sleep disorders, psychology assignment help

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For this assignment, do some preliminary research into sleep disorders. Select one sleep disorder that you find interesting and address the following points in your paper:

  • Provide a summary of the disorder
    • An overview of the symptoms
    • Prevalence
    • Causes
    • Common misconceptions
  • Discuss the disorder’s impact on cognitive processes.
  • Discuss the disorder’s impact on physiological processes.
  • Identify proposed medical and psychological treatments (traditional and emerging, if applicable)

Incorporate a minimum of two scholarly sources in your writing. Include evidence from recent studies (published within the past five years).

Use APA format to style your paper and cite and reference your two sources.

Your paper should be 2-4 pages long, in addition to a title page and a reference page.

Refer to the rubric for more information on how your assignment will be graded.

research article on experimental manipulation of social psychology

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Using the peer reviewed experimental
manipulation of social anxiety related, prepare a 1-2 page summary of the
article in your own words including specifics regarding the overall purpose of
the research in question, a clear statement of the researcher’s hypothesis,
details regarding the study methodology, and pertinent results of the
manipulation. Also include your personal opinion of the work. Should it be
repeated/ how can it be improved? What was your overall impression of the work?
What are the implications of the study? Be sure to cite the article
appropriately at the end of your review. Papers should be typed, double-spaced,
and formatted according to APA
Style.

summary and the opinion piece

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Find an article about failure of the EU (dated no earlier than 2019) and an opinion on the possible failure of the EU.

For the summary and the opinion piece, the format is Times New Roman, 12-point font, 1-inch margins, single-spaced. Both should be between 150-200 words, no more, no less.

The summary: the handout is a collection of eight essays presenting opinions on the successes and failures of the EU. The first paragraph should, using examples and references to specific essays, present a summary of the opinions on the successes of the EU. The second paragraph, again using examples and references to specific essays, present a summary of the opinions on the failures of the EU.

The opinion piece: present a definitive opinion (no “maybe”) on whether you think the EU will be a success or failure moving forward. Again, use examples and references to both the essay and the article you finding on the failure of the EU.

Individual Reflection: Blueprint for Professional and Personal Growth

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Reflect on the process of creating goals for the BPPG in the previous courses of this program. Think about how you employed creativity to create this plan: you had to consider your currently existing leadership and professional skills, imagine a future version of yourself who has grown and developed in exciting ways, and generate innovative plans to overcome any challenges you might face in the course of your personal and professional development.

As in previous courses, you will now add to your Blueprint for Professional and Personal Growth. You should develop your BPPG from your learning in this course and design it to help you become a leader who knows how to demonstrate creativity, support creativity within your team, and use foresight to foster creativity and innovation.

Consider the following as you complete this Individual Reflection:

  • What can you do now to integrate the experiences and insights you had in this course with your personal and professional development goals?
  • What are the most important things you are taking from this course that will shape your future and enable you to make a positive difference?

All components of the Individual Reflection should be turned in as one document:

  • The Executive Summary: Write an Executive Summary of the course to date (2–3 paragraphs) that addresses the following questions:
    • Which content and assignments in this course have had the biggest impact on your ability to foster a culture of innovation within an organization?
    • How have the content and assignments changed the way you think of the role of innovation within the organization and the way you will engage in the creative process?
    • How can the knowledge you gained in this course enable you to make a positive difference?
    • In what ways do you think innovation and creativity can influence positive social change within an organization, community, or more broadly?
    • How have the content and assignments continued to shape your goals?
  • After considering what you have learned in the course, create a focused and succinct strategy for your personal and professional life that will enable you to be the innovation leader you described in your Week 7 Individual Reflection. As part of your strategy, be sure to include responses to the following:
    • List three areas you could focus on for your innovation strategy relative to your own organization, an organization for which you would aspire to work, or your personal life. Describe the importance of each of the focus areas chosen and provide examples with support from the resources.
    • Describe how you will measure progress toward your success.
    • Describe how being an innovation leader could potentially enable you to foster positive social change. To what extent do you think innovation can contribute to positive social change? Provide an example to support your position.
  • Your action plan: Write a detailed action plan for one new goal for professional and personal development (you will continue to build on the list of goals you started in your previous course). These action plans should include the following:
    • Your specific goal for professional and personal development with an explanation as to why you selected it. Be sure to provide concrete and specific examples of why the goal is important, the extent to which this goal enables you to be an agent for positive social change, the personal or professional value you expect from achieving the goal, and how the goal relates to the resources you reviewed in the course.
    • Hint: If you want to expand upon a plan or initiative you have already proposed in a previous week, feel free to do so.
    • At least two objectives for the goal you have identified. Provide a rationale that explains how your objectives will help you to achieve your goal.

Max co has provided the following data from its activity-based costing system, homework help

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1. Max co has provided the following data from its activity-based costing system

Activity cost pools                Total cost              Total activity

Designing Products              $382,900               6,580 products design hours

Setting up batches                $52,678                 7366 batch set ups

Assembling products            $25,122                 4018 assembly hours

The activity rate for the “designing products” activity cost pool is

2. Sasha co allocates the estimated $200,000 of its accounting department costs to its production and sales departments since the accounting department supports the other two departments particularly with regard to payroll and accounts payable function. The costs will be allocated based on the number of employees using the direct method. Information regarding costs and employees follows;

Department            Employees

Accounting                    4

Production                    38

Sales                           10

How much of the accounting department costs will be allocated to the production?

3. Maze co allocates costs from the payroll dept (S1) and the maintenance department (S2) to the molding (P1), finishing  (P2), and packaging (P3) department. Payroll department costs are allocated based on the number of employees in the department and maintenance department costs are allocated based on the number of square feet which the production department occupies within the factory> information about the department is presented below

Department                     cost              No of employees                  No of square feet occupied      

Payroll (S1)                 $130,000                         2                                            2,000

Maintenance (S2)       $220,000                         8                                           64,000

Molding (P1)                                                      61                                          100,000

Finishing (P2)                                                    44                                           60,000

Packaging (P3)                                                 15                                            40,000

Maze co uses the direct method to allocate costs> Round all the answers to the nearest dollar. What amount of the payroll department costs will be allocated to the molding department?

4. The Manass co has 55 obsolete keyboards that are carried in inventory at a cost of $9,600. If these keyboards are upgraded at a cost of $7,400, they could be sold for $19,300. Alternatively, the keyboard could be sold “as is” for $8,700. what is the net advantage or disadvantage of re-working the keyboard?

5.Ritz co sells fine collectible statues and has implemented activity based costing. Cost in the shipping department have been divided into three cost pools. The first cost pool contains costs that are related to packaging and shipping and rand has determined that the number of boxes shipped is an appropriate cost driver for these costs. The second cost pool is made up of costs related to the final inspection of each item before it is shipped and the cost driver for this pool is the number of individual items that are inspected and shipped. The final cost pool is used for general operations and supervision of the department and the cost driver is the number of shipment. Information about the department is summarized below;

Cost pool                                         Total Costs              Cost Driver             Annual Activities

Packaging and shipping                   $163,300        No of boxes shipped                    23,500 boxes

Final inspection                                 $198,000       No of individual items shipped      96,400 items

General operations & supervision    $82,400         No of orders                                 9,500 orders  

During the period, the far east sales office generated 690 orders for a total of 6,030 items. These orders were shipped in 1,449 boxes. What amount of shipping department costs should be allocated to these sales?

6. Baller Financial is a banking service company that offers many different types of checking accounts. The bank has recently adopted an activity based costing system to assign cost to their various types of checking accounts. The following data relate to the money market checking accounts, one of the popular checking accounts, and the ABC cost pools: 

Annual number of accounts =52,000 accounts     Checking account cost pools:

Cost Pools                                                  All Products                        Money Market checking

Returned check                                         200,000 returned checks                18,000

Check reconciliation                                  379,000 checking account              420

New accounts                                            53,000 new accounts                     15,000               

Cancelled check copy requests               90,000 cancelled checks                 60,000

Web site cost                                            7 types of accounts                             1     

Calculate the overhead cost per account for the money market checking

7. Sosa co has $39 per unit in variable costs and $1,900,000 per year in fixed costs. Demand is estimated to be 138,000 units annually. What is the price if a markup of 35% on total cost is used to determine the price?

8. Tim co sells one product with a variable cost of $5 per unit. The company is unsure what price to charge in order to maximize profits. The price charged will also affect the demand. If fixed costs are $100,000 and the following chart represent the demand at various prices, what price should be charged in order to maximize profit

Units Sold                           Price

30,000                                  $10

40,000                                   $9

50,000                                  $8

60,000                                 $7

A. $10

B. $9

C. $8

D. $7

9. A retailer purchased some trendy clothes that have gone out of style and must be marked down to 30% of the original selling price in order to be sold. Which of the following is a sunk cost in the situation

A. The original selling price

B. the anticipated profit

C. the original purchase price

D. the current selling price

10. Carlton products co has analysed the indirect cost associated with servicing its various customers in order to assess customer profitability. Results appear below

Cost Pool                                          Annual Cost Cost Driver                        Annual Driver Quality

Processing electronic order              $1,000,000 number of orders                                      500,000

Processing non-electronic orders    $2,000,000 number of orders                                       400,000

Picking orders                                   $3,000,000 number of different products ordered       800,000

Packaging orders                               $1,500,000 number of item ordered                      50,000,000

Returns                                              $2,000,000 number of returns                                 50,000

11. Costa co has a capacity of 40,000 units per year and is currently selling 35,000 for $400 each. Barton co has approached Costa about buying 2,000 units for only $300 each. The unit would be packaged in bulk, saving Costa $20 per unit when compared to the normal packaging cost. Normally, Costa has a variable cost of $280 per unit. The annual fixed cost of $2,000,000 would be unaffected by the special order. What would be the impact on profit if Costa were to accept this special order?

A. Profit will increase $40,000

B. Profits will increase $60,000

C. Profits will decrease $200,000

D. Profits will increase $80,000

12. A company has $7.70 per units in variable costs and $4.10 per unit in fixed costat a volume of 50,000 units. If the company marks up total cost by 0.55, what price should be charged if 56,000 units are expected to be sold?

13. Customer profitability analysis might result in

A. dropping some customers that are unprofitable 

B. Lowering price or offering incentive to profitability customers

C. Giving incentives to all customers to place orders online

D. All of the above

14. The Trade co uses cost plus pricing with a 0.32 mark up. The company is currently selling 100,000 units. Each units has a variable cost of $4.40. In addition, the company incurs $196,200 in fixed costs annually. If demand falls to 73,900 units and the company wants to continue to earn a 0.32 return, what price should the company charge?

15. A new product is being designed by an engineering team at Golem Security. Several managers and employees from the cost accounting department and the marketing department are also on the team to evaluate the product and determine the cost using a targeted costing methodology. An analysis of similar products on the market suggests a price of $130.00 per unit. The company requires a profit of 0.22 of selling price. How much is the target cost per Unit?

16. A Company using activity based pricing marks up the direct cost of goods by 0.26 plus charges customers of indirect costs based on the activities utilized by the customers.Indirect costs are charged as follows: $7.20 per order placed; $2.20 per separate item ordered; $26.50 per return. A customer places 5 orders with a total direct cost of $2,800, orders 292 seperate items, and makes 7 returns. What will the customer be charged?

17. A law firm uses activity based pricing. The company’s activity pools are as follows

Cost pool                                  Annual Estimated cost      Cost Driver         Annual driver quantity  

Consultation                              188,000                      no of consultations              100 consultation                    

Administrative costs                  136,000                    Admin Labor Hours          9,000 Labor Hours

Client services                           81,000                      No of clients                         110 clients

The film had two consultation with this clients and required 130 administrative labor hours. What additional costs will be charged to this customer?

 

oppression and liberation in Shakespeare’s The Tempest , Research Paper help

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Write documented essay (research essay) of 7 pages on The Tempest.

You are free to develop your topic; however, your paper should:

  • Pose an interesting research question that is related to the theme of oppression and liberation in Shakespeare’s The Tempest or one of the additional course readings
  • Respond to the question or problem with a contestable thesis (you should be able to imagined disagreement with your claim)
  • Develop reasons in support of your thesis using sources purposefully

You must use five academic sources. Choose from the following options:

  1. Book
  2. Article from JSTOR, Ebsco
  3. General reference work (Encyclopedia Britannica)

Research Process

The purpose of the research paper is to learn how to find, explore, and analyze resources in order to develop and advance an informed opinion in essay format.

You will need to:

1) Identify a topic that interests you about the play or any other work we have read so far

2) Familiarize yourself with your topic

3) Form a research question about your topic

4) Locate appropriate resources that relate to your question

5) Read and analyze your sources

6) Use what you’ve learned to find new sources

7) Read and analyze the new sources

8) Formulate an opinion that takes into account what you’ve learned from your analysis of your sources

9) Write a thesis

10) Develop the thesis finding new sources as new questions arise

11) Write an outline of your essay. Be sure to separate the paragraphs by topics, and figure out which topics will require quotations from and reference to which resources. (Remember, any given resource may be useful in separate paragraphs. The paper should be organized around the topics of your argument not the resources.)

12) Write a paper that supports your informed opinion about the topic and that relies on evidence found among the resources you have gathered to demonstrate your point.

Please Note: An essay is not a book report. To write an effective essay you must take a position and defend it. The key difference here is instead of simply summarizing the resources your research turns up, you will be using it to prove your point.

You are to complete two assignments leading up to the final paper and a final research paper. These assignments are:

Role of the School Counselor in Crisis Management

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Part 2

Based on the readings in this unit, explain the role of the school counselor. Explore the specific responsibilities and discuss how a school counselor collaborates with internal and external stakeholders in crisis intervention, prevention, and management.

Part 3

Now that you have learned about the skillset necessary to support effective crisis intervention, prevention, and emergency management response, evaluate your skills. Identify three skill areas of strength and three areas for growth to prepare you to work as a school counselor in crisis management.

The LC system divides, English homework help

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1 Answer

The LC system divides books into categories, each represented by a

a. category number.

b. letter or letters.

2 Answer:

You can locate a book in a card or electronic catalog by

a. the title, author, or subject.

b. knowing its Dewey decimal or LC classification.

3 Answer:

Rare or oversized books are identified in a card catalog by

a. letters or words above the call number.

b. cross-references.

4 Answer:

Different books of fiction by the same author are organized on a

library’s shelves

a. numerically by call number.

b. alphabetically by title.

5 Answer:

A book’s classification number is found

a. on its cards in the card catalog and on the book’s spine.

b. in the index to books in the library.

6 Answer:

If you wanted to see illustrations showing the extent of the ozone

hole in the Antarctic, in which journal from the Readers’ Guide to

Periodical Literature on Ozone would you look?

Air-traffic emissions. R.A. Egli. bibl f il Environment 33:2-5 n ’91

Antarctic ozone hole hits record depth. il Science 254:373 O 18 ’91

Emergency repair for the ozone hole? research by Ralph J. Cicerone] R.

Monastersky. Science News 140:324 N 23 ’91

NASA expedition seeks answer to ozone decline [Airborne Arctic

Stratospheric expedition 2] B.W. Henderson. il Aviation Week & Space

Technology 135:73 N 11 ’91

Orbiting sensors study threat to ozone layer [Upper Atmosphere

Research Satellite] R. Monastersky. il Science News 140:181 S 21 ’91

The price of ozone erosion. Science News 140:380 D 7 ’91

A priest’s ozone legacy [F. Denza’s 19th century records] Science

News 140:237 O 12 ’91

a. Science News, October 12, 1991 c. Science, October 18, 1991

b. Environment, November 1991 d. Newsweek, December 9, 1991

7 Answer:

On what page will you find F. Denza’s 19th century records?

Air-traffic emissions. R.A. Egli. bibl f il Environment 33:2-5 n ’91

Antarctic ozone hole hits record depth. il Science 254:373 O 18 ’91

Emergency repair for the ozone hole? research by Ralph J. Cicerone] R.

Monastersky. Science News 140:324 N 23 ’91

NASA expedition seeks answer to ozone decline [Airborne Arctic

Stratospheric expedition 2] B.W. Henderson. il Aviation Week & Space

Technology 135:73 N 11 ’91

Orbiting sensors study threat to ozone layer [Upper Atmosphere

Research Satellite] R. Monastersky. il Science News 140:181 S 21 ’91

The price of ozone erosion. Science News 140:380 D 7 ’91

A priest’s ozone legacy [F. Denza’s 19th century records] Science

News 140:237 O 12 ’91

a. 135 c. 140

b. 237 d. 273

8 Answer:

Which article cited includes a bibliography?

Air-traffic emissions. R.A. Egli. bibl f il Environment 33:2-5 n ’91

Antarctic ozone hole hits record depth. il Science 254:373 O 18 ’91

Emergency repair for the ozone hole? research by Ralph J. Cicerone] R.

Monastersky. Science News 140:324 N 23 ’91

NASA expedition seeks answer to ozone decline [Airborne Arctic

Stratospheric expedition 2] B.W. Henderson. il Aviation Week & Space

Technology 135:73 N 11 ’91

Orbiting sensors study threat to ozone layer [Upper Atmosphere

Research Satellite] R. Monastersky. il Science News 140:181 S 21 ’91

The price of ozone erosion. Science News 140:380 D 7 ’91

A priest’s ozone legacy [F. Denza’s 19th century records] Science

News 140:237 O 12 ’91

a. Science 254:373 c. Science News 140:237

b. Aviation Week & Space Technology 135:73 d. Environment 33:2-5

9 Answer:

In which journal would you find an article about aircraft pollution?

Air-traffic emissions. R.A. Egli. bibl f il Environment 33:2-5 n ’91

Antarctic ozone hole hits record depth. il Science 254:373 O 18 ’91

Emergency repair for the ozone hole? research by Ralph J. Cicerone] R.

Monastersky. Science News 140:324 N 23 ’91

NASA expedition seeks answer to ozone decline [Airborne Arctic

Stratospheric expedition 2] B.W. Henderson. il Aviation Week & Space

Technology 135:73 N 11 ’91

Orbiting sensors study threat to ozone layer [Upper Atmosphere

Research Satellite] R. Monastersky. il Science News 140:181 S 21 ’91

The price of ozone erosion. Science News 140:380 D 7 ’91

A priest’s ozone legacy [F. Denza’s 19th century records] Science

News 140:237 O 12 ’91

a. Environment

b. Science

c. Aviation Week & Space Technology

d. Science News

10 Answer:

Select the letter that identifies the index in which you might find

articles about the following topic:

methods used to put out the oil fires in Kuwait

a. Business Periodicals Index

b. General Science Index

c. Magazine Index

d. CBS News Index

11 Answer:

Select the letter that identifies the index in which you might find

articles about the following topic:

transcript of a televised interview with the president

a. Business Periodicals Index

b. General Science Index

c. Magazine Index

d. CBS News Index

12 Answer:

Select the letter that identifies the index in which you might find

articles about the following topic:

magazine biographies of rock stars

a. Business Periodicals Index

b. General Science Index

c. Magazine Index

d. CBS News Index

13 Answer:

Select the letter of the reference that could be used to answer the

following question:

What are the names of the main characters in The Scarlet Letter?

a. Oxford Companion to American Literature

b. Americana Annual

14 Answer:

Select the letter of the reference that could be used to answer the

following question:

What contributions to American culture were made by Edward Hopper, who

lived during the first half of the twentieth century?

a. The World Almanac and Book of Facts

b. Dictionary of American Biography

15 Answer:

Select the letter of the reference that could be used to answer the

following question:

Who governed Estonia from 1900 to 1940?

a. Encyclopaedia Britannica

b. Webster’s New Geographical Dictionary

16 Answer:

Select the letter of the reference that could be used to answer the

following question:

What offices, elected or appointed, were held by John Quincy Adams

before he became president?

a. Dictionary of American Biography

b. Who’s Who in America

Answer 17

Homographs are indicated in a dictionary entry by

a. brackets following the pronunciation of the entry word.

b. a small raised number before or after the entry word.

c. the label “see.”

18 Answer:

The entries in a thesaurus do not contain

a. word origins.

b. multiple synonyms.

c. colloquial usage.

19 Answer:

The etymology in a dictionary entry is important for people who

a. do not know the correct pronunciation of a word.

b. do not know the origin of a word.

c. do not understand slang or colloquial words.

20 Answer:

College dictionaries are abridged dictionaries that are

a. used only by college students.

b. suitable for most general users.

c. excellent sources for scholarly inquiries.

21 Answer:

The label “archaic” indicates that

a. there is more than one way to spell the word.

b. the word is part of a cliche.

c. a meaning is no longer in common usage.

22 Answer:

Select the letter of the specialized dictionary that you would

consult to answer the following question:

When did jazz become a popular form of music?

a. Oxford Dictionary of Quotations

b. Webster’s New Dictionary of Synonyms

c. Dictionary of American Negro Biography

d. Dictionary of Music and Musicians

e. Dictionary of American History

f. The Dictionary of Historic Nicknames

23 Answer:

Select the letter of the specialized dictionary that you would

consult to answer the following question:

What were the major causes of the Civil War?

a. Oxford Dictionary of Quotations

b. Webster’s New Dictionary of Synonyms

c. Dictionary of American Negro Biography

d. Dictionary of Music and Musicians

e. Dictionary of American History

f. The Dictionary of Historic Nicknames

24 Answer:

Select the letter of the specialized dictionary that you would

consult to answer the following question:

Who wrote that “to teach is to learn twice”?

a. Oxford Dictionary of Quotations

b. Webster’s New Dictionary of Synonyms

c. Dictionary of American Negro Biography

d. Dictionary of Music and Musicians

e. Dictionary of American History

f. The Dictionary of Historic Nicknames

25 Answer:

Select the letter of the specialized dictionary that you would

consult to answer the following question:

What is another word for inefficient?

a. Oxford Dictionary of Quotations

b. Webster’s New Dictionary of Synonyms

c. Dictionary of American Negro Biography

d. Dictionary of Music and Musicians

e. Dictionary of American History

f. The Dictionary of Historic Nicknames

26 Answer:

Select the letter of the specialized dictionary that you would

consult to answer the following question:

Which U.S. president was called Old Hickory?

a. Oxford Dictionary of Quotations

b. Webster’s New Dictionary of Synonyms

c. Dictionary of American Negro Biography

d. Dictionary of Music and Musicians

e. Dictionary of American History

f. The Dictionary of Historic Nicknames

27 Answer:

Select the letter of the specialized dictionary that you would

consult to answer the following question:

Where did George Washington Carver receive his education?

a. Oxford Dictionary of Quotations

b. Webster’s New Dictionary of Synonyms

c. Dictionary of American Negro Biography

d. Dictionary of Music and Musicians

e. Dictionary of American History

f. The Dictionary of Historic Nicknames

28 Answer:

Examine the following excerpt from Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate

Dictionary. Identify the synonym of ruminate that has a

cross-reference.

ru�mi�nate ‘ru-me-nat vb -nat�ed; -nat�ing [Lat. ruminatus, pp.

of ruminari to chew the cud, muse upon, fr. rumin-, rumen gullet;

akin to Skt romantha ruminant] vt (1533) 1. to go over in the mind

repeatedly and often casually or slowly 2. to chew repeatedly for

an exteneded period –vi 1. to chew again what has been chewed

slightly and swallowed : chew the cud 2. : to engage in

contemplation : REFLECT

syn see PONDER–ru�mi�na�tion ru-me-‘nat-shen n–ru�mi�na�tive

‘ru-me-nat-iv adj–ru�mi�na�tive�ly

adv–ru�mi�na�tor -nat-er n

a. REFLECT

b. to chew repeatedly

c. 1 to muse

29 Answer:

Examine the following excerpt from Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate

Dictionary. What is the date of the first recorded use in the

English language of the word ruminate?

ru�mi�nate ‘ru-me-nat vb -nat�ed; -nat�ing [Lat. ruminatus, pp.

of ruminari to chew the cud, muse upon, fr. rumin-, rumen gullet;

akin to Skt romantha ruminant] vt (1533) 1. to go over in the mind

repeatedly and often casually or slowly 2. to chew repeatedly for

an exteneded period –vi 1. to chew again what has been chewed

slightly and swallowed : chew the cud 2. : to engage in

contemplation : REFLECT

syn see PONDER–ru�mi�na�tion ru-me-‘nat-shen n–ru�mi�na�tive

‘ru-me-nat-iv adj–ru�mi�na�tive�ly

adv–ru�mi�na�tor -nat-er n

a. 1679

b. 1533

c. 1702

30 Answer:

Examine the following excerpt from Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate

Dictionary. From which language did the word ruminate originate?

ru�mi�nate ‘ru-me-nat vb -nat�ed; -nat�ing [Lat. ruminatus, pp.

of ruminari to chew the cud, muse upon, fr. rumin-, rumen gullet;

akin to Skt romantha ruminant] vt (1533) 1. to go over in the mind

repeatedly and often casually or slowly 2. to chew repeatedly for

an exteneded period –vi 1. to chew again what has been chewed

slightly and swallowed : chew the cud 2. : to engage in

contemplation : REFLECT

syn see PONDER–ru�mi�na�tion ru-me-‘nat-shen n–ru�mi�na�tive

‘ru-me-nat-iv adj–ru�mi�na�tive�ly

adv–ru�mi�na�tor -nat-er n

a. Greek

b. Latin

c. Old English

31 Answer:

The syllable in ruminative that has primary stress is the _____?

ru�mi�nate ‘ru-me-nat vb -nat�ed; -nat�ing [Lat. ruminatus, pp.

of ruminari to chew the cud, muse upon, fr. rumin-, rumen gullet;

akin to Skt romantha ruminant] vt (1533) 1. to go over in the mind

repeatedly and often casually or slowly 2. to chew repeatedly for

an exteneded period –vi 1. to chew again what has been chewed

slightly and swallowed : chew the cud 2. : to engage in

contemplation : REFLECT

syn see PONDER–ru�mi�na�tion ru-me-‘nat-shen n–ru�mi�na�tive

‘ru-me-nat-iv adj–ru�mi�na�tive�ly

adv–ru�mi�na�tor -nat-er n

a. first.

b. second.

c. third.

32 Answer:

Examine the following entry from The New Roget’s Thesaurus of the

English Language in Dictionary Form. Which entry word has two

cross-references?

money clip, n. purse, porte-monnaie (F.), waller, billfold (CONTAINER).

moneyed, adj. well-to-do, well-off, flush (WEALTH).

moneygrubber, n. miser, huckster, mammonist (MONEY).

moneylender, n. money broker, moneymonger, pawnbroker, usurer (DEBT).

mongrel, adj. hybrid, mixed (CLASS).

mongrel, n. dog, mutt (colloq.), cur (ANIMAL); adj. crossbreed,

mixture, hybrid (CROSSING).

moniker (slang), n. designation, handle (slang), appellation (NAME).

a. moneyed

b. moneygrubber

c. mongrel

d. money clip

33 Answer:

Examine the following entry from The New Roget’s Thesaurus of the

English Language in Dictionary Form.

Which synonym for mongrel has a usage label?

money clip, n. purse, porte-monnaie (F.), waller, billfold (CONTAINER).

moneyed, adj. well-to-do, well-off, flush (WEALTH).

moneygrubber, n. miser, huckster, mammonist (MONEY).

moneylender, n. money broker, moneymonger, pawnbroker, usurer (DEBT).

mongrel, adj. hybrid, mixed (CLASS).

mongrel, n. dog, mutt (colloq.), cur (ANIMAL); adj. crossbreed,

mixture, hybrid (CROSSING).

moniker (slang), n. designation, handle (slang), appellation (NAME).

a. dog

b. mutt

c. cur

d. hybrid

34 Answer:

Examine the following entry from The New Roget’s Thesaurus of the

English Language in Dictionary Form.

Which entry lists a synonym in another language?

money clip, n. purse, porte-monnaie (F.), waller, billfold (CONTAINER).

moneyed, adj. well-to-do, well-off, flush (WEALTH).

moneygrubber, n. miser, huckster, mammonist (MONEY).

moneylender, n. money broker, moneymonger, pawnbroker, usurer (DEBT).

mongrel, adj. hybrid, mixed (CLASS).

mongrel, n. dog, mutt (colloq.), cur (ANIMAL); adj. crossbreed,

mixture, hybrid (CROSSING).

moniker (slang), n. designation, handle (slang), appellation (NAME).

a. money clip

b. moneyed

c. moneylender

d. moniker

35 Answer:

Examine the following entry from The New Roget’s Thesaurus of the

English Language in Dictionary Form.

Which term may function as two parts of speech?

money clip, n. purse, porte-monnaie (F.), waller, billfold (CONTAINER).

moneyed, adj. well-to-do, well-off, flush (WEALTH).

moneygrubber, n. miser, huckster, mammonist (MONEY).

moneylender, n. money broker, moneymonger, pawnbroker, usurer (DEBT).

mongrel, adj. hybrid, mixed (CLASS).

mongrel, n. dog, mutt (colloq.), cur (ANIMAL); adj. crossbreed,

mixture, hybrid (CROSSING).

moniker (slang), n. designation, handle (slang), appellation (NAME).

a. moneygrubber

b. moneylender

c. mongrel

d. moniker

Statistics discussion on regression

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A regression analysis is a statistical assessment of the association between two variables, one of which is dependent and the other, independent. The dependent variable is y and the independent variable is x. Regression analysis is used to find the relationships between these variables. Variables within a regression analysis can be negatively correlated or positively correlated.

A situation in which one could model a regression analysis could be the association of hours studied and a grade on a test. The independent variable in this situation is the hours studied, and the dependent variable is the grade on the test because the grade is dependent on hours studied. The amount of hours one studies has a direct impact on a grade on a test. The relationship between hours studied and the grade on the test is positive because the more hours one studies, theoretically, the better their grade should be.

Write about a real-life situation from which one could model a regression. Explain the situation in detail, and specifically, the independent variable and dependent variable.

Your initial posting should be 250-500 words

FIN 30101 Corporate Finance (Project)

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Project#1: Examining the annual report – 3M Company

A manager’s primary goal is to maximize the value of his or her firm’s stock, which is the present value of the firm’s future cash flow stream. A look at the firm’s financial statements helps give some clue as to how a firm generates its cash flows.

Let’s examine Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing (otherwise known as 3M) Company’s financial information, which can be found by accessing 3M’s main front page (http://www.mmm.com) and selecting the Investor Relations link at the bottom of the page. Use data in the financial statements to answer the following questions.

  1. Looking at the firm’s financial statements of year 2015, what is the amount of total assets on 3M’s balance sheet? What percentage is fixed assets, such as plant and equipment, and what percentage is current assets?
  1. Does 3M have a lot of long-term debt? What are the chief ways in which 3M has financed assets?

c. From 3M’s Financial Summary, describe the state of 3M’s costs (relative to sales), operating income, and its profitability ratios.

d. Has 3M’s research and development expenses grown as fast as sales? What does this indicate, should investors be worried?

e. How is the stock price performance over the past 5 years? Discuss one or two stories about the firm’s stock performance.