What makes it hard to be evidence based?

Lukow Products is investigating the purchase of a piece of automated equipment that will save $400,000 each year in direct labor and inventory carrying costs. This equipment costs$2,500,000 and is expected to have a 15-year useful life with no salvage value. The company’s required rate of return is 20% on all equipment purchases. Management anticipates that this equipment will provide intangible benefits such as greater flexibility and higher-quality output that will result in additional future cash inflows.

Required:

1. What is the net present value of the piece of equipment before considering its intangible benefits?
2. What minimum dollar value per year must be provided by the equipment’s intangible benefits to justify the $2,500,000 investment?

For many years businesses have struggled with the rising cost of health care. But recently, the increases have slowed due to less inflation in health care prices and employees paying for a larger portion of health care benefits. A recent Mercer survey showed that $52\%$ of U.S. employers were likely to require higher employee contributions for health care coverage in $2009$ ($BusinessWeek,$ February $16,~ 2009$). Suppose the survey was based on a sample of $800$ companies. Compute the margin of error and a $95\%$ confidence interval for the proportion of companies likely to require higher employee contributions for health care coverage in $2009.$

A simple random sample of 5 months of sales data provided the following information:

$$\textrm{Month:} ~~~~~~~~1~~~~~2~~~~3~~~~4~~~~5$$

$$\textrm{Units Sold:} ~~94 ~100~~ 85 ~~94 ~~92$$

Develop a point estimate of the population mean number of units sold per month.

Below are amounts (in millions) from three companies' annual reports.

$$\begin{matrix} \text{ } & \text{Beginning Accounts Receivable} & \text{Ending Accounts Receivable} & \text{Net Sales}\\ \hline \text{WalCo} & \text{$\$ 1,815$} & \text{$\$ 2,762$} & \text{$\$ 322,427$}\\ \text{TarMart} & \text{$\$ 6,166$} & \text{$\$ 6,694$} & \text{$\$ 67,878$}\\ \text{CostGet} & \text{$\$ 629$} & \text{$\$ 665$} & \text{$\$ 68,963$}\\ \end{matrix}$$

For each company, calculate the receivables turnover ratio and the average collection period (rounded to one decimal place). Which company appears most efficient in collecting cash from sales?

Do you need to conduct further research about your issue or change your research questions? Do you need more evidence from accurate and credible sources? What other sources could you use?

Intimate relationships fulfill our psychological need for someone to listen to our worries and concerns. This is known as our need for

a. dependence.

b. social integration.

c. enjoyment.

d. spontaneity.

What client teaching is need with a depressive patient taking MAOI's?

On a pound-for-pound basis, a 5-year-old’s need for vitamin A is about double the need of an adult man - T\F

What are two things you need to know about a fabric before dyeing it?

Reread the certain lines of "Teens Need Jobs, Not Just Cash." Is this information relevant as support for the author's claim about the need for jobs for teens? Why or why not?

Need or want? Make a quick list of five to ten clothing items that you've thought about owning. Then determine whether each is a need or a want. In writing, describe what conclusions you can reach about yourself.

Describe one way to meet both the need for conformity and individuality in clothing choices.

Complete the following sentence

The science is based on empirical evidence. Although pseudoscience makes use of scientific data, the conclusions of pseudoscience are based on