Assignment 2: Final Report Due Week 10, worth 200 points

This assignment is aligned to this course outcome: • Apply macroeconomic concepts to current and personal economic events and decisions. In addition to writing about macroeconomic concepts, it’s equally important to be able to convey your understanding of these concepts by communicating them to others. In the workplace you might do this by writing briefs (like you did for Assignment 1), creating presentations, or writing reports for your manager or team. This Final Report assignment will be a Word document (approximately 3 pages) that builds off your previous Economic Brief and selected industry.

For this assignment, you’ll examine at least one of the macroeconomic indicators or policies below within the context of the industry you have previously selected. • GDP growth • Unemployment rates • Inflation rates • Interest rates • International trade policy and issues related to trade balances, trade restrictions, etc. • Government fiscal policy and issues related to taxation, government spending, and budget deficits • FED (central bank) monetary policy and issues related to the FED’s mission to stabilize the economy Macroeconomic Resources for Industry and Economy These resources are available to help you find the size and growth rate of your industry in the U.S. economy and/or relative to GDP: • Real GDP – Click on Section 1, then table 1.1.6 (click on MODIFY to change the year range and frequency). Data is from Bureau of Economic Analysis (bea.gov). • % change in Real GDP – Click on Section1, then table 1.1.1 (click on MODIFY to change the year range and frequency). Data is from Bureau of Economic Analysis (bea.gov). • GDP by Industry – 2008 to 2017 annual data (click on MODIFY to change the year range and frequency). Data is from Bureau of Economic Analysis (bea.gov). • % change in GDP by industry – 2008 to 2017 annual data (click on MODIFY to change the year range and frequency). Data is from Bureau of Economic Analysis (bea.gov). These resources are available to help you measure and track macroeconomic indicators and outcomes of macroeconomic policies: • Unemployment rates – Data is from Bureau of Labor Statistics (bls.gov). • Inflation rates as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Data is from Bureau of Labor Statistics (bls.gov). ECO100 – Principles of Economics © 2018 Strayer University. All Rights Reserved. This document contains Strayer University confidential and proprietary information and may not be copied, further distributed, or otherwise disclosed in whole or in part, without the expressed written permission of Strayer University. Page 2 of 4 • % Change in Real Exports and Imports – Click on Section 4, then table 4.2.1 (click on MODIFY to change the year range and frequency). Data is from Bureau of Economic Analysis (bea.gov). • Government receipts, expenditures, and savings – Click on Section 3, then table 3.1 for total government and table 3.2 for federal government. (Click on MODIFY to change the year range and frequency.) Data is from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (bea.gov). • FED Funds Interest Rates. Data is from Trading Economics (tradingeconomics.com). Preparation 1. To begin this assignment, recall the industry you selected in Assignment 1. 2. Use the industry GDP resources above to assess the size and growth rate of this industry. 3. Next, identify a newsworthy macroeconomic indicator or policy that may impact your selected industry. Use the macroeconomic resources above to find patterns and trends. 4. It will also be important to review relevant chapters from The Little Book of Economics, the OpenStax: Principles of Macroeconomics chapter readings, and your prior discussion board questions and responses. Instructions Prepare a Final Report that is approximately two to three (2-3) pages long in which you: 1. Assess your selected industry’s relative size and growth rate in the economy. 2. Identify at least one newsworthy macroeconomic indicator or policy that is important for the industry to monitor, e.g., GDP, unemployment, inflation rates, interest rates, trade policy, government taxation and spending decisions, and/or FED decisions. 3. Explain why this macroeconomic indicator or policy is important and how it may impact your selected industry. 4. Describe a recent trend in the macroeconomic indicator or policy. Include a graph, chart, or table that illustrates the observed trend. 5. Conclude with a forecast for the industry based on whether the trend identified in part 4 is expected to continue. Provide support for your conclusion. 6. This course requires use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different compared to other Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details. (Note: You’ll be prompted to enter your Blackboard login credentials to view these standards.) o Your brief should include a cover page. o Your brief should be two to three (2-3) pages in length (not including the cover page), double-spaced, 12-point font. o Your report should include a minimum of two (2) references/citations in the tex

You manage the inventory for a car dealership. Your management would like you to review current inventory on the dealership lot.

Use the Week 2 Data Set.and Excel® to create a worksheet for each numbered bullet, include all calculations, and label and/or highlight your answers for the following:

1. Create a Pie Chart which summarizes colors of the cars in the sample.
2. Create a Bar Chart which summarizes the frequency of the models of the cars in the sample.
3. Create a Frequency Table for classes of MPG, including Frequency and Relative Frequency for the cars in the sample
4. Calculate the mean Days in Inventory for the cars in the sample and compare that to the median and the mode. Highlight the value that would be a better representation of the “typical” days in inventory.
5. Calculate the standard deviation of the Days in Inventory for the cars in the sample.
6. Calculate the 5 number summary for the suggested retail prices of the cars in the sample. This consists of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th quartile and the IQR.

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Ethics are fundamental to any profession. In this Discussion, you will explore one of the greatest ethical dilemmas faced in behavior analysis—the use of aversives in the treatment of children engaging in self-injurious behavior (SIB). While there is research to support the efficacy of aversive treatment with some children with SIBs, some states outlaw their use, and many question whether it is ever an ethical approach.

To prepare:

• Review the readings and weekly video introduction to gain an understanding of ethical codes and aspects of those codes relevant to the use of aversive techniques.

• Search the Internet and available literature for research on the efficacy of using aversives in the treatment of SIB, as well as ethical concerns and arguments professionals and laypeople make regarding their use.

• Evaluate the pluses and minuses of using aversives in the treatment of severe SIB in children with autism or developmental disabilities.

Self-injurious behavior (SIB) occurs most frequently among persons with severe intellectual disability (ID) or autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Please read the following scenario:

You are working as a behavior analyst and are referred a seven-year-old boy with ASD (Level 3 severity), who is engaging in repetitive head banging to the point where he has required medical treatment.

Post by Day 3: Explain whether you believe aversives should be used in the treatment of SIB. Justify your rationale by explaining ethical issues regarding the use of a behavior management approach that includes aversives. Cite specific aspects of ethical codes (e.g., ABAI, APA) in justifying your conclusion as to the use of aversives in the treatment of SIB.

Description:

Your individual projects will make up a sizable portion of your overall grade (30%), so make sure you plan accordingly and spend a good amount of time on this.

Damage Control

Scenario:

You own a small business that provides long-term leases on various sized storage spaces. Recently, there has been a string of break-ins at one of your facilities and some customers have had property stolen. This obviously doesn’t make your company look good, so you need to come up with a viable course of action. You decide to hire part-time security personnel to work at each of the four facilities that you own. Unfortunately, you need to raise the monthly cost of storage lockers by 20% across the board to pay the guards.

Components of this Project:

You need to write a letter that will be distributed to each of your customers explaining the price increases.

Choose the appropriate letter to accomplish this.

This letter should be 400-500 words in length.

Construct an internal memo to distribute to your employees explaining the current business situation and how they should handle customer inquiries.

Use memo format

This letter should be 400-500 words in length.

Design a document (poster, for example) that serves as a guide to what the new security employees should be aware of when patrolling.

You have a lot of flexibility here. Feel free to use whatever design elements you see fit to create an effective document.

This should be approximately two pages in length and contain a healthy mix of both text and design.