is high The formulas for standard deviation are given below but you should look at the examples first Population mean Population variance method 1 ‚ Population variance method 2 ‚ (it does not matter what method you use both give the same answer‚ the only thing you need to know about variance is that it is population standard deviation squared so if variance is high then standard deviation is high Population standard deviation σ = Example 1 find the population mean μ and population standard
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3104AFE STATEGIC MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT Assessment weighting: 15% Due date: 19 April 2013‚ 5 pm. Submission: Gold Coast campus students: must submit the assignment to the Assignment Collection Centre‚ Library‚ Gold Coast Campus Nathan campus students: must submit the assignment to the Assignment Collection Centre ‚ Library‚ Nathan Campus Note: To be fair to all students in this course: 1. No extensions will be granted. 2. Convenor/ tutors will not give any feedback on the work
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Chapter 1 1(4). The risk premium is defined as the rate of return on A. A risky asset minus the inflation rate B. The overall market C. A Treasury bill D. A risky asset minus the risk-free rate E. A risk-less investment Answer: D 2(5). The variance measure the: Non-graded A. Total difference between the actual returns and the average returns B. Average difference between the actual squared returns and the risk-free returns C. Average squared difference between the actual returns
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1. A quality control engineer knows that 10% of the microprocessor chips produced by a machine are defective. Out of a large shipment‚ five chips are chosen at random. What is the probability that none of them is defective? What is the probability that at least one is defective? 2. An automated manufacturing process produces a component with an average width of 7.55 centimeters‚ with a standard deviation of 0.02 centimeter. All components deviating by more than 0.05 centimeter from the mean must
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than 10 minutes for a bus. 3. A recent study indicates that the annual cost of maintaining and repairing a car in a town in Ontario averages 200 with a variance of 260. If a tax of 20% is introduced on all items associated with the maintenance and repair of cars (i.e.‚ everything is made 20% more expensive)‚ what will be the variance of the annual cost of maintaining and repairing a car? (Ans: 374) 4. The time to failure of a component in an electronic device has an exponential distribution
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0.0749 + 0.0749 = 0.1498. 2. [§8-53] Let X1 ‚ . . . ‚ Xn be i.i.d. uniform on [0‚ θ]. (a) Find the method of moments estimate of θ‚ and the mean‚ variance‚ bias‚ and MSE of the MME. (b) The mle of θ is θˆ = max Xi . The pdf of max1≤i≤n Xi (How do we 1≤i≤n find this? ) is n−1 nx f (x|θ) = θn 0 0<x<θ . otherwise Calculate the mean and variance of the mle.
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University of Phoenix OnlineCourse: RES / 341QUIZ # 1(Chapter 3 and 4 from Applied Statistics in Business and Economics )45 Questions [Each Question = 1 Point]SOLUTIONPlease mark one answer for all multiple choice questions with RED!Chapter 3Multiple Choice1. Which is not a tip for effective bar charts?A) Time usually goes on the horizontal axis. B) Bar height or length should be proportional to the quantity displayed. C) Label data values at the top of each bar unless graphing lots of data. D)
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(1950)‚ ‘Uncertainty‚ Evolution and Economic Theory’‚ Journal of Political Economy 58‚ 211-222. Almus‚ M.‚ (2002)‚ ‘What characterizes a fast-growing firm?’‚ Applied Economics‚ 34‚ 14971508. Almus‚ M.‚ (2004)‚ ‘The Shadow of Death – An Emperical [sic] Analysis of the Pre-Exit Performance of New German Firms’‚ Small Business Economics‚ 23‚ 189-201. Almus‚ M. and E. Nerlinger (2000)‚ ‘Testing ‘Gibrat’s Law’ for Young Firms – Empirical Results for West Germany’‚ Small Business Economics‚ 15‚ 1-12. Amaral
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well. How can I help you? Well Caroline‚ I wanted to discuss with you the results of your Dept 1880 Retail Marketing‚ budget variance vs. actual for Jun 2011. Sure‚ Let me get my notes out that I had submitted to your group. I emailed you a copy as well with your comments for this review. Did you receive it? Yes‚ I did Ok‚ there were 3 main categories where the variance between actual and budget were the highest. Those categories are Compensation‚ Marketing‚ IT‚ and then we put everything else
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Running Heading: COST ALLOCATION AND VARIANCES Cost Allocation and Variances- Chapter 12 & 13 Text Book Questions Stacey S. Swafford University of Phoenix ACC 561 Dr. Janice Mereba April 23‚ 2010 Chapter 12 Excel Application Exercise 12-59: Allocating Costs Using Direct and Step-Down Methods p. 584 Goal: Create an Excel spreadsheet to allocate costs using the direct method and the step-down method. Use the results to answer questions about your findings. Scenario: Antonio
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