Fiberia Accessories, a clothing retailer, is planning to introduce a new line of sweaters as part of the winter collection for $65 with an inventory of 1500. The main selling season is 60 days between November and December. The store then sells the remaining units in a clearance sale at 65 percent discount. Out of the 60 main retail days, Fiberia sells the sweaters at […]

Can a motion for judgment on the pleadings be made on the grounds available for a general demurrer? Motion to dismiss? 1. Which pleading attacks forestall defendant’s answer? 2. What judicial orders resolve a demurrer?

Using A Summons in a Civil Action, on page 284, draft a summons to accompany the complaint against David Namisch. David’s address is 1000 Main Street, Apartment 63, New York, NY 10009. The court clerk’s name is David T. Brown. 1. Review Sample Interrogatories. Draft the first ten questions for a set of interrogatories to be directed to the plaintiff, Sandra Nelson, based on the […]

1.Why do markets use trade or functional discounts, quantity discounts, cash discounts, and seasonal discounts in pricing to members of the channel? 2.What is dynamic pricing? What is discriminatory pricing? What is the difference between the two? 3.Explain these psychological aspects of pricing: price quality inferences, odd-even pricing. internal reference price. price lining, and prestige pricing.

1.Explain how unethical marketers might use bait-and-switch, tactics, price-fixing, and predatory pricing. 2.Critical Thinking Governments sometimes provide price subsidies to specific industries; that is, they reduce a domestic firm’s costs so that it can sell products on the international market at a lower price. What reasons do governments (and politicians) use for these government subsidies? What are the benefits and disadvantages to domestic industries in […]

To construct the following data, we started with the scores in Problem 20 and scrambled the scores in Treatment 2 to eliminate the consistency of the individual differences.   a. If the data were from an independent-measures study using two separate samples, each with n = 7 participants, what value would be obtained for the independent-measures t statistic? With  =.05, is there a significant difference between […]

When constructing or working with a grouped frequency distribution table, a common mistake is to calculate the interval width by using the highest and lowest values that define each interval. For example, some students are tricked into thinking that an interval identified as 20–24 is only 4 points wide. To determine the correct interval width, you can   a. Count the individual scores in the interval. […]

Better than an exhaustive description of all parameters is to apply a practical example. Besides the specified values, we may play around with options and values.   1. Open the file A3D_02_03.DWG. The visual style of this model is Realistic, with the materials and shadows options turned on. 2. Apply the VSM alias to call Visual Styles Manager. We are going to create a new […]

Savings Account Ms. Jones deposited $100 at the end of each month for 10 years into a savings account paying 2.1% interest compounded monthly. However, she deposited an additional $1000 at the end of the seventh year. How much money was in the account at the end of the 10th year?

The economy of Elmendyn contains 2,000 $1 bills. a. If people hold all money as currency, what is the quantity of money? b. If people hold all money as demand deposits and banks maintain 100 percent reserves, what is the quantity of money? c. If people hold equal amounts of currency and demand deposits and banks maintain 100 percent reserves, what is the quantity of […]

What is service of process? What are the methods of serving a complaint on a defendant in a federal court lawsuit? What happens if the defendant is not properly served? 1. When does discovery take place, and what does it involve? List three traditional discovery devices that can be used to obtain information prior to trial. Is electronic evidence discoverable? 2. What is the duty […]

1. Temperature Conversion The formula for converting Fahrenheit degrees to Celsius degrees is C = 5 9 (F _ 32). For what temperature are the Celsius and Fahrenheit values the same? 2. A = (0, 0), because the point A is the origin. B = (0, 4), because it is the y-intercept of the line with equation y = _1 /2 x + 4.

1. Coin Tosses In 100 tosses of a fair coin, let X be the number of heads. Estimate Pr(49 _ X _ 51). 20. Rolling a Die Let X be the number of 4’s in 120 rolls of a fair die. Estimate Pr(17 _ X _ 21). 2. Male Heights About 5% of American males are 6 feet 2 inches tall or taller. Estimate the […]

A.The company that you manage has invested $5 million in developing a new product, but the development is not quite finished. At a recent meeting, your salespeople report that the introduction of competing products has reduced the expected sales of your new product to $3 million. If it would cost $1 million to finish development and make the product, should you go ahead and do […]

Do managers really have a large sample size bias? Because you cannot survey managers easily, this exercise will use surrogates. Ask any five seniors majoring in business administration who have not taken a marketing research class the following questions. Indicate whether each of the following statements is true or false. a. A random sample of 500 is large enough to represent all full-time college students […]

Who is the “person” in “personal jurisdiction”? 1. If you represented a plaintiff in an action to be brought against an out-of-state defendant, how would you go about deciding where to locate the action? 2. Can a defendant waive personal jurisdiction? How or why not?

You will conduct a psychological research investigation based on a social psychology claim. Select one (1) social psychology claim, from the list below and develop a research question (hypothesis) to investigate cause and effect relationships. You will analyse data to test the validity of the research question (hypothesis). Your response will be limited to 1000 words and be presented as an empirical essay. Social Psychology […]

A. The president of a mall-intercept company located in a nearby discount mall calls on the insurance company where you work in an effort to solicit business. It happens that your company is about to do a study on the market reaction to a renters’ insurance policy that it is considering adding to its line. The plan completely covers furniture, electronics, and personal possessions for […]

A.    Explain what you mean by radiosity and irradiation. B.    Explain the “surface resistance” and “space resistance”. How can you construct a radiation network for two gray surfaces exchanging radiant energy? C.    What is a “floating node”? Where does this exist? D.    What will be the value of F12 (a) when the surfaces are black, (b) when the surfaces are infinite parallel planes, (c) for […]

How might the nature of the client fee agreement affect the amount and timing of trial preparation? 1. Why is the trial setting the trigger for trial preparation? 2. Why should all possible dates be calendared for pretrial preparation? 3. Why are the pleadings an essential resource during trial preparation? Should pleadings superseded by amended pleadings be reviewed? Why or why not? 4. Why are […]

A. What is the role of a hypothesis in defining the problem? B. What are the two ways you can format a research objective? Give an example of each. C. Define a construct. What are some questions to ask that will help formulate constructs? D. Explain why it is imperative to measure the correct construct? What could go wrong if the correct constructs are not […]

1. Explain the steps that a retailer might take in offering a customer a credit account. 2. What are the key benefits to a retailer of installing modern electronic point-of-sale systems and linking them up to stock control, management, and re-ordering?

A.Identify different types of intentional respondent error and the controls used to minimize them. Identify different types of unintentional respondent error and the controls used to minimize them. B. Define nonresponse. List three types of nonresponse encountered in surveys. C. How should a researcher define a “completed interview”? D. Why is it necessary to perform preliminary screening of a dataset?

1. Drop shippers take title to products but do not accept physical possession of them, whereas commission merchants take physical possession of products but do not accept title. Defend the logic of classifying drop shippers as merchant wholesalers and commission  merchants as agents.