Chapter 5: Essentials of Financial Statement Analysis Evaluating accounting “quality” How do we define financial reporting quality? Qualitative characteristics of accounting Information: Understandability Decision usefulness Reliability Relevance Consistency Comparability 1 Attributes of High Quality Financial Reporting Financial reporting (earnings) quality has been considered positively associated with the following: High persistence of earnings and cash flows
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What type of vocal music is this? Student Response Value Correct Answer Feedback 1. Gregorian chant 2. motet 3. recitative 100% 4. madrigal 5. organum Score: 1.92/1.92 2. What is the texture of this music? Student Response Value Correct Answer Feedback 1. homophonic 100% 2. polyphonic 3. monophonic Score: 1.92/1.92 3. Which example is a recitative? Student Response Value Correct Answer Feedback 1. the second example 2. the first example 100%
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Per capita income as a measure of prosperity Per capita income is often used as average income‚ a measure of the wealth of the population of a nation‚ particularly in comparison to other nations. Per capita income is often used to measure a country’s standard of living. It is usually expressed in terms of a commonly used international currency such as the Euro or United States dollar‚ and is useful because it is widely known‚ easily calculated from readily-available GDP and population estimates
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Chapter 23 Measuring a Nation’s Income TRUE/FALSE 1. In years of economic contraction‚ firms throughout the economy increase their production of goods and services‚ employment rises‚ and jobs are easy to find. ANS: F DIF: 1 REF: 23-0 NAT: Analytic LOC: The study of economics and definitions of economics TOP: Economic expansion MSC: Definitional 2. Macroeconomic statistics include GDP‚ the inflation rate‚ the unemployment rate‚ retail sales‚ and the trade deficit. ANS: T DIF: 1 REF:
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Criteria for Intelligence Tests A good intelligence test must be valid‚ reliable and standard. Validity refers to how well the test accurately capture what it attempts to measure. For intelligence tests‚ that is "intelligence". For example‚ a test measuring language proficiency in itself cannot be considered an intelligence test because not all people proficient in a certain language are "intelligent"‚ in a sense. Similarly‚ a test measuring mathematical ability need not include instructions using
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A Brief History of Human Liberty Fareed Zakaria explores the emergence of liberty and freedom throughout history‚ starting with the rise of the Christian Church. It is important to note that power struggles enabled the formation of individual liberty in Western Life. The first step to ensure liberty‚ as illustrated by the fall of the Roman Empire‚ is embedded in the institutions within society that is independent of the state. The Catholic Church was the first institution that was willing to challenge
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the growing inequality between wages and profits. Through looking at these two relationships we can see the worsening condition of the distribution of income and wealth in Australia. When looking at changes in income in Australia‚ the recent trends (as seen in diagram 1 and diagram 2) shows the top 20% or highest quintile‚ increasing their income share from an averaged 38% in 1994/95 to over 41% in 2007/08. This increase has resulted from the long period of economic growth‚ characterised by increasing
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Top of Form After the review of three elt designer approaches-the silent way‚ suggestopedia and total physical response‚ we have devised our own philosophy of teaching. We believe that creativity is essential to learning and if the students are making an effort on their part and discovering things for themselves; the factor of self-reliance is evolved and since the students are active and autonomous in exploration so the learning would be more effective. We believe that for language learners‚ the
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ZARA Income Statement Period Ending: 2012 31/12 2011 31/12 2010 31/12 2009 31/12 Total Revenue 82.98 78.19 89.69 76.7 Revenue 82.98 78.19 89.69 76.7 Other Revenue‚ Total - - - - Cost of Revenue‚ Total 60.29 56.72 59.02 52 Gross Profit 22.69 21.47 30.67 24.7 Total Operating Expenses 77.61 73.35 74.12 63.51 Selling/General/Admin. Expenses‚ Total 3.69 3.24 3.96 3.56 Research & Development - - - - Depreciation / Amortization 13.63 13.38 11.14 7
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some consumers. Proportion of income required by the item: products requiring a larger portion of the consumer’s income tend to have greater elasticity. • Time period considered: elasticity tends to be greater over the long run because consumers have more time to adjust their behavoir to price changes. Income elasticity of demand measure the degree of responsiveness of quantity demanded of good X to a given change in level of income‚ ceteris paribus. Income elasticity of demand is calculated
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