Identifying good system administrators. a management consultantis studying the roles played by experience and training in a systemadministrator’s ability to complete a set of tasks in a specified amount oftime. in particular, she is interested in discriminating betweenadministrators who are able to complete given tasks within a specifiedtime and those who are not. data are collected on the performance of 75randomly selected administrators. they are stored in the filesystemadministrators. xls. the variable experience measures months of full-time systemadministrator experience, while training measures the number of relevanttraining credits. the dependent variable completed is either yes or no, according to whether or not the administrator completed the tasks. a. create a scatterplot of experience versus training using color or symbolto differentiate programmers who complete the task from those who did notcomplete it. which predictor(s) appear(s) potentially useful for classifyingtask completion?

Panera bread is a chain of cafes serving sandwiches, soups, and freshly baked breads. the company began in 1981 with stores primarily located along the east coast of the united states. since then, the firm has expanded to over 1,300 locations throughout the united states and canada. the firm has strong earnings and has been designated by business week as a "significant growth company." panera bread executives are considering the idea of expanding globally by opening cafes in asia through a franchising strategy. which of the following, if true, supports the argument that panera bread should expand into asia through franchising? a: the panera bread menu changes rapidly, and each cafe's artisan bread bakers receive regular training on new recipes. b: panera bread executives want fast access to the asian market without a significant investment of capital. c: panera bread executives want to test the asian market with a short-term commitment that allows them to make quick profits. d: the panera bread mission is to make excellent bread available to customers around the world.

Nominal gross domestic producta. is a measure of the overall level of pricesb. measures the value of final goods and services produced within the borders of a given country during a given time period using current pricesc. measures the value of final goods and services produced within the borders of a given country during a given time period corrected for changing pricesd. only changes when the level of output changes

Fess receives wages totaling $74,500 and has net earnings from self-employment amounting to $71,300. in determining her taxable self-employment income for the oasdi tax, how much of her net self-employment earnings must fess count? a. $74,500 b. $71,300 c. $53,900 d. $127,200 e. none of the above.