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Stress in cows prior to slaughter. What is the level of stress (if any) that cows undergo prior to being slaughtered? To answer this question, researchers designed an experiment involving cows bred in Normandy, France (Applied Animal Behaviour Science, June 2010). The heart rate (beats per minute) of a cow was measured at four different […]

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Anticorrosive behavior of steel coated with epoxy. Organic coatings that use epoxy resins are widely used for protecting steel and metal against weathering and corrosion. Researchers at National Technical University (Athens, Greece) examined the steel anticorrosive behavior of different epoxy coatings formulated with zinc pigments in an attempt to find the epoxy coating with the […]

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The partially completed ANOVA for a 3  2 factorial experiment with two replications is shown below. a. Complete the ANOVA table. b. Conduct a hypothesis test at the 10% significance level to determine if differences exist among the treatment means.  c. Based on your finding in part b, do you need to determine whether these […]

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Consider a three-year R1 par Treasury bond with a 7.5% annual yield and 8% semiannual coupon. Its price is R1.0132. A futures contract calling for delivery of this bond only expires in one year. The one-year risk-free rate is 7%.1 Determine the future value in one year of the coupons on this bond. Assume a […]