concerning Boston and Vermont shingles, write a report that evaluates the moisture level, weight, and granule loss of the two types of...
  May 20, 2022
• Apply your knowledge about hypothesis testing in this Digital Case, which continues the cereal-fill-packaging dispute first discussed in the Digital Case from Chapter 7. In response to the negative...
  May 20, 2022
• 1. If you have samples of n1 = 14 and n 2 = 18, in performing the pooled-variance t test, how many degrees of freedom do you have? 2. Assume that you have a sample of n 1 = 8, with the sample mean X 1...
  May 20, 2022
• 1. What assumptions about the two populations are necessary in Problem 10.2? 2. Referring to Problem 10.2, construct a 95% confidence interval estimate of the population mean difference between µ...
  May 20, 2022
• When people make estimates, they are influenced by anchors to their estimates. A study was conducted in which students were asked to estimate the number of calories in a cheeseburger. One group was...
  May 20, 2022
• A recent study (data extracted from e. J. Boyland et al., “Food Choice and Overconsumption: effect of a Premium Sports Celebrity endorser,” Journal of Pediatrics, March 13, 2013,...
  May 20, 2022
• A problem with a phone line that prevents a customer from receiving or making calls is upsetting to both the customer and the telecommunications company. The file Phone contains samples of 20 problems...
  May 20, 2022
• Accounting Today identified the top accounting firms in 10 geographic regions across the United States. All 10 regions reported growth in 2013. The Southeast and Gulf Coast regions reported growth of...
  May 20, 2022
• An important feature of tablets is battery life, the number of hours before the battery needs to be recharged. The file Tablets contains the battery life of 12 WiFi-only and 7 3G/4G/WiFi 9- through...
  May 20, 2022
• 1. Repeat Problem XXXXXXXXXXa), assuming that the population variances in the two branches are not equal. Compare these results with those of Problem XXXXXXXXXXa). 2. Repeat Problem XXXXXXXXXXa), assuming that...
  May 20, 2022
• As a member of the international strategic management team in your company, you are assigned the task of exploring potential foreign market entry. As part of your initial investigation, you want to...
  May 20, 2022
• How do the ratings of TV and Internet services compare? The file Telecom contains the rating of 14 different providers. (Data extracted from “Ratings: TV, Phone, and Internet Services,”...
  May 20, 2022
• What motivates employees? The Great Place to Work Institute evaluated nonfinancial factors both globally and in the United States. (Data extracted from L. Petrecca, “Tech Companies Top List of...
  May 20, 2022
• To assess the effectiveness of a cola video ad, a random sample of 38 individuals from a target audience was selected to participate in a copy test. Participants viewed two ads, one of which was the...
  May 20, 2022
• The file Concrete1 contains the compressive strength, in thousands of pounds per square inch (psi), of 40 samples of concrete taken two and seven days after pouring. (Data extracted from O....
  May 20, 2022
• 1. Let n 1 = 80, X 1 = 70, n 2 = 80, and X 2 = 50. a. At the 0.10 level of significance, is there evidence of a significant difference between the two population proportions? b. Construct a 90%...
  May 20, 2022
• An online survey asked 1,000 adults “What do you buy from your mobile device?” The results indicated that 61% of the females and 39% of the males answered clothes. (Source: Ebates. com...
  May 20, 2022
• In an experiment, 50 individuals were told that they had just purchased a ticket to a concert and 50 were told that they had just purchased a personal digital assistant (PDA). The participants were...
  May 20, 2022
• What social media tools do marketers commonly use? A survey by Social Media examiner (data extracted from “2014 Social Media Marketing Industry Report,” April 2014) of B2B marketers...
  May 20, 2022