Case Study 1: Bahouth Ltd. is planning for the next two year…
Case Study 1: Bahouth Ltd. is planning for the next two years of production and debating whether to construct a large cross-dock facility with 40 truck bays or a smaller one with 20 truck bays. The cost to build the large facility is $2 million and the cost to build the small one is $1.2 million. If they construct a large facility and demand is as high as they hope, then operating costs are $450,000 annually. If they construct a large facility and demand is low, then operating costs are $300,000. If they construct a small facility and demand is low, the operating costs are $275,000 but if they experience high demand, the operating cost of a small facility increases to $600,000. After having conducted some market research, they feel that the likelihood of high demand is 0.7 and the likelihood of small demand is 0.3. (Note that there is no return rate, meaning return rate is 0%) Use the information from Case Study 1 to determine the expected cost of operating a large facility for two years. (Hint: do not include the building cost as the question is only about operating cost. In other words, there is no cost at period 0 and you should only calculate the operating costs in periods 1 and 2 and bring them to period 0.)
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Dr. Smith’s research goal is to compare two strategies to enhance memory for mathematical concepts with the hypothesis that one in particular will be superior. He recruits 100 undergraduate calculus students, tests their memory of mathematical concepts and then randomly assigns them to one of the two memory enhancement conditions. At the end of the semester he asks them to complete a mathematical concept memory test. He then conducts statistical tests to compare the degree of improvement in each memory enhancement condition. What type of study is this?
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