Assignment:
As part of a study for the Department of Labor Statistics, you are assigned the task of evaluating the improvement in productivity of small business Data one of the small businesses you are to evaluate is shown below. The data are the monthly average of last year and the monthly average this year. Labor $7 per hour. Capital 0.77% per month of investment; Energy $0.75 per BTU. Click the icon to view the data for one of the small businesses you are to evaluate.
a) Determine the multifactor productivity with dollars as the common denominator for last year The multifactor productivity with dollars as the common denominator for last year is dozen/S
b) Determine the percent change in productivity for the monthly average last year versus the monthly average this year on a multifactor basis. The percent change in productivity for the monthly average is %.