AFER Project

Welcome to the
American Free Enterprise Rating^TM. *

This is a Senior Research Project at the School of Free Enterprise.

This project is co-sponsored by:

Zo^o University Trustees.
Alumni Association.

and is made possible, in part, by:

A generous endowment by an anonymous donor.

Data Collection, Data Reduction, and Regression Modeling:

Define and Sample
Analyze and Model
Assess and Refine
Repeat and Improve

Evaluation Priority:

Enterprises selected by students as part of their Free Enterprise studies.
Enterprises selected by Project Advisors to broaden the representative samples and enhance the development and verification of the AFER algorithms.
Enterprises in the news that may be of broad interest throughout the University.
If approved by the University Trustees, a specific enterprise may be "nominated" by a school supporter for evaluation.
- Nominate an enterprise

Copies of Completed Reports:

Reports on individual AFER Scores may be licensed by qualifying subscribers for use on a non-disclosure basis.

Obtain AFER^tm Report Licenses

Certificates and Plaques:

Available for subject enterprises which qualify.

AFER^tm Certificate (Illustration only)

The Latest AFER^tm News:

Recent updates and additions

Evaluation Factors (a small sample**)

AFER^{^TM}

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	Note 1.	From data collected and assembled by students of Free Enterprise at Zo^o University.
	Note 2.	The exact formula is a very complex algorithm resulting from University student research and is a proprietary trade secret of the University Trustees and Alumni Fund.
	Note 3.	Data is first sought from corporate disclosures, next from numerous public and private sources, followed by questions to employees and business associates of the corporation, and - when all else fails - estimated by the senior students in the department (with assistance and guidance from trusted university alumni).
	Note 4.	Wherever possible, quantifiable, numeric data is used in preference to subjective values.
	Note 5.	Data errors will be corrected promptly upon proper receipt of objective, verifiable data.
	Note 6.	A worthy participant in American Free Enterprise will usually have an AFER score of at least 3000.
	Note 7.	The University trustees, students, alumni, and business partners make no claims as to how the AFER score could be used, and they thereby accept no responsibility for any decision someone chooses to make as a result of an AFER score having been assigned.