A town manager is interested in comparing requests for various town-provided services (such as street maintenance and garbage pickup) with nationally published proportions of requests for the same services. Each request in a random sample of 500 service requests from the town was classified into one of 10 different categories. Which of the following tests could be used to determine whether the proportions of service requests classified into the 10 service categories for the town differ from national proportions?
A. A two-sample t-test for a difference of means
B. A matched-pairs t-test for means
C. A chi-square test of association
D. A chi-square goodness-of-fit test
E. A t-test for a correlation of proportions

The production manager of rordan corporation has submitted the following quarterly production forecast for the upcoming fiscal year: 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter units to be produced 10,800 8,500 7,100 11,200 each unit requires 0.25 direct labor-hours, and direct laborers are paid $20.00 per hour. required: 1. prepare the company’s direct labor budget for the upcoming fiscal year. assume that the direct labor workforce is adjusted each quarter to match the number of hours required to produce the forecasted number of units produced. 2. prepare the company’s direct labor budget for the upcoming fiscal year, assuming that the direct labor workforce is not adjusted each quarter. instead, assume that the company’s direct labor workforce consists of permanent employees who are guaranteed to be paid for at least 2,500 hours of work each quarter. if the number of required direct labor-hours is less than this number, the workers are paid for 2,500 hours anyway. any hours worked in excess of 2,500 hours in a quarter are paid at the rate of 1.5 times the normal hourly rate for direct labor.

Stock market crashes happen when the value of most of the stocks in the stock market increase at the same time. question 10 options: true false

Which of the following is an element of inventory holding costs? a. material handling costs b. investment costs c. housing costs d. pilferage, scrap, and obsolescence e. all of the above are elements of inventory holding costs.