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Complete the following numbered problems using an Excel spreadsheet.  Each student is responsible for completing their own response to the problems.—1. Consider the cash flows for the following two projects:      n                        A                        B      0                   -$10,000             $7,000      1                    $2,000              -$1,500      2                    $X                    -$2,500      3                    $2,000             -$2,000      4                    $4,000             -$2,000     (a) For project A, find the value of X that makes the equivalent annual receipts equal the equivalent annual disbursement at i=10%     (b) Would you accept project B at i=11% based on AE criterion? 2.  Joey is considering buying a 2016 Audi RS7 costing $108,900 and finds that the retaining values of the vehicle over the next six years are as follows:          Percent of the total value retained after 36 months: 60%          Percent of the total value retained after 72 months: 30%          If his interest rate is 3% compounded annually, what is the ownership cost of the vehicle over 3 years? 6 years? 3. Consider the following investments: Period                                                  Project Cash Flows     n                                   A                      B                      C                   D    0                              $-6,000            $-8,000           $-10,000         $-13,000    1                              $1,000               $5,000              $2,500              $0    2                              $2,000               $2,000              $2,500              $0    3                              $3,000               $1,000              $2,500           $7,000    4                              $4,000               $1,000              $2,500           $14,000      Compute the equivalent annual worth of each project at i=10%, and determine the acceptability of each project. 4. An advertising firm needs to borrow $300,000 from a local bank at an interest rate of 8% over nine years. What is the required equal payment to retire the loan in nine years? 5. Y.I.H.D. Manufacturing just purchased a new machine to speed up production on their assembly line. This machine costs $200,000. Because of the specialized function it performs, its useful life is expected to be five years. At the end of its useful life, its salvage value is estimated to be $30,000. What is the capital cost for this investment if the firm’s interest rate is 10%?—  All of the text in this assignment needs to be set in 10 or 12-point size. Please resist the temptation to mix and match point sizes. If you doubt your applications intentions, just select all of your text and insure that it is in 10 or 12-point size. The right and left side can be set for ½” (0.5) margins. Set the top and bottom margins to one (1”). The only text that ends up on the outside of the one-inch margin is the page number.  Remember to do your spelling and grammar checking before turning your assignments in. When doing the spelling/grammar checking keep in mind that some words such as mush and must, woods and words, or here and cow, will not be caught by either check. To correct these problems, you will need to proofread your work. Any homework that has more than one page needs to have page numbers on it. Please place your page numbers on the bottom of the page. In MS Excel, use the footer selection and place the page number  the   or  of the page. List each problem’s number on the left, placing a blank cell above it.For this assignment,you may state the problem either exactly as it appears in the book or you may summarize the all the values, terms and percentages. This is to help insure that you use the correct values in your calculations.  You will need to break long text up between cells so that you will stay with-in the printing boundaries of the page. Skip one cell and write the word “Given:” Follow that with what is known from the problem. If the problem has multiple parts, place the letter of each part before the “Given”. If the problem has a table, then reproduce the table. Show your work in solving the problemEach problem is tied directly back to a specific area covered in the chapter, if you are having difficulties with a problem, be sure to re-read that section.

For your Final Paper in this course, you will create an annotated bibliography on a topic within your major field of study. This week, you will begin the research process by defining an information need, selecting a topic, and forming a research quesotion for your Final Paper. Choose an interesting topic from an area related to your major or a career that you would like to explore. For instance, if you are majoring in education, you might select a topic related to Common Core State Standards or adaptive technologies for special education classrooms. If you are studying healthcare administration, you may want to learn more about the Affordable Care Act. These options are only examples meant to guide you. The document contains additional research topics you may wish to choose from.As you will learn after watching the video, (), and from reading Module 1 of your textbook, defining your research topic and gathering sources is a multi-step process. Parts 1 and 2 of this assignment reflect these steps. Watch the video below for more information to help you understand this process. Once you have watched the video, carefully follow the process below. Write down ideas you are considering for your topic and begin organizing them (a process called “brainstorming”). Explore the Wikipedia entry and then create your own. During your brainstorming, use the websites , , or another concept mapping tool of your choice to help organize and connect ideas. Look at the Text 2 Mind Map – . This is an example of a concept map on the topic of vegetarianism, a topic you will see as an example throughout the course. Notice the main topic in the center (i.e., vegetarianism), subtopics surrounding it (health benefits, moral reasons, history, economic and environmental benefits), and issues or subdivisions for each subtopic.When creating your own concept map, critically think about your topic. Ask yourself, for example, what you already know about your topic and what else you would like to learn about it.In your concept mapThroughout the process of creating your map, conduct the background research described in the video () to verify you selected a strong research topic.Once you are finished with your concept map, the mapping tool that you chose to use will allow you to save a link to your map. Include this link with Part 2 of this assignment when submitting it through the online classroom. Now it’s time to form your research question. The question you develop should follow a specific trail: topic, subtopic, issue or problem, and question. Complete the to create your research question and to reflect on the process. Save this document to your computer in an easy-to-find location. To complete the document, develop at least three focused research questions that are open-ended and address an issue or solve a problem. Select one question to use for your Final Paper. Explain the process of doing background research and developing a research question. Save your changes as you go. You can use one of the subtopics and a related issue you identified in Part 1. Conducting background research and creating the concept map in Part 1 will help you significantly with this process. Need help downloading the Creating Your Research Question Worksheet to your computer so that you can complete this assignment? Watch .View the to guide you as you complete this assignment.Once you have completed both Part 1 and Part 2, submit the completed Creating Your Research Question Worksheet through the online classroom Assignment Submission button. Be sure that you have included the link to your concept map in the worksheet before submitting.

The normal male to female live birth sex ratio ranges from about 1.03 to 1.07. The sex ratio is defined as the ratio of male births to female births. You might expect boy and girl births to be equally likely, but in fact, baby boys are somewhat more common than baby girls. Higher sex ratios are thought to reflect prenatal sex selection, especially among cultures where sons are prized more heavily than daughters. We will review sex ratios in the United States as a whole, as well as in individual states, to determine whether sex ratios vary significantly among various ethnic and racial groups. To do this analysis, we will utilize natality data for the United States, provided by the Centers for Disease Control. In the first part of the assignment, we will look at sex ratios for your home state, over the time period 1995 to 2002, by race. To obtain this information: We can now process the downloaded data in Excel.    In the second part of this assignment, you will undertake some formal statistical procedures with the natality data. We will repeat the previous steps, with some slight modifications. We have only four racial groups in this dataset: American Indians or Alaska Natives, Asian or Pacific Islanders, Black or African Americans, and Whites. Using the normal approximation to the binomial distribution (without continuity correction), calculate z statistics for assessing whether the proportion of boys is .51 in each of the 4 racial groups, where n is the total number of births in a particular cohort, = .51, = 1 – = .49, and is the number of boy births; . Under the null hypothesis that the proportion of boys should be 0.51, and under the normal approximation to the binomial distribution, the z statistics should have (approximately) standard normal distributions, (mean 0, standard deviation 1). Do any of the z statistics suggest that the proportion of boy births in any particular racial group differs significantly from .51? Comment on your findings in your written report. Describe whether you think your results would change if we hadn’t limited consideration to the first-born.  Assignment  should be at least 250-500 words in APA format supported by scholarly sources. Carefully review the for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignmet

1. The purpose of this paper is for you to demonstrate your ability to apply a working knowledge of the theories, terminology, and concepts of human growth and development. You will discuss your own development over your lifetime and how it relates to the developmental concepts discussed throughout this course. You are to analyze your life as it relates to the keys aspects of human growth and development. What are key developmental times in your life and the influencing factors that led to who you are today? You are to incorporate your empirical studies related to your chosen developmental aspect of your life. Also, use the course readings or presentations to support what you propose about your own development in your paper. Depending on your life and the influences, there may be more attention placed during one period of time. You are encouraged to glean information from your mother about her pregnancy with you to see if there were any notable issues during that time. Remember to include your spiritual development with applicable research. In addition, obtain as much information as you can about any significant events in your early childhood years. How did you do in those key developmental years? Did you approach all developmental milestones with ease, or were there challenges? Since this is a comprehensive paper, you will address your development across your lifespan. Finally, you will conclude your paper with addressing any current lifestyle behaviors that may influence your aging process. You are to address these issues, how they will affect your aging process, and what you plan to do about it. Note: Your conclusion will must offer suggestions for further study. The body of the paper is to be 8–10 pages (excluding the title page, abstract, and reference page). This assignment is to be completed adhering strictly to current APA format.  You must include at least 8–10 peer-reviewed, relevant sources in your paper (at least 7 of the sources must be at least 7articles). The sources must be less than 10 years old unless that citation is linked to an author whose work is seminal to your topic.

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Each student will write a paper for this course building on the basic understanding of the way theology is done. This paper will select a particular current issue that the student believes is in some way related to religious beliefs. The aim of the paper, which is to be 5 pages typed, double spaced, is to explore the way religious beliefs are applied to real issues in order to provide the believer a way of acting in the world. The structure for the paper will follow a pattern which:

Identifies and describes an important current issue giving as much detail about the basic questions that all people face in dealing with an issue as possible (e.g., any of the current issues that have been discussed in class and are the focus of any of our readings such as religious pluralism, the environment or violence).

Asks which basic religious beliefs are connected to and inform a believer’s views on the issue described.

Describes what historical ideas and practices (meaning the range of views Christians have had on any particular belief) from the religious tradition apply in particular to the way the believer forms their views on the issue.

And offers the student’s personal point of view (not what your opinion is of the issue but rather what you think of what the authors have said about Christian belief) on a religious perspective which is defended by applying the fundamental beliefs you have discussed above.

Ample time during the course will be given to explore examples of what the student is asked to do in this paper so that working models should be plentiful to help the student respond to each of these points in their paper. Remember that the focus of the paper is not the issue you have selected but rather the Christian viewpoint you have put together. The paper is due on the date listed in the class schedule of the course syllabus.

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THE CHRISTIAN BIBLE (Old and New Testaments) ISBN: 0060655275
Chopp, Rebecca and Mark Taylor. Reconstructing Christian Theology ISBN:0800626966
Hanson, Bradley. Introducion to Christian Theology. ISBN:0800629841
Moore, James. Toward A Dialogical Community. ISBN: 0761828362

As you are reviewing the growth of your selected company, you are noticing how diversity and sexual harassment issues are impacting the overall company culture. You want to make sure that your friend is not vulnerable to any legal issues that could jeopardize the survivability of the company. You realize that you may need to start implementing a few policies now instead of waiting until the HR department has been fully materialized. You will also need to communicate the policies to the managers, staff and employees of your selected company. Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you:1. Create a diversity policy for your selected company to mitigate discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, etc. and to promote a diverse workplace. Note: Use the following samples as guidance.: Review the  : Review the , or use a sample policy from a company you are familiar with as guidance.2. Create a sexual harassment policy for your selected company to address a sexual harassment complaint. Cover both quid pro quo and hostile work environment types of harassment in your policy.:  Review “” Review the , located at , or use a sample policy from a company you are familiar with as guidance. Review the article titled “”3. Use the  to develop a training plan to communicate one (1) of the policies you created (the diversity policy or the sexual harassment policy) to the company’s managers, staff and employees.: The completed Training Plan should be incorporated into the paper and is counted towards the total page length requirement for this assignment.: Review the article titled “” 4. Use at least four (4) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia does not qualify as an academic resource.5. Format your assignment according to these formatting requirements:The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following .

Due Week 5 and worth 200 pointsAs you are reviewing the growth of your selected company, you are noticing how diversity and sexual harassment issues are impacting the overall company culture. You want to make sure that your friend is not vulnerable to any legal issues that could jeopardize the survivability of the company. You realize that you may need to start implementing a few policies now instead of waiting until the HR department has been fully materialized. You will also need to communicate the policies to the managers, staff and employees of your selected company. Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you:1. Create a diversity policy for your selected company to mitigate discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, etc. and to promote a diverse workplace. Note: Use the following samples as guidance.: Review the  : Review the , or use a sample policy from a company you are familiar with as guidance.2. Create a sexual harassment policy for your selected company to address a sexual harassment complaint. Cover both quid pro quo and hostile work environment types of harassment in your policy.:  Review “” Review the , located at , or use a sample policy from a company you are familiar with as guidance. Review the article titled “”3. Use the  to develop a training plan to communicate one (1) of the policies you created (the diversity policy or the sexual harassment policy) to the company’s managers, staff and employees.: The completed Training Plan should be incorporated into the paper and is counted towards the total page length requirement for this assignment.: Review the article titled “” 4. Use at least four (4) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia does not qualify as an academic resource.5. Format your assignment according to these formatting requirements:The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following .

 Aggregate Planning at In-Line IndustriesIn-Line Industries (ILI) produces recreational in-line skates. Demand is seasonal, peaking in the summer months. ILI has forecasted the following demand in pairs of skates for their most popular line of skates for the next 8 months:  Month        Demand (pairs)March         900April           1500May            2500June           3000July            1400August       1000September   600October       400  The company will have 500 units in inventory at the beginning of March and would like to have 1000 units in inventory at the end of October in anticipation of increased demand during the holiday season. There are currently 6 employees, each of whom can produce 220 units a month in regular time. The cost of hiring an employee is $1200 and the cost of firing an employee is $600. Labor cost per unit is $15 if produced in regular time and $20 if produced in overtime. The inventory holding cost is $2 per unit/month. Backorders are assumed to have a cost of $10 per unit/month.  Jack Stoner, the production manager, heard about “level” and “chase” aggregate plans and would like to know which would be more appropriate in this case for the next 8 months.  Assume that you have been hired as a consultant and that your job is to respond to Jack’s questions by developing the two plans he heard about and reporting to him in a memo the results of your analysis. Which plan would you recommend? Make sure to include in your analysis, in addition to cost, non-financial considerations such as customer service and other qualitative operational considerations.  The memo should not exceed 3 pages including any displays. The write-up will be evaluated on both the analysis and the presentation. Part 2: Assume that Jack is also interested to know whether there is a production plan that would cost less than either the level or the chase plan. If you can find such a plan, include it in your report (you may use an additional page).

PART 1:the control process is essential to the achievement of goals. It allows a business to track their progress, make adjustments, and stay on schedule for what they’re trying to achieve. Your chosen goal from the strategic management project needs these same types of controls. This course project assignment will task you with creating a detailed control process for that goal. Think through all of the departments that might be involved in the completion of the goals and how they’ll need to be tracked. The course content from this week can be very useful in providing details on strategies and ideas for control processes. Some additional research will also prove useful. This assignment should be As an example, if my goal is to “decrease the amount of defective parts made on my assembly line by 5%”, I could control it through regular maintenance checks (feed forward), thorough employee training on the machines (feed forward), and a software system that monitors production while it’s happening and can print off detailed reports after work is completed (concurrent and feedback). You will need to go into much more detail on the structure, process, and purpose of your control methods, but this should give you a good idea of how to complete this assignment. Really think through how you’ll keep up to speed with company progress on your strategic management goal.PART 2:Create an EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, This should be the first page in the final version of your plan. It’s meant to be something that an executive could quickly read in order to get a basic understanding of the overall strategic management plan. Due to its purpose, the executive summary should be a thorough and concise summary clearly depicting the content of the plan. Give an overview of the goal you’re trying to accomplish, any major findings in your research, the reasoning behind the goal, and any major obstacles you foresee. It should be treated as a document ready to be turned into an executive director, board of advisors, investor, etc. Therefore, format and style (presentation) is very important.

As part of the academic rigor in this course, you will be expected to write a 14 page paper (page count not including cover page, references, etc) The purpose of the paper is for you to be able to explore a topic of interest to you from a sociological perspective. To do so, you must accomplish the following:* Clearly state your thesis/research question and how it is significant to the study of society       – discussion of each article should include noting how the article addresses/answers your research question; the article’s main research question/thesis; primary theoretical perspective used; sample size and composition; methodology  and analysis used; brief summary of findings       – the best discussion will be formatted by themes comparing and contrasting articles (i.e. phrasing of question, methodology used, measurement of variables, size and composition of sample, findings, etc.)* Be sure key concepts in your paper are defined (conceptual and operational definitions) and cited using sources such as past sociology texts and peer-reviewed articles* Employ appropriate use of APA format in-text citations and references1. The paper begins with a clear thesis statement that is well articulated in the first or second paragraph3. The paper is well structured and synthesizes the material appropriately. Rather than summarize each of the readings referenced, the paper identifies common themes or divergent findings that must be taken into account in making a logical argument in support of the thesis statement.4. The concluding paragraph summarizes the focus of the paper and identifies the implications for the study of society.5. Well written, proper grammar, proper referencing, spelling, and punctuationWriting: Your written assignments will be graded not only for content but for logic, clarity, and mechanics. Remember to proofread your work carefully. When assignments are returned, take note of any corrections or recommendations, and incorporate these into later writings.1. Papers should have clear introductory and concluding paragraphs.2. Avoid moral evaluations.3. Avoid claims that you cannot back up. Only state something as a fact if you have supporting evidence, or you can cite someone reputable who does, or it is something trulyself-evident (e.g., a misstep while crossing the street can result in injury).4. Use the thesaurus sparingly. So-called synonyms are rarely truly synonymous, and youshould never use a thesaurus in an attempt to create the impression that your vocabularyis larger than it actually is.5. Use in-text citations of the format (Gibson, 2004) or (Gibson, 2004, p. 12) and then provide full bibliographic information at the end of the paper.6. Quote written sources sparingly, but strategically.7. Avoid vacuous statements. An example: “Theorists such as Blau illuminate the social world by theorizing phenomena contained therein.”  Papers should be typed, include a title page, page numbers, and a reference page. You should double-space your papers, use 1” margins, and 11pt. Arial or Times New Roman font. You should carefully check your papers for spelling and grammar. You should use sub-headings throughout the paper.  You will use in-text citations in the American Psychology Association (APA) style. You may find more information at