Assignment:
Question 1. Locate 15 publicly traded retail firms. Consider searching for these retail firms using the following keywords: retail firms, retailers, and publicly traded companies.
Question 2. Calculate the current ratio for each of the firms.
Then, answer the following questions:
- Is the average current ratio for the sample of 15 firms greater than 2.0?
- What's the null hypothesis for this hypothesis test?
- What's the alternative hypothesis for this hypothesis test?
- Choose at least three different significance levels to conduct the hypothesis test. Is it possible that a Type I error occurred with the hypothesis test? Why or why not?
- Is it possible that a Type II error occurred? Why or why not?
Write your answers in a three to four page Microsoft Word document.