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Introduction

The Primary goal of the project is for students to gain comfort in using statistical software packages to conduct an empirical analysis of a particular firm. Specific goals are for students to (1) become familiar with sources of economic and financial information and in particular the Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) Database, (2) practice their writing skills, (3) develop hands on, statistical estimation and modeling skills using excel (e.g., data analysis, regression analysis). The project is an individual assignment and late submissions will not be accepted. Please provide explanations for answers to all questions.

Background material: Chapter 4, 5 in McGuigan, Moyer and Harris

PLEASE FIRST SELECT PUBLIC COMPANY TO ANALYZE. USING YOUR WEB BROWSER, ANSWER ALL OF THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW FOR THAT PARTICULAR COMPANY. THE CHOICE OF COMPANY IS UP TO YOU. BUT, PLEASE EMAIL ME TO LET ME KNOW OF YOUR SELECTION AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE ENOUGH DATA TO ANSWER ALL OF THE QUESTIONS. COMPANY SELECTION IS FIRST COME FIRST SERVE. IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO KEEP THREE OR FOUR COMPANIES IN MIND BECAUSE YOU ARE TO FIND A COMPANY THAT HAS ENOUGH PUBLICALLY AVAILABLE DATA TO ANSWER EACH QUESTION. THERE IS NO NEED TO INCLUDE DATA OR SPECIFIC PROGRAMS USED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, BUT, IN ALL YOUR RESPONSES, PLEASE INCLUDE EXPLANATIONS OF STEPS CARRIED OUT. IT IS OKAY TO WORK WITH OTHER PEOPLE, BUT YOUR EXPLANATIONS SHOULD BE IN YOUR OWN WORDS.

1. Data collection from WRDS database

Using your web browser, please go to the WRDS URL (http://wrds.wharton.upenn.edu) and collect data on the variables for the risk free rate, small minus big, high minus low, and the excess market return for the firm your selected. When you collect the data, please select the monthly frequency and the range spanning from 1980 through 2017. Using your class notes and the descriptions provided by WRDS, please provide a brief description of each variable included in the study. Please save these variables in an excel spreadsheet. Please download and save stock prices for your firm spanning the same period and at the monthly frequency. Please compute stock price returns as the ratio of the change in the stock price for each period with respect to the previous period to the value in the previous period This will serve as the base case from which we will complete the rest of the project.

2. Regression Analysis

For this question, you will need the data analysis tool pack in excel, please download it to your version of excel for your operating system before answering the questions listed below.

a.Please, separately, determine the estimated regression line for a regression with the stock return as the dependent variable and the following list as independent variables:

a.Excess market return

b.Small minus big

c.High minus low

b.Please determine the estimated regression line with the stock return as the dependent variable and the risk free rate, excess market return, small minus big, and high minus low as the independent variables in one single regression model.

c.Which regression coefficients are statistically significant? Is the overall model significant?

d.What is the adjusted R-squared for the model? How does it compare to the adjusted R-squared for each model estimated in a? Is your answer to part b different from your answers to part a? Why or Why not?

3. Forecasting

a.Using only data covering the period 1980 through 2000, please determine the estimated regression line with the stock return as the dependent variable and the risk free rate, excess market return, small minus big, and high minus low as the independent variables in one single regression model.

b.Please use the model to predict stock price return from 2001 to 2017 and compute the root mean squared error using the deviation between the actual stock price return over this period and the model-predicted stock price return over the same period.

4. Discussion

Using your web browser and your own judgement and your class notes, please interpret and discuss the strength of the relationship between stock price returns for your firm and each of the three variables. In particular, please consider whether or not you think that the three variables do a good job in explaining and predicting stock returns for your firm. Please also explain why you think the model produced all results from questions 2 and 3 that it did.

Read the particle, listen to the music then analysis the song

Part 1: (300 words)

Listen Bessie Smith’s “Downhearted Blues” and “Empty Bed Blues.” What is innovative or unique about her vocal style, and her artistic approach? How does her voice contrast with the music. How are these recordings emblematic of Classic blues music in the 1920s? Review the lyrics for both songs (attached below), and discuss what the songs are seemingly about; and describe her use of language and colorful imagery. How might these songs exhibit a sense of liberated feminism?

Down hearted Blues: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go6TiLIeVZA

Bessie Smith – “Empty Bed Blues” (1928): Bessie Smith – “Empty Bed Blues” (1928)

Part 2:

Listen to the following three Duke Ellington compositions. Compare and contrast these songs and create a list of musical attributes or characteristics that define the Ellington style. How does Ellington use instrumentation and space in his compositional pieces? What sounds unique about Ellington’s style? Which of the three did you enjoy the most? (300 words)

Duke Ellington Orchestra – “Black and Tan Fantasy” (1928)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O_VqmgoB4o

Duke Ellington – “It Don’t Mean A Thing” (1931)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FvsgGp8rSE (Links to an external site.)

Duke Ellington Orchestra – “Sophisticated Lady” (1933)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y__G3Pa5Fw

A learning environment is often used to provide new knowledge and skills for young students. Learning through play, one type of instruction provided to young learners, fosters an environment that supports social development, positive interactions, and social awareness conducive to the development of young children. Integrating play opportunities for learning provides young children exposure to interact socially with their peers and enhance emotional development.

In “The Bakery – Supporting Children to Succeed in the Dramatic Play Center,” a kitchen area is turned into a bakery and used to foster a social environment for early learners. Allowing young children to learn through their personal experiences and engage in learning prompts problem-solving that benefits all learners.

For this assignment, you will design a sociodramatic play center (i.e., doctor office, airport, grocery store) that can be implemented into a grade PreK-3 learning environment.

Include the following in your submission:

1. A digital or scanned diagram of your center with labels. (Include examples such as photographs and digital representations when applicable.)
2. A 500-750 word description of the sociodramatic play center explaining:

• How the play center fosters social interaction between peers and enhances learning outcomes in the classroom.
• How learning through play supports differentiation to foster the development of social skills for all students.
• The role a teacher plays in supporting learning through play.

Support your design and essay with 2-3 scholarly resources.

5) Assume the fiscal year is the same as the calendar year and we have received award letters confirming we reached our goal of $630,000! We want to get started right away on all of the great programs but need to figure out the cash flow for grants based on the following information from the award letters:(12 points)

75% of the grant money will be paid out quarterly (4 times a year) starting in January.10% is paid evenly over the first 6 months of the year.15% is paid in December.Jan: $_____________________Feb: $_____________________Mar: $_____________________April:$_____________________May:$_____________________June:$_____________________Jul: $_____________________Aug: $_____________________Sep: $_____________________Oct: $_____________________Nov: $_____________________Dec: $_____________________

6)What month(s) has the highest income from grants? ___________________ (1 point)

7)What month(s) has the lowest income from grants? ____________________ (1 point)

8)This year, the Government has a new rule that the money must be spent on specificprojects for the community. The new guidelines state the following:50% of the money must go toward ticket subsidies.25% of the money must go towards community events.25% of the may be spent on operating support.Figure how much we have to spend in each of these categories:(3 points)

Ticket Subsidies: $________________ Community Events: $________________ Operating Support: $________________

9)The Government requires the ticket subsidies to provide half off discounted ticketsAND free tickets. Our tickets cost $50. We do not want to give away more than 1,000 free tickets. How many tickets do we need to discount to half price? Fill in the following blanks to solve:( 5 Extra Credit Points)

Ticket Subsidies from #8 above = $____________

$50 ticket price x #_________of free tickets = $_________ maximum used towards free tickets

$___________remaining dollars / $25 half price tickets= #________tickets offered for half price

10)For events, we do one big gala a year. The tickets for the gala are $100 but the costto the organization per person is $50, meaning that we can keep $50 as a donation. We also have corporate sponsorship tables of 10 we can sell for $2,000 that cost us $500, so we can keep $1,500 as a donation. How many tickets and how many corporate sponsorship tables do we need to sell to reach our goal? Keep in mind we want a good turn out of at least 750 people and the room can hold no more than 50 corporate sponsorship tables.( 5 Extra Credit Points)

1 Ticket $100 – $50 cost = $50/person donation X #_________people = $___________total

1 Table $2,000 – $500 cost = $1,500/table donation X #_________tables = $___________total

= $_____________ total profit