NU MSN601 Homework 3 Latest 2021

MNS601 – HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT #3

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1.            A television documentary on overeating claimed that Americans are about 10 pounds overweight on average (μ).  To test this claim, 18 randomly selected individuals were examined; their average (x?) excess weight was found to be 12.4 pounds, and the sample standard deviation (s) was 2.7 pounds.  At a significance level of 0.01, is there any reason to doubt the validity of the claimed 10-pound value?[15 POINTS]

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2.            A stockbroker at Critical Securities reported that the mean rate of return on a sample of 10 oil stocks was 12.6 percent with a sample standard deviation of 3.9 percent.  The mean rate of return on a sample of 8 utility stocks was 10.9 percent with a sample standard deviation of 3.5 percent.  At the .05 significance level, can we conclude that there is more variation in the oil stocks?[15 POINTS]

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3.            A study compared the effects of four 1-month point-of-purchase promotions on sales.  The unit sales for five stores using all four promotions in different months follow.

                                Free Sample                       78           87           81           89           85

                                On-pack gift                       94           91           87           90           88

                                Cents off                             73           78           69           83           76

                                Refund by mail  79           83           78           69           81

At the 0.01 level of significance, do the promotions produce different effects on sales?  [Note:  There are 4 groups to compare, i.e., the 4 marketing methods.][20 POINTS]

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4.            William Hawkins, VP of personnel for International Motors, is working on the relationship between a worker’s salary and absentee rate.  Hawkins divided the salary range of International into twelve grades or levels (1 being the lowest grade, 12 the highest) and then randomly sampled a group of workers.  He determined the salary grade for each worker and the number of days that employee had missed over the last 3 years.[15 POINTS]

Salary ranking                    11           10           8              5              9              9              7              3

Absences                            18           17           29           36           11           26           28           35

Salary ranking                    11           8              7              2              9              8              6              3

Absences                            14           20           32           39           16           26           31           40

Construct a scatter diagram for these data and indicate the type of relationship.

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5.            A study by the Atlanta, Georgia, Department of Transportation on the effect of bus ticket prices on the number of passengers produced the following results:

Ticket price (cents)         

25           30           35           40           45           50           55           60

Passengers per 100 miles

800         780         780         660         640         600         620         620

a.            Plot these data.[5 POINTS]

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b.            Develop the estimating equation that best describes these data.[10 POINTS]

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c.             Predict the number of passengers per 100 miles if the ticket price were 70 cents.[5 POINTS]

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6.            A financial consultant is interested in the differences in capital structure within different firm sizes in a certain industry.  The consultant surveys a group of firms with assets of different amounts and divides the firms into three groups.  Each firm is classified according to whether its total debt is greater than stockholders’ equity or whether its total debt is less than stockholders’ equity.  The results of the survey are:

Firm Asset Size (in $ thousands)

                                                <500                      500-2,000                             2,000 +                  Total

Debt < equity                    7                              10                                           8                                              25

Debt > equity                    10                           18                                           9                                              37

             Total         17             28                          17                  62

Do the three firm sizes have the same capital structure?  Use the 0.10 significance level.[15 POINTS]

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