Q11. Advanced Bonus Question (5 points)

The table below is extracted from a company’s financial statements. Based on this information, compute the current ratio for the year 2025. Show your work. 12/31/2024 12/31/2025   Cash $10,000 $80,000 Accounts Receivable $10,000 $20,000 Inventory $10,000 $20,000 Land $10,000 $20,000 Accounts Payable $10,000 $20,000 Wages Payable $10,000 $20,000 Notes Payable (due in 9 month) $10,000 $20,000 Notes Payable (due in 18 month) $10,000 $20,000 (2 points) Current Ratio = Current Assets / Current Liabilities = (2 points) Is the likelihood HIGH or LOW (note one) that the firm will stay in business over the next year?  HIGH or    LOW

Based on the above figure, (classification) five base classifiers predict a binary class (0: candy, 1: wine) as wine, wine, wine, candy, and candy, the bagging model’s predicted label in A is (1)_________________(a. candy, b. wine; 5 points) (regression) five base models for regression predict a label (i.e., continuous dependent variable) as 8,5,2,10, and 5, the bagging model’s predicted label in B is (2)_________________(number; 5 points).

Which one is not true about the random forest (RF)?

The National Football League Inc (NFL) is negotiating the purchase of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, Inc. (NCAA).  NFL is primarily interested in the revenue potential of the NCAA trademarks, event media rights, and apparel royalties. Therefore, transferring the media and event contracts is a critical aspect of the deal, and keeping the NCAA as an ongoing entity is also important because the brand has cache and the NFL does not want to go through the hassle of re-registering the name. However, NFL is worried about the liability exposure of various existing and potential lawsuits stemming from player health risks and employment law issues regarding the amateur status of the NCAA athletes. NFL would also like to utilize the 2020 operating loss that the NCAA experienced due to the impact of Covid-19 on their operations.  NCAA would like to participate on the potential upside of the combined entity and defer the impact of taxes on the transaction.  However, the NCAA does want some portion of the transaction to be cash to distribute to the member schools (no more than 20%).  What legal structure would you recommend for the acquisition to best address NFL’s desires? 

The higher the absolute value of a test statistic for a hypothesis test, the smaller the p-value. 

For a 95% confidence interval, the probability that any estimated interval (e.g.,  

If we increase the probability of Type II error from 0.10 to 0.25, we can expect to reject the null hypothesis more frequently. 

What type of cloud has a “baglike” or “saclike” appearance and is frequently observed in Missouri during thunderstorms?

Earth is closest to the Sun (called perihelion) during ____________.