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ECON20003 Quantitative Methods Welfare of the Citizens of Northland

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ECON20003 Quantitative Methods 2
Second Semester, 2017
Assignment 1
Due date and time:  Monday 21 August, 4:00PM
Please read the following instructions carefully before working on the assignment.
We cannot accept assignments where the instructions have not been followed.
 This assignment must be submitted online via the LMS by 4:00 PM on Monday August 21.
Any assignment not submitted by this due date and time will be given a mark of zero. This
assignment is worth 5% of the final grade for QM2.
 A group of two students (but no more than two students) may work together and submit
one set of assignment answers for the group. Both members of the group must be enrolled
in the same tutorial. Individuals may work alone if they wish, and submit their own
assignment answers, but I urge students to work in pairs.
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1. Registering your assignment group, and
2. Submitting the assignment online via the LMS.
To register your group, go to the link on the LMS and follow the instructions.
The deadline for registering your group is 5:00 PM on Tuesday 15 August.
Students making an individual submission do not have to register: single‐member groups
are created automatically after group registration has closed. If a pair fails to register their
group before the deadline for group registration, both students will need to make an
individual submission.
A separate link will be given to submit your assignment on 16 August, after the assignment
group registration process is completed.
 For assignments submitted as a group, both group members will receive the same mark for
the assignment. Students should form their own groups. No credit can be given for group
assignments where members of the group do not come from the same tutorial, or where
there are more than two students in a group.
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via the LMS. Students must preview their assignment after uploading on the LMS to ensure
they have uploaded the correct/complete assignment, and the formatting is in order as in
their original document. Submissions that are late because of formatting issues, or because
a version is incomplete, will not be accepted.
 Please make sure to include a cover page with student IDs and names of both group
members.
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The World Bank is comparing the welfare of the citizens of Northland (NTH) with those of
Southland (STH). Of interest is their level of income, income inequality, poverty, and
happiness.
Random samples of 200 citizens of Northland and 100 citizens of Southland were taken. Data
from these samples is stored in the file assmt1.wf1. The variables in this file are:
INC_NTH Incomes of the sampled Northland citizens in thousands of dollars.
INC_STH Incomes of the sampled Southland citizens in thousands of dollars.
POV_NTH = 1 if a sampled individual in Northland is considered poor, otherwise 0.
POV_STH = 1 if a sampled individual in Southland is considered poor, otherwise 0.
HAP_NTH and HAP_STH are indicators of how happy each individual is in Northland
and Southland, respectively, according to the following scale.
Very unhappy 1
Unhappy 2
OK 3
Happy 4
Very happy 5
Wherever possible, EViews can be used to answer the following questions.
Question 1 (21 marks)
This question is concerned with using the variances of incomes from each country to compare
income inequality.
Is there evidence that the variances of income in the two countries are different? In your
answer:
(a) Specify suitable null and alternative hypotheses and define your notation.
(6 marks)
(b) Define a test statistic and specify its distribution assuming the null hypothesis is true.
(6 marks)
(c) Give the critical value(s) for a 5% significance level. (3 marks)
(d) Find the value of the test statistic. (3 marks)
(e) State your conclusion. (3 marks)
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Question 2 (16 marks)
In this question we investigate whether mean income is greater in Northland than it is in
Southland.
(a) Specify suitable null and alternative hypotheses and define your notation. (8 marks)
(b) Assuming that the variances of the incomes in Northland and Southland are the
same, find the p-value for a test designed to test the hypotheses in part (a).
(4 marks)
(c) At a 10% significance level, do you conclude that mean income in Northland is
greater than mean income in Southland? (4 marks)
Question 3 (16 marks)
In this question we investigate the degree of poverty in each of the two countries.
(a) Find estimates of the proportions of individuals who live in poverty in each of the
two countries. (4 marks)
(b) Find estimates of the variances of the sample proportions found in (a). (4 marks)
(c) Find an estimate of the variance of the difference between the two sample
proportions found in (a). (4 marks)
(d) Find an estimate of the variance of the difference between the two sample
proportions found in (a) assuming that the two population proportions of those living
in poverty in the two countries are equal. (4 marks)
Question 4 (17 marks)
In this question we investigate whether the citizens of Northland and Southland are equally
happy.
(a) What is the value of the test statistic Z for testing whether the citizens of Northland
and those of Southland are equally happy? (4 marks)
(b) The test statistic in part (a) has 3 components. Let’s call them a, b and c such that
a b Z
c
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Find a, b and c. (9 marks)
(c) Would you conclude that the citizens of Northland and Southland are equally happy?
(4 marks)

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Program Development in Adult Education

Program Development in Adult Education
Everything is ran through plagiarism checker for the teacher so I need all original work. This is three different assignments. All one price.
Due#1:
Scenario: You have just started a new role as a Program Manager in a learning and development department. As you start to review the existing training manuals, you realize that an evaluation has never been done on any of the training. Choose a training program that you know well from your work experience. Create an evaluation model or rubric to assess the training program. Consider the Kirkpatrick evaluation model and other evaluation methodologies introduced in this week’s readings. Note: Refer to Ch. 28 through 32 of the ASTD Handbook for Workplace Learning Professionalsin this week’s Electronic Reserve Readings for help with this assignment. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit the assignment. ——————————- Due#2:
Research trends in the education or training marketplace in your industry. Create a 3- to 4-slide presentation of your plan that includes the following: • The top four training trends in your industry • Goals, objectives, and strategies that will prepare your organization to proactively address these trends. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.
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Due#3:
Signature Assignment: Training Program Plan*
The Training Program Plan project provides you with the opportunity to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to develop a training program that leads to a positive impact on adult learning. You will design and create a training program plan that includes the following components:
• Needs or gap analysis • Training program description • Budget • Stakeholders and goals • Training promotional materials • Program evaluation
Part I – Needs or Gap Analysis
It is recommended that you begin this section of the Training Program Plan in Week 1.
Analyze your identified educational need in your workplace organization by completing a needs or gap analysis. Use a survey or questionnaire, or conduct a focus group to determine needs or gaps.
Write a 350- to 700-word analysis of the educational needs at the organization. Include evidence from your survey, questionnaire, or focus group to support your analysis, and explain how a training program will support a positive impact on adult learning.
Part II – Training Program Description
It is recommended that you begin this section of the Training Program Plan in Week 2.
Based on the needs/gap analysis, describe the training program that you will be designing for your workplace organization:
• Define the scope of the training program. • Describe the intended audience. • Define the program goals. • Define the program objectives.
Write a 350-word introduction to the training program explaining how it will produce a positive impact on adult learning.
Format the paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Part III – Budget
It is recommended that you begin this section of the Training Program Plan in Week 3.
Create a budget for the training program you are designing for your workplace organization based on the scope, audience, goals, and objectives described in Part II.
Include cost estimates for all the following categories in your budget.
• Personnel • External staff (e.g., consultants) • Materials or Equipment • Technical support • Travel • Facilities
Part IV – Stakeholders and Goals
It is recommended that you begin this section of the Training Program Plan in Week 4.
Using the program goals you identified in Part II, create a list of stakeholders aligned to each goal.
Explain the role of each stakeholder in the training program and how you intend to gain their support to produce a positive impact on adult learning for the training program.
Part V – Training Promotional Materials
It is recommended that you begin this section of the Training Program Plan in Week 5.
Create promotional materials for the training program you are developing for your workplace organization. Include the following in your promotional materials:
• A marketing message that includes a logo, slogan, and fact sheet • Benefits of the training program, including instructional practices to produce a positive impact on adult learning • An explanation of how you will communicate and distribute the promotional materials in your organization
Part VI – Program Evaluation
It is recommended that you begin this section of the Training Program Plan in Week 5.
Create an evaluation for your training program. Include qualitative and quantitative items in your evaluation. Consider using a survey, questionnaire, etc.
Part VII – Implementation
This activity will be delivered in Week 6.
Design a 10- to 15-minute activity based on a training program goal and aligned objective(s). Access the Technology Resources Library to select a presentation tool.
Present the activity in a medium of your choice to the class.

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"System Documentation"

Please respond to the following: Ray and Jason have just finished developing the documentation for a system your team recently completed. Ray insists that the documentation should be printed in booklet format and included with the system. Jason insists that paper manuals are outdated and that the documentation should only be distributed electronically via DVD. Compare and contrast the use of online documentation and paper documentation. Then, make a decision about what documentation you will provide with your system and explain it to Ray and Jason. Debate whether or not to give credit to authors and designers of training manuals. Support your argument.
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partnership‘s tax

.The IRC restricts the choices for a partnership‘s tax year to prevent the deferral of tax. This causes most partnerships to adopt a calendar year for tax reporting. From the e-Activity, create a scenario using a fiscal tax year which allows a partnership to defer taxes that meet the requirements of Sections 706 and 444 of the IRC.
As discussed in the textbook, large accounting firms and other professional firms operate as limited liability partnerships (LLPs). Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of a LLP form of business and a C-Corporation..Suggest the major reasons why a new entity would choose an LLP over a traditional partnership or a C-Corporation..

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corporate structure and business entities

Watch the short video on basic corporate structure and business entities. The video helps explain some of the legal nuances of a corporation and compares the corporation to other types of business entities discussed in the text. Understanding Corporate Structure (1:07) https://blackboard.strayer.edu/bbcswebdav/pid-61255151-dt-message-rid-108131344_4/institution/LEG/100/1158/Week7/Week%207%20Discussion%202.htmlhttp://www.investopedia.com/video/play/corporate-structure/ A friend has asked you to help her decide how to protect her soon-to-be-opened bakery from liability, while still maintaining a business structure that fits her needs. Compare and contrast two (2) different possible business entities that would be suitable for her and explain why. Be sure to support your response with legal reasoning.vv
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"The Relationship Between Language and Thinking"

“The Relationship Between Language and Thinking” Please respond to the following:
Consider the following quote by the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, who believed that thought without language was impossible: “The limits of my language are the limits of my life.” For more information on Wittgenstein and his analysis on the primacy of language, watch the video “Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889 – 1951) The Limits of Language”, located at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgW_PFl-Xs4. Next, examine whether or not it is possible to think without using language. If you believe it is possible, describe the primary ways in which a person might enact so-called “languageless” thinking. If you believe it is not possible, describe what you foresee as major problems with language less thinking

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Discussion Article

Review the article/video below, which sets the stage for your discussion response. Did Target ignore data breach warnings? (2:55) http://www.cbsnews.com/news/target-ignored-systems-hacking-warnings-report-says/ Based on the video, did the company presented in the video allow a breach of security based on the laws and ideas discussed in the text? Why or why not? What was done to help remedy the situation, and was it enough based on the legal standard? What legal steps should the company take (or should the company have taken) to avoid personal identity or information from being compromised? Be sure to support your response.