A 2013 study was undertaken by a team of researchers with doctorates in nutrition and medicine at an accredited research university. The study investigated risk factors for vitamin d deficiency in people who live in denmark and people who live in australia. By studying patterns in the population, the researchers demonstrated a correlation between the lack of sunny days in denmark and the high incidence of osteoporosis there, compared to the abundant sunny days and low incidence of osteoporosis in australia. However, the results could not rule out other factors in the subject's diet or lifestyle as possible causes of the discrepancy in incidence.

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3. describe the purpose of the sec. (1-4 sentences. 2.0 points)

Onsider the following subscription behavior information from genie, a web site that provides tools for constructing a family tree (ancestor search). subscriptions cost $9.99 per month, but you are charged for the entire year at the time of purchase. there is a one-year minimum term when you sign up for the service. once purchased, subscriptions are set to renew automatically unless the subscriber cancels them. when a membership renews, it renews for a one-year term and again you are charged for the entire year. there are no variable costs associated with providing this service to an individual customer, but genie does engage in customer relationship activities that they believe will increase customer retention. these customer relationship activities cost genie about $10 per year per customer. based on a sample of 1000 customers that joined genie five years ago, near the time when the company was founded, they were able to determine how many of those customers remained subscribers in the second year, third year etc. based on this information, genie calculated the average annual retention rate to be 20%. genie uses an annual discount rate of 8%. a. last year, genie spent $10,000 placing advertisements on google. genie management believes that these advertisements were responsible for about 300 new subscribers. would you recommend to genie management that they purchase more google ads? b. suppose a newly-introduced loyalty program increases the number of customers that remained to 30%. does this new data change your answer to 9.a? c. do you have any hesitations or concerns about making recommendations to management based on your above estimate of customer lifetime value?