MGT 252

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Assignment 6

  1. Assume that your project has started to slip dramatically.  Let’s further assume that the project deadline is fixed and can’t change.  Your project currently has one developer working on module of code with 21 day duration on the critical path.  You are desperate to shorten this timeframe and you are considering adding a second resource to this activity but, the resource does not have all the right skills and he might work five days just to reduce the overall time by two days.   From an economic perspective is this a good move?  Why?
  2. Gold plating is what we call it when the project team does work on the product to add features that the requirements didn’t call for, and that the stakeholder and customer didn’t ask for and doesn’t need.  Is this a good practice from an economic perspective?  Why?
  3. What is the difference between project managers who considers themselves implementers of others solutions versus project managers who view themselves as the CEO of a small business?
 
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Your response must be in your own words. Cite all sources using APA formats and use appropriate quotations as necessary. Your responses should cite your text book as a reference at the bottom of the responses. The total word count for your combined explain.

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Your response should be in the following format example:



Chapter 8 

Concept: Demand for Insurance 

Place explanation here.

Chapter 9 

Concept: Adverse Selection

Chapter 10 

Concept: Agency Relationship 

Reference 

Folland, Sherman, Allen Goodman, Miron Stano. The Economics of Health and Health Care, 7th Edition. Pearson Learning Solutions, 02/2012. VitalBook file.

 
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Assignment 2: Concepts and Web Exercise

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Length: 1500 words

Weighting: 30%

Answer the following questions:

1) Provide examples of how real world multinational corporations (MNC) reduce their translation, transaction and economic exposures. (6 marks)

2) Explain the difference between foreign direct investment (FDI) and portfolio investment (PI). (4 marks)

Collect the required the data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) website and answer the following questions:

3) List the ten largest countries by value of investment that invested in Australian in the years 2011 and 2014. You need to provide the list of countries as well as the amount of FDI invested in AUD. (5 marks)

4) What factors do you think account for these countries investing large amounts of FDI in Australia? (5 marks)

5) Have the list of investing countries changed over the concerned period? What might account for these changes? (5 marks)

6) Do you expect a change to the 2013 list over the next 5 years? Explain. (5 marks)

This assignment is intended to test your knowledge of theories of exchange rates, parity conditions in international financial markets, the balance of payments and derivative markets. The assignment consists of four separate parts.

The assignment is expected to be of standard quality with respect to spelling, grammar, punctuation, etc. Assignment submitted must be written in your own words and it must be your own work. It should not exceed 1500 words. Severe penalties apply for assignments, which exceed the word limit. The word count excludes references, tables and figures. If the assignment exceeds the word limit, then the following mark deductions will be applied. Please note that the word limits are strictly enforced.

Excess length and penalty

Up to 5% – No deduction

More than 5% – less than15% – 2 marks

More than 15% – less than 30% – 3 marks

More than 30% – Assignment will not be marked and graded as zero

Marking Criteria

Your work will be assessed against the following criteria.

Demonstrated understanding of the concepts – 50%

Use of graphs, tables or mathematics for supporting your answers – 30%

Presentation, coherency, structure, etc. including referencing accuracy – 20%

 
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International Finance (FIN 00126)

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Assignment 1: Concepts and Web Exercise

Length: 1500 words

Answer the following questions:

1) Define Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) theory. Based on PPP, would you expect the price of a TV to be the same in India as it is in Australia? Give reasons to justify your answer. (5 marks)

2) Collect monthly data on the spot exchange rate between the Australian Dollar and Chinese Yuan from July 2012 to June 2015. Plot the data and briefly comment on the exchange rate behaviour. (5 marks)

3) Discuss 3 factors that affect the exchange rate. (5 marks)

4) Define a currency option. Using a well-articulated example( Provide a table) show how a currency option might be used to manage currency risk. (5 marks)

Excess length and penalty

Up to 5% – No deduction

More than 5% – less than15% – 2 marks

More than 15% – less than 30% – 3 marks

More than 30% – Assignment will not be marked and graded as zero

 
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Select an Initial Public Offering (or a Secondary Offering) completed in the last 10 years in U.S. capital markets, and discuss and analyze this IPO in 7-8 pages, double-spaced

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IPO Paper

Select an Initial Public Offering (or a Secondary Offering) completed in the last 10 years in U.S. capital markets, and discuss and analyze this IPO in 7-8 pages, double-spaced. Each student should select a separate company as the subject of the paper. This paper should be submitted to the Week 5 IPO Paper Dropbox.

The paper should discuss the following about the company:

1. Identify the company and its industry. 

2. Discuss important financial and other facts about the company from its SEC filings.

3. How successful was the IPO in raising capital? 

4. What has happened to the company since the IPO? 

5. What is the trend in the stock price of the company since the IPO?

 
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Economics

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Question 1 (2.5 points)

Select the best graph or chart to show the distribution of finishing times of 25000 runners of the 2012 NY Marathon.         

Question 1 options:

Pie Chart
Bar graph
Histogram
Stem and Leaf

Question 2 (2.5 points)

Select the best graph or chart for presenting the National Budget that has just been approved by Congress that addresses major agency allocations.

Question 2 options:

Pie chart 
Box chart
Histogram
Stem and Leaf

Question 3 (2.5 points)

Two hundred and fifty (250) unrelated freshmen at UMUC were asked how many siblings they had. The results are shown in the graph below.

Answer the following question based on the shape of the histogram.

Question 3 options:

The above graph is Left Skewed.
The above graph is Symetrical.
The above graph is Right skewed.
There is insufficient data to determine skewness.

Question 4 (2.5 points)

Two hundred and fifty (250) unrelated freshmen at UMUC were asked how many siblings they had. The results are shown in the graph below.

Answer the following question based on the shape of the histogram.

Question 4 options:

Mean and median are equal.in value
Mean is greater than median.
Mean is smaller than the median.
There is insufficient information to determine the relationship between the mean and the median.

Question 5 (2.5 points)

The chart below contains 3 variables, Conference Rooms, Room Capacity and Room Size.

Conference Rooms Room Capacity Room Size (ft.)2
Frances Key     50 1500
Paul Rever 100 3000
Benjamin Franklin 150 5000
George Washington 250 7500

Classify the variable Conference rooms

Conference Rooms are

Question 5 options:

Discrete
Continuous
Neither

Question 6 (2.5 points)

The chart below contains 3 variables, Conference Rooms, Room Capacity and Room Size.

Conference Rooms Room Capacity Room Size (ft.)2
Frances Key 50 1500
Paul Rever 100 3000
Benjamin Franklin 150 5000
George Washington 250 7500

Classify the variable Room size:

Room size is

Question 6 options:

Continuous
Discrete
Could be either.

Question 7 (2.5 points)

A data set consists of 10 numbers. If each number in the data set has its value increased by 5 by how much will the mean of the scores in the data set change? 

Question 7 options:

The mean stays the same.
The mean increases by 5.
The mean increases by 50.
None of the choices are correct.

Question 8 (2.5 points)

A data set consists of 10 numbers. If each number in the data set has its value increased by 5 by how much will the Standard Deviation of the scores in the data set change?

Question 8 options:

The standard deviation stays the same.
The standard deviation increases by 5.
The standard deviation increases by 50.
None of the choices are correct.

Question 9 (10 points)

Question 9 options:

A coin is flipped twenty times and landed heads fifteen times. Based upon this information, answer the following questions

If the coin is balanced (fair) what is the probability of a head on the next toss?

Fair means the equally likely principle applies.

Enter answer as a decimal to 2 place accuracy.  Do not include a 0 to the left of the decimal point.

A coin is flipped twenty times and landed heads fifteen times. Based upon this information, answer the following questions: 

If the coin is not balanced (not fair) what is the probability of a head on the next toss?

Not fair means the equally likely principle does not apply.

Enter answer as a decimal to 2 place accuracy.  Do not include a 0 to the left of the decimal point.

Question 10 (10 points)

Question 10 options:

The Stem-and-Leaf Diagram below depicts the length of 25 long distance telephone calls for a recently engaged couple separated due to an unexpected business trip.

Please answer the following questions.

When possible enter all answers as integers (0 decimal places)

If it is necessary to enter a non integer number, enter number to 1 decimal place.

Note: There are 25 long distance telephone calls.       2|6 = 26 

0 2
1 5 5
2 2 6
3 2 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 9 9
4 3 5 8
5 3 5
6 5 7
7 5
8 8
9 0

What is the Median time for the long distance phone calls?

What is the range for the long distance phone calls?

How many modes does the data set have?

Enter the modes in the four locations provided.

List the modes in the order they appear in the data set from left to right.

If there are less than 4 modes enter a 0 in place of a modal number.

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Question 11 (20 points)

Question 11 options:

The Contingency table cross classifies institutions of higher education in the United States by region and type, public or private.

Public Private Sub total
Northeast     6     14   20
Mideast     4     12   16
South   15       9   24
West   15     25   40
Sub total   40     60   100

Enter all answer as a fraction (not reduced) or a decimal rounded to 2 decimal places with no 0 to the left of the decimal point.

Do not enter an answer as a percent.

Suppose an institution of higher education is selected at random.

Determine the probability the institution obtained is:

Located in the West?

Located in the Mideast and is a Public Institution?

Located in the West or is a Private Institution?

A Public Institution given the Institution is located in the Northeast?

Located in the Mideast and the Northeast?

Question 12 (20 points)

Question 12 options:

A shipment of TVs contains units that are 70% top quality.  Thirty percent (30%) of the TVs are poor quality.

Two TVs are randomly selected from the shipment and tested.

What is the probability that both TVs selected are top quality?

Enter answer as a decimal rounded to 2 decimal places.

Do not include the 0 to the left of the decimal point.

Do not enter answer as a percent.

What is the probability that one of or more of the TVs are top quality?

Enter answer as a decimal rounded to 2 decimal places.

Do not include the 0 to the left of the decimal point.

Do not enter answer as a percent.

Question 13 (20 points)

Question 13 options:

The length of western rattlesnakes are normally distributed with a mean of 60 inches and a standard deviation of 4 inches.

Normal Distribution Calculator
http://onlinestatbook.com/2/calculators/normal.html

Enter all probability answers as a decimal rounded to 4 decimal places.

Do not include a 0 to the left of the decimal point.

Do not enter an answer as a percent.

Suppose a rattlesnake is found on a mountain trail:

What is the probability that the rattlesnakes’ length will be equal to or less than 54.2 inches?

What is the probability that the rattlesnakes’ length will be between 54.2 inches and 65.8 inches?

What length must a rattlesnake be to be in the top 10% of it’s species?

Enter this answer as a length rounded to 1 decimal place.

Suppose a nest of 16 rattlesnakes are found on the mountain trail:

What is the probability that the average length of the rattlesnakes will be 60.85 inches or less?

 
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Economic

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The assignment is to find an article that is about a macroeconomic topic that we have covered during this class from the book Macroeconomic 11th edition by Roger A. Arnold. The article can be from the internet, newspaper, or a magazine.  You are to turn in the printed article with an attached paragraph that you write.  The topic of the paragraph is what the article is about.  Do not summarize the article, but write about the economic topic.  If the article is about inflation, then write a paragraph about inflation.  Tell me some basic points you learned about inflation during the semester.  If the article is about supply and demand then write about supply and demand. It has only to be one paragraph response!

 
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Microeconomics essay

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Write a one to two page economic analysis on the article that includes: a maximum of 1 paragraph summarizing the news article and a minimum of 2 paragraphs theoretically analyzing the article The latter 2 paragraphs may include graphs and mathematical analysis if appropriate. (better combine with some theorems of Demand or Supply or Elasticity or Utility or Pefect Competition pr Monopoly or Labor market)

 Preferably 400- 450 words

Article link: http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/02/18/att-offers-data-privacy-for-a-price/

 
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Hypothesis Testing

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Hypothesis testing is the foundation of conducting research in psychology. Researchers must first determine the question they wish to answer and then state their prediction in terms of null and alternative hypotheses. Once the hypotheses are stated, researchers move on to data collection. However, once the results come in, the real challenge is to determine if they have meaning that is; are the results statistically significant?

For example, a researcher asks whether the drug for severe depression from this week’s Discussion leads to a different life expectancy than the general population of people with severe depression. After stating the hypotheses and collecting data, the researcher sees that the mean life expectancy for the people taking the drug is not exactly the same as the rest of the population, but is the difference meaningful (that is, statistically significant) or just due to random variation? There must be a statistically significant difference in order to say that the null hypothesis should be rejected and the people taking the drug really do have a different life expectancy than the population.

Scenario: 

A researcher asks if eighth-grade students attending a private middle school have higher or lower scores on a test of reading comprehension when compared to the population of eighth-graders attending publicly-funded schools. A sample of 144 private school eighth-graders take the same exam that all public school 8th graders take at the end of the school year. The private school students have a mean test score of 220.8 and the mean score for the public school students is 204.2, with a standard deviation of 11.4.

  • State the independent and dependent variables and explain how you know which is which.
  • Explain whether the researcher should use a one-tailed or a two-tailed z test and explain why.
  • State the null hypothesis in words (not formulas).
  • State the alternative hypothesis in words (not formulas).
  • Calculate the obtained z score by hand and use Table A on p. 483 to find the critical value with an alpha of .05. Provide your calculations in your Assignment submission.
  • Would you retain or reject the null hypothesis? Why?
  • Are the results significant? How do you know?
  • What should the researcher conclude about the reading comprehension of the private school students in comparison to the population?
  • In general, explain the relationship between z scores and the standard deviation.
 
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What factors indicate that the central bank should increase its target for the nominal interest rate? What factors indicate that it should reduce its interest rate target? What should the central bank do?

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A central bank finds itself in the following situation: The national economy has been in a slump for several years, but recent signs of strength in much of the economy have led many forecasters to conclude that an expansion could finally be in the offing. Nevertheless, the unemployment rate is at its highest level in more than three decades, even though a recent increase in the price level may have signaled that inflation, which has been dormant for several years, could be about to take off again.

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