Full Question:
Edwin is the HR manager at a customer care unit with approximately 1,000 employees. He wants to statistically analyze the service data to make the recruitment process more effective by identifying desirable and undesirable qualities of employees. Edwin observes a high positive correlation between the employees' ability to adapt and the turnaround time. However, he decides to avoid using this criterion when recruiting employees. Which of the following, if true, would MOST strengthen this decision to avoid the criterion
A) The statistical significance of the correlation was found to be sixty percent.
B) Another trait, honesty, had a higher correlation coefficient than employees' ability to adapt.
C) The sample size used by Edwin was significantly larger than what was required.
D) Multiple regressions were observed among the variables used for the analysis.
Answer:
The correct answer here is A)
Explanation:
The key to decision making using statistical research is <em>Statistical Significance. </em>This means that a statistically significant observation is probably true. In this case, the statistical significance of his findings is 60%.
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Answer:
See the explanation section
Explanation:
Organizations calculate various costs with the help of the weighted average cost of capital. It is a significant cost measurement system through which organizations can calculate the cost of debt after tax, cost of new equities, cost of existing equities, and cost of preferred shares. WACC can be a benchmark for the organization. A firm needs to know those costs because it can make sure that whether those projects are running smoothly to continue or running worse to reject.
Another significant cost measurement method is the net present value. With the help of NPV, a business can make sure about a project to accept it or reject it.
Answer:
we can look at this problem from 2 different point of views:
if you have francs and wish to buy pounds: then you take 12 francs and purchase 1 ounce of gold, and then you sell it for 6 pounds. This way you will only spend 2 francs per each pound instead of 2.2.
if you have pounds and want to make a gain: you take 6 pounds and purchase 13.2 francs and you then buy 1.1 ounces of gold. Then you sell the 1.1 ounces of gold in exchange for 6.6 pounds.
Any of the scenarios does not include any transaction prices nor shipping costs, it is only theoretical.
Answer:
The un levered beta ( bu) of the company is 1.52
Explanation:
Given information -
Equity (E) - $20 million
Debt (D) - $5 million
Beta ( levered ) - 1.75
Tax rate ( T ) = 40%
D / E ( Debt to Equity ratio ) = $ 5 million / $20 million = .25
Formula for taking out un levered beta ( bu) is -
Beta levered ( bl ) = Beta un levered ( bu ) [1 + (1 - T ) D / E ]
1.75 = bu [1 + (1 - 40% ) .25
1.75 = bu [1 + .6 x .25 ]
1.75 = bu [ 1 + .15 ]
1.75 = bu [ 1.15 ]
bu = 1.75 / 1.15
bu = 1.52
