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The following information is available on market interest rates: The risk-free rate of interest 2% Inflation premium 1% Default risk premium 3% Liquidity premium 2% Maturity risk premium 1% What is the market rate of interest on a 1-year U.S. Treasury bill?

The two basic types of merchandise presentation are:

A widely used approach that managers use to recognize uncertainty about individual items and to obtain an immediate financial estimate of the consequences of possible prediction errors is

A major benefit of the loop layout is that it:

The retailing practice of appealing to sight, sound, smell, and touch is called _____ marketing.

We surveyed 19 households in a neighborhood and asked the number of pets in each household. The data is as follows: 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 7 (a) Fill in the frequency table below.  Keep answers as a fraction as needed. Data Frequency Relative Frequency 0 [1] [2] 1 [3] [4] 2 [5] [6] 3 [7] [8] 4 [9] [10] 5 [11] [12] 6 [13] [14] 7 [15] [16] (b) What is my sample mean rounded to 2 decimals? You may use your calculator. State the calculator buttons used. [mean] (c) What is my sample standard deviation rounded to 2 decimals? You may use your calculator. State the calculator buttons used. [stdev] (d) Construct a max/ min box plot on your scratch paper. 

The length of planarian flatworms found on the riverbanks of the Ohio River follows a uniform distribution that ranges between 12 and 23 millimeters. (a) What is the probability the length was greater than 20 millimeters? [1] (b) Sketch a graph of this distribution on your scratch paper. Did you do this? [yes] (c) State the mean. [mean] (d) Find the . [prob]  

The dog food company claims that the mean weight of a bag of food is 30 pounds.  A sample of 36 bags of food found the sample mean to be 29.6 pounds with a standard deviation of 0.5 pounds. We want to test if the dog food bags actually weigh less than 30 pounds. Conduct a hypothesis test at the 0.05 significance level. (a) State the null and alternative hypothesis on your scratch paper. (b) Using your calculator find the test statistic. Round to 1 decimal places. [teststat] (c) State the p-value. [c] enter exactly what your calc outputs.  (d) Do you reject the null hypothesis or fail to reject the null hypothesis? [d]      Why? State on your scratch paper.  (e) Interpret your decision. State on your scratch paper.   

7 people were surveyed. The following chart represents the number of books read and candy bars consumed by each person during the spring semester.  Number of books read Candy bars consumed 3 9 5 1 2 7 3 6 4 5 5 4 1 10 (a) Sketch a scatterplot on your scratch paper. A rough sketch is fine, showing the basic shape. Did you do this? [check] (b) Calculate the best fit line. Round to two decimal places.

40% of workers have taken their vacation time by July. Suppose 75 workers are selected at random. Show your calculator steps on parts b and c on your scratch paper. (a) What is the expected number of workers that have taken their vacation time by July? [mean] (b) Find the probability that exactly 28 workers have taken their vacation time by July. Round to three decimal places. [28] (c) Find the probability that at most 35 workers have taken their vacation time by July. Round to three decimal places. [35]