13. Variance and Standard Deviation (expected). Using the data from problem 13‚ calculate the variance and standard deviation of the three investments‚ stock‚ corporate bond‚ and government bond. If the estimates for both the probabilities of the economy and the returns in each state of the economy are correct‚ which investment would you choose considering both risk and return? Why? ANSWER Variance of Stock = 0.10 x (0.25 – 0.033)2 + 0.15 x (0.12 – 0.033)2 + 0.50 x (0.04 – 0.033)2 + 0
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Ebonics Vs. Standard English For my paper‚ I chose the topic of Ebonics vs. Standard English. I chose this topic because when we read the different articles‚ Jones “What’s Wrong with Black English” and Delpit’s “No Kinda Sense”‚ they talked about the usage of both languages and how we should use them. That sparked my attention because some people don’t know when to turn off or turn on either language. Jones perspective was that we should continue with what we’re doing‚ which is insisting that
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Fair Labor Standards Act Overview The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938‚ as amended is also referred to as "the Act" or "FLSA". The Act provides for minimum standards for both wages and overtime entitlement‚ and spells out administrative procedures by which covered work time must be compensated. FLSA also include provisions related to child labor‚ equal pay‚ and portal-to-portal activities. A general overview of FLSA is that it establishes minimum wage‚ overtime pay‚ recordkeeping‚ and child
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MFRS 111 Malaysian Financial Reporting Standard 111 Construction Contracts This version includes amendments resulting from MFRSs with effective dates no later than 1 January 2012. 495 MFRS 111 CONTENTS paragraphs Preface MALAYSIAN FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARD 111 CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS OBJECTIVE SCOPE 1–2 DEFINITIONS 3–6 COMBINING AND SEGMENTING CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS 7–10 CONTRACT REVENUE 11–15 CONTRACT COSTS 16–21 RECOGNITION OF CONTRACT REVENUE AND EXPENSES 22–35 RECOGNITION
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History of the Army Grooming Standard In the current day one usually expects to see American soldiers with neatly trimmed‚ short hair‚ as is the standard of today Army. However many do not realize that there have been radical changes since the American Revolution in these standards. A significant reason being the accessibility and ease at which one‚ now a day can groom and access a barber. Thinking back to the 18th century there were not as many barbers in the American colonies that meant soldiers
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PROJECT 802 LAN STANDARDS The IEEE 802 Standard comprises a family of networking standards that cover the physical layer specifications of technologies from Ethernet to wireless. IEEE 802 is subdivided into 22 parts that cover the physical and data-link aspects of networking. The better known specifications include 802.3 Ethernet‚ 802.11 Wi-Fi‚ 802.15 Bluetooth/ZigBee‚ and 802.16. All the 802.11 specifications use the Ethernet protocol and Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance
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milligrams of tar per cigarette and a standard deviation equal to 1.0 milligram. Suppose a sample of 100 low-tar cigarettes is randomly selected from a day’s production and the tar content is measured in each. Assuming that the tobacco company’s claim is true‚ what is the probability that the mean tar content of the sample is greater than 4.15 milligrams? [0.00621] 2. The safety limit of a crane is known to be 32 tons. The mean weight and the standard deviation of a large number of iron
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There are five ethical standards researchers must follow: protection of participants‚ informed consent‚ deception‚ debriefing and confidentiality. These standards form the backbone of ethical standards for researchers. They provide a fair foundation for all research work for the participant and for the researcher. Protection of participants is the ethical standard by which no participant is harmed physically or harmed psychologically. This means participants should not be exposed to greater risks
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It is my personal belief‚ that a child should be considered a person once the child has reached the third trimester of development. Although Canadian standards do not recognize a child as an actual person until they are birthed‚ there should be certain safeguards in place in order to protect the child‚ despite the fact that they have not yet been born. I am aware that there are certain provisions in place to protect unborn children‚ but a child that has reached the third trimester of development
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Impact of a Data Classification Standard IT-255 unit 1 assignment 2: impact of a data classification standard Hello everyone at Richman investments‚ I was s asked to write a brief report that describes the "internal use only" data classification standard of Richman investments. I will list a few of the IT infrastructure domains that are affected by the standard and how they are affecting the domain and their security here at Richman investments. * User domain The user domain defines
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