Compare and contrast nominal, dichotomous, ordinal, and normal variables.In social science research, why isn’t it important to distinguish between interval and ratio data?

Variables, Z Scores, Population and Output DB 820

Answer the short-answer questions below. The answers must demonstrate course-related knowledge and assertions must be supported with scholarly citations (minimum of 3) in the 7th APA (A MUST) edition format. Minimum word count for all short answers cumulatively is 250 words.

INSERT SHORT ANSWER TO THE QUESTION LISTED BELOW

Respond to the following short answer questions from Morgan, Leech, Gloeckner, & Barrett textbook:
D2.1 Working with Variables.Compare and contrast nominal, dichotomous, ordinal, and normal variables.In social science research, why isn’t it important to distinguish between interval and ratio data?
D2.2 z scores and the population.How do z scores relate to the normal curve?How would you
interpret a z score of ‐3.0?What percentage of scores is between a z of ‐2 and a z of +2? Why is this important?
D2.3 Interpreting Output 4.1b. a) For which variables identified as scale is the skewness statistic more than 1.00 or less than ‐1.00?Why is this answer important? Does this agree with the boxplot in Output 4.2? Explain your answer.
D2.4 Interpreting Output 4.4. a) Can you interpret the means? Explain your answer.How many participants are there all together?How many have complete data (nothing missing)?What percentage are male?What percentage took algebra?

What are the arguments for and against an airline company hedging its fuel risk?Based on this, would you advise Ryanair to continue on hedging its fuel price risk?

Corporate Finance fuel price risk: Should airlines hedge out their fuel price risk?

The recent past is littered with examples of airlines that have lost significant amounts on hedging out their fuel price risk. The article by Rivers (2012), available below as core reading, describes many of these causalities.This has led many to question whether hedging really adds value for an airline.Read the articles suggested below that look at the problem from slightly different angles but come up with a similar conclusion.

What are the arguments for and against an airline company hedging its fuel risk?Based on this, would you advise Ryanair to continue on hedging its fuel price risk?Write a maximum of 750 words answering the questions above

Explain how a well-managed supply chain can come into play here.

Supply Chain Management
Select a company of your choice, and calculate the most current days of working capital (DWC) that are available. Review page 656 in the textbook, and watch the short video segment “Working Capital,” which is one of the required unit resources in this unit. In addition to your calculations, include the information below in your essay.How does this company’s ratio compare to those of its competitors?Why is comparing this ratio to the industry average important?
Explain how a well-managed supply chain can come into play here.
You may use the company’s webpage, or keep in mind that the CSU Online Library has several databases to choose from that are good starting points for your research

Explain the importance of opportunity costs to decision-making and how opportunity costs lead to trade.

Unit 2 Essay Economics

Elasticity:Unit I introduced the benefits of markets to improving outcomes for producers and consumers. Unit II examined the role of costs and prices in decision-making. For this assignment, you will answer a series of questions in the form of an essay. Support your answers with research from at least three peer-reviewed journal articles using the CSU Online Library (or other sources).
Research elasticity information for two particular goods: one with an elastic demand and one with an inelastic demand. Using elasticity information you gather, predict changes in demand. The United States Department of Agriculture website has a good resource to help with this.
Describe how marginal analysis, by avoiding sunk costs, leads to better pricing decisions.
Explain the importance of opportunity costs to decision-making and how opportunity costs lead to trade.
Evaluate how better business decisions can benefit not just the producer but the consumer and society as a whole. In your evaluation, contrast the deontology and consequentialism approaches to ethics.

Evaluate how well free market systems versus government intervention in markets address poverty and income inequality.

Assignment:There is growing concern about poverty and income inequality. These two concepts, however, are not the same. Income inequality deals with the percentage of income earned by the different income groups, while poverty is concerned with how difficult it is for the poor to meet basic needs. In Section 1.4, you read about deontological and consequential approaches to ethics. Using those approaches, evaluate how well free market systems versus government intervention in markets address poverty and income inequality. Include in your discussion an explanation of how people in a free market economy, acting in their own self-interest, can better those around them.

Explain key banking concepts, such as liquidity and solvency, and their interrelationship by analyzing a bank’s balance sheet and income statements in the context of imperfect information.

Features of the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD) introduced in the European Union

Explain key banking concepts, such as liquidity and solvency, and their interrelationship by analyzing a bank’s balance sheet and income statements in the context of imperfect information.
Explain the importance and limitations of prudential regulation in preventing banking crises, including capital requirements and the Basle Accords (Basel I, II and III). Understand the key differences between micro- prudential and macro-prudential regulation and the concept of systemic risk.

Explain the meaning of, “The use of current liabilities as opposed to long-term debt exposes the firm to a greater risk of illiquidity”.
Topic:Week 7 Discussion

What are the advantages and limitations generally associated with the use of short-term debt?

Explain the meaning of, “The use of current liabilities as opposed to long-term debt exposes the firm to a greater risk of illiquidity”.

Explain how changes in the interest rate can impact the firm’s working capital policy.

Evaluate the financial risks of the company at an international context and comment on its corporate governance structure.

In this assessment, you act as an analyst in a boutique Strategic Management Consultancy. As a part of an internal high-profile project, you are tasked to provide a critical analysis with a strategic insight for the Colgate Palmolive company, assessing how the company develops strategies to mitigate risks and explore how they can enhance an effectiveness in strategic, analysis, planning and control in both long and short term. The aim of your analysis is to assess the financial dimension of Colgate-Palmolive’s strategy in the last 2 years.

Obtain Financial information from Colgate-Palmolive and provide a map with the key internal and external users of its financial information.

Critically evaluate the difference between the two groups and explain how these groups use the company’s financial information.

Critically evaluate any international financial reporting issues that the company may have and explain why.

Select any 4 financial ratios, explain why you chose them and assess the company’s financial performance.

Choose 1 of: Horizontal, Vertical, trend analysis to assess the company’s position and explain why you chose the particular analysis.

Critically evaluate the financial risks of the company at an international context and comment on its corporate governance structure.

Put forward recommendation of actions/strategic insight, following the assessment of the financial dimension of C&P’s strategy.

Evaluate any international financial reporting issues that the company may have and explain why.

In this assessment, you act as an analyst in a boutique Strategic Management Consultancy.
As a part of an internal high-profile project, you are tasked to provide a critical analysis with a strategic insight for the Colgate Palmolive company, assessing how the company develops strategies to mitigate risks and explore how they can enhance an effectiveness in strategic,analysis, planning and control in both long and short term.

Critically evaluate the difference between the two groups and explain how these groups use the company’s financial information.

Critically evaluate any international financial reporting issues that the company may have and explain why.

Select any 4 financial ratios, explain why you chose them and assess the company’s financial performance.

Choose 1 of: Horizontal, Vertical, trend analysis to assess the company’s position and explain why you chose the particular analysis.

Critically evaluate the financial risks of the company at an international context and comment on its corporate governance structure.

Put forward recommendation of actions/strategic insight, following the assessment of the financial dimension of C&P’s strategy.

How did investment banking contribute to the unethical practices the company followed?

Assignment Resources
Watch the video on the Enron scandal. Then read the articles listed below before you start your paper.
Enron Video

Assignment Instructions

After reviewing these resources, do some additional research on the Enron scandal. Formulate your own opinion regarding ethics and the case.

Write a 1 page reaction paper to this case.

What led to the downfall of Enron? How did the leadership of the company violate ethics laws?

How did investment banking contribute to the unethical practices the company followed?

Did the Federal Reserve Bank play a part? Give evidence that supports your opinion using credible sources.