During a holiday party at work, you pay $\$ 2$ to buy a raffle ticket for a 160-gigabyte iPod. You win the drawing. Based on a little research online, you discover that the going rate for a hardly used 160-gigabyte iPod is $\$ 200$.

b. What is the opportunity cost of choosing to keep the iPod?

Altria Group, Inc., has over 12 pages dedicated to describing contingent liabilities in the notes to recent financial statements. These pages include extensive descriptions of multiple contingent liabilities. Use the Internet to research Altria Group, Inc., at http://www.altria.com.

a. What are the major business units of Altria Group?

On the line provided, identify the following word groups by writing SF for sentence fragment, RO for run-on sentence, or S for sentence.

$\underline{\hspace{1cm}}$ The Internet has become a useful tool for my research, I find information for tests and papers as well as information for my personal interest and enjoyment.

A marketing research firm suggests to a company that two possible competing products can generate incomes X and Y (in millions) that are N(3, 1) and N(3.5, 4), respectively. Clearly, P(X < Y) > 1/2. However, the company would prefer the one with the smaller variance if, in fact, P(X > 2) > P(Y > 2). Which product does the company select?

What personality traits do psychologists possess? Choose two psychologists discussed in this chapter and conduct Internet research to find biographical information about each one. Then, using either Han's Eysenck's dimensions of personality or the Five-Factor Model, come up with a set of trait words for each psychologist.

Research a method used for grinding, polishing, and testing mirrors used in reflecting telescopes. You may report either on methods used by amateur astronomers who make their own telescope optics, or on a method used by a project at a national laboratory. Prepare a one-page report describing the method, and present it to the class.

Pew Research, in November 2011, polled a random sample of 799 U.S. teens about Internet use. 49% of those teens reported that they had misrepresented their age online to gain access to websites and online services. If we only need to be 90% confident, will the margin of error be larger or smaller? Explain.

An IRS research found that the average time for taxpayers to prepare, copy, and electronically file a 1040 tax form is 330 minutes. The standard deviation for this time distribution, which is normal, is 80 minutes. A group of 40 taxpayers are chosen at random by a consumer protection organisation. What is the standard error of the mean in this example?

Persuasive Writing Research newspapers and news magazines for recent articles about the minimum wage. Using what you have learned about price floors and the information in the articles, decide whether you favor or oppose raising the minimum wage. Write a 2-page paper outlining your views.

Science and Technology Retailers desire lighting that highlights merchandise but also reduces energy and replacement costs. Conduct research on the technology of compact fluorescent lights (CFL) or light-emitting diodes (LED) lighting and the potential applications for visual merchandising and display. Recommend a way to incorporate these lighting systems into a local store.

Group members should choose a particular field of interest. Research how linear programming is used to solve problems in that field. If possible, investigate the solution of a specific practical problem. Present a report on your findings, including the contributions of George Dantzig, Narendra Karmarkar, and L. G. Khachion to linear programming.

Classify the following sentence by writing on the line provided S for simple sentence, CD for compound sentence, CX for complex sentence, or CD-CX for compound-complex sentence.

Example S 1. I use the Dictionary of American Biography to research famous Americans.

_____Are you interested in geographical trivia?

The Chinese had the Great Wall of China built for protection from enemies. Using the Internet, research how other countries have protected themselves. Using a word processor, write a brief description of two examples. List the name of the country, what it used for protection, and who was being kept out.

All energy comes from the Sun. In what forms has this solar energy come to us to allow us to live and to operate our society? Research the ways that the Sun’s energy is turned into a form that we can use. After we use the Sun’s energy, where does it go? Explain.