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*************Week-1 *************************** BUS 3059 Week-1 Assignment-3- Research Process Research Process A company is considering creating and selling a new soda. Create a report explaining the research process that should be used by the company to make this decision. Your report should answer the following questions: What is the research question? What’s the proposed research? How would you design the research project? What data would you collect and how would you prepare that data? How would you analyze and interpret the data? How would you report the results? Submit your report in a three- to four-page Microsoft Word document.   Assignment 5: Final Project Part I Research and identify a publicly-traded company that is a leader in its industry. Using the six stage research process, explain how you decided on that company. Review and critique at least 10 of the company’s financial ratios over the past five years and compare these to the relevant industry averages. Submit your answers in a two- to three-page Microsoft Word document. Submit the financial ratio analysis in a Microsoft Excel sheet. Company: Amazon   ****************Week-2 *************************** BUS 3059 Week-2 Assignment-2 Survey Analysis A company’s cereal is not selling well. Create a 10–15-question survey that measures customers’ preferences for the company’s cereal product. Then, answer the following questions: How many scale items will you put in the survey? Justify your answer. Will you use multiple-choice questions? Why or why not? How many scale items will you use in the survey? Why did you select that number of scale items? How many scale points will you use in the survey? Justify your answer. What data type will be used in the survey? Justify your answer.   BUS 3059 Week2 Assignment-3  Questionnaire Assume that you sell cars. You are attempting to measure how customers perceive the quality of the cars that you sell. Create three survey questions with simple category scales. Justify why you selected those questions and scales. Create three survey questions with multiple-choice, single-response scales. Justify why you selected those questions and scales. Create three survey questions with multiple-choice, multiple-response scales. Justify why you selected those questions and scales. Create three survey questions with Likert scale summated ratings. Justify why you selected those questions and scales.   BUS 3059 Week2 Assignment-4 Final Project part-II Based on the company that you selected in Week 1, create a 10-question scale including, but not limited to, the following areas: Company’s goods/services compared to its competitors Financial performance relative to its competitors Geographical location Chief executive officer’s (CEO’s) tenure Number of employees Industry Complete the survey assuming the role of an outside company analyst. Justify why you asked the questions that you did and why you answered the survey as you did. Submit your answers in a four- to five-page Microsoft Word document.     ****************Week-3 *************************** BUS 3059 Week-3 Assignment-1  Discussion Question 1 Discussion Question 1 It’s important for a researcher to conduct an accurate test of data. How does a parametric test differ from a nonparametric test? How does a null hypothesis compare with the alternative hypothesis? How does a Type I error differ from a Type II error? How does an acceptance region compare with a rejection region? How does a one-tailed test differ from a two-tailed test? BUS 3059 Week-3 Assignment-1 Discussion Question 3 Discussion Question 3 What is the test procedure for a two-tailed test? What are the various formats of hypotheses? Name and describe the various test statistics for the following situations: known variance, unknown variance (assumed equal), and unknown variances (assumed unequal).   BUS 3059 Week-3 Assignment -2 Hypothesis Testing Calculate the return on equity (ROE) for a sample of 20 banks for the year before the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was enacted. For the same sample of banks, calculate the ROE for the year following the enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Then, answer the following questions: Was the average bank’s ROE lower following the enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act than before the act? If so, why do you think that was the case? What’s the null hypothesis for this hypothesis test? What’s the alternative hypothesis for this hypothesis test? Choose at least three different significant levels to conduct the hypothesis test. Is it possible that a Type I error occurred with the hypothesis test? Why or why not? Is it possible that a Type II error occurred? Why or why not?   BUS 3059 Week-3 Assignment 3 Additional Hypothesis Testing Locate 15 publicly traded retail firms. Consider searching for these retail firms using the following keywords: retail firms, retailers, and publicly traded companies. Calculate the current ratio for each of the firms. Then, answer the following questions: Is the average current ratio for the sample of 15 firms greater than 2.0? What’s the null hypothesis for this hypothesis test? What’s the alternative hypothesis for this hypothesis test? Choose at least three different significance levels to conduct the hypothesis test. Is it possible that a Type I error occurred with the hypothesis test? Why or why not? Is it possible that a Type II error occurred? Why or why not? Submit your answers in a three- to four-page Microsoft Word document.   BUS 3059 Week-3 Assignment-4 Hypothesis testing- Amazon Based on the company that you selected in Week 1, compute the company’s daily stock returns over the past year. The null hypothesis is that the stock’s daily return over the past year is equal to 0 percent. The alternative hypothesis is that the stock’s daily return over the past year is not equal to 0 percent. Make a decision on whether or not the stock’s daily return over the past year is equal to 0 percent and report your findings. Explain the steps you conducted in completing this assignment. Submit all your answers in a two- to three-page Microsoft Word document and the computations for the hypothesis test in a Microsoft Excel sheet.   ****************Week-4 *************************** BUS 3059 Week-4 Assignment-2 Scatter Plot Assignment 2: Correlation Analysis For the period 1995 through 2008, obtain data on the average annual returns for U.S. stocks (represented by the S&P 500 Index) and long-term U.S. Treasury bonds. You can search this data from the Internet. Create a scatter plot of the average returns for U.S. stocks (represented by the S&P 500 Index) and long-term U.S. Treasury bonds. Compute the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient (sample correlation coefficient) between these sets of returns. Interpret the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient. Test the hypothesis that the null hypothesis is that rho (the population correlation coefficient) equals zero. What does the test statistic equal? Is the null hypothesis rejected? Submit your answers in a two- to three-page Microsoft Word document and the scatter plot in a Microsoft Excel sheet.     BUS 3059 Week-4 Assignment 3 Multiple Regression Analysis Assignment 3: Multiple Regression Analysis  You have been assigned the task of creating a multiple regression equation of at least three variables that explains Microsoft’s annual sales. Consider using a time series of data of at least 10 years. You can search for this data using the Internet. Before running the regression, predict what sign each variable will be and explain why you make that prediction. After running the regression, interpret the regression. Does the regression fit the data well? Does each predictor play a significant role in explaining the significance of the regression? Are some predictors not useful? If so, did you consider removing those and rerunning the regression? Are the predictors related too significantly to one another? Submit your answers in a three- to four-page Microsoft Word document.     BUS 3059 Week-4 Assignment 4  Final Project Part IV – AMAZON Assignment 4: Final Project Part IV Based on the company you selected in Week 1, conduct a linear regression to compute the stock’s beta over the past year, relative to the S&P 500 Index. Explain the steps you conducted in completing this assignment.   Is beta an accurate measure of risk? Why or why not? Is the Fama-French model a better model in explaining securities’ returns? Why or why not? Submit your answers in a three- to five-page Microsoft Word document and a Microsoft Excel sheet.     ****************Week-5 *************************** BUS 3059 Week-5 Assignment-1 Discussion Question Discussion-1 How does an additive model compare with a multiplicative model? Regarding a time series, how does a cycle compare to a seasonal effect? What are the various phases of a business cycle? Which part of the business cycle is the U.S. economy currently in? What types of businesses face seasonal cycles? Name at least two. Discussion Question 3 How can trendless data be evaluated? How does a trailing-moving average compare to a centered-moving average? When should exponential smoothing be used for data? Explain with an example. In exponential smoothing, what type of smoothing constant should be chosen for little smoothing compared with moderate smoothing?   BUS 3059 Week-5 Assignment 2 Moving Average Obtain daily price data over the past five years for three different stocks. Data can be obtained from the Internet by using the following keywords: stock price data, return data, company data, and stock returns. Create trend-moving averages with the following values for m: 10, 100, and 200. Graph the data with Microsoft Excel. Create centered-moving averages with the following values for m: 10, 100, and 200. Graph the data with Microsoft Excel. How do the moving averages for the same values of m compare between a trend-moving average and a centered-moving average? Explain how these moving averages can assist a stock analyst in determining the stocks’ price direction.     BUS 3059 Week-5 Assignment-3 – Trend Model Assignment 3: Trend Models Obtain Home Depot’s annual sales for the past 10 years. You can obtain this data from the Internet. Create a linear trend model of that data. Calculate the coefficient of determination. Interpret the coefficient of determination. Forecast Home Depot’s annual sales for next year. Would an exponential model be a better model to use here than a linear trend model? Why or why not? Submit your answers in a two- to three-page Microsoft Word document and a Microsoft Excel sheet.   BUS 3059 Week-5 Assignment 4 Final Project Part V- AMAZON Final Project Scenario Based on the company that you selected in Week 1, forecast the company’s sales, earnings, and cash flows each year for the next five years. Justify your results and explain which models you used to make the forecasts. Submit your answers in a two- to three-page Microsoft Word document and a Microsoft Excel sheet.     ****************Week-6 *************************** BUS 3059 Week-6 Assignment 1 Discussion Questions Discussion Question 1 What are the six stages in the research process? Which stage is the most difficult to complete? Why? Which stage is the most important? Why? How important is it to have accurate data? Justify your answers using examples and reasoning. Discussion Question 3 It’s important to create a high-quality final report. However, there are budgeting constraints that companies face. There may be valuable data available to conduct a study; however, the data may be extremely expensive. Provide an example of how a company can legally still conduct a viable research study even though its budget for a particular project is reduced. What changes would you make to conduct a viable research study? Would you select a reduced sample size for the research study? Would you utilize less expensive software for the research study? Would you delay the research study until you are provided with a larger budget? Justify your answers using examples and reasoning.   BUS 3059 Week-6 Assignment 2 Correlation Analysis of Wal-Mart vs. Sears Assignment 2: Correlation Analysis of Wal-Mart vs. Sears Using Microsoft Excel, create a correlation analysis of Wal-Mart’s annual net income over the past 10 years compared with Sears’s annual net income over the past 10 years and interpret the results. Do both companies’ net incomes fall during a recession? Using Microsoft Excel, create a multiple regression equation that explains Wal-Mart’s annual net income and interpret the results. Using Microsoft Excel, create a multiple regression equation that explains Sears’s annual net income and interpret the results. Submit your answers in a two- to three-page Microsoft Word document and a Microsoft Excel sheet.   BUS 3059 Week-6 Assignment 3 Final Project Part VI Final Project Wrap-Up and Submission By the end of this week, you should assemble all the documents you have created for the course and compile them into a portfolio. Add a cover page and a one-page summary of all the write-ups you have done on the project over the six weeks. Compile the final projects from Weeks 1 to 6 in a Microsoft Word document.

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