Chapter 14 discusses the Social Judgment Theory which was developed by Carolyn Sherif‚ Muzafer Sherif‚ and Carl Hovland. They believed that when an individual gets a new idea they weigh it against old ideas they currently had to decide if the information is valid. The most difficult to get people change their mind are the topics of religion‚ sex‚ and politics. When these topics are brought up people have the tendency to become very protective about what they believe in. When I was teaching a class
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CHAPTER 12 & 14 REVIEW INCOME DISTRIBUTION‚ POVERTY‚ AND DISCRIMINATION Wealth: Income: What you own minus what you includes pay checks or wages‚ gov check‚ or Owe (includes hat you have in the dividend check or profit from selling an Bank and assets you own) investment (can have neg. income) Lorenz Curve= a graph of the actual cumulative distribution of income compared to a perfectly equal cumulative distribution of income *for the US‚ income is NOT equally distributed
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Textbook case: Managerial Accounting for Managers‚ 2nd edition Noreen‚ Brewer and Garrison (McGraw-Hill/Irwin‚ 2008). Case 4-33 Cost Structure; Target profit and Break-Even Analysis Contribution Income Statement for all three scenarios: 15% commission 20% commission Own sales force Sales $16‚000‚000 $16‚000‚000 $16‚000‚000 Variable manuf. cost $7‚200‚000 $7‚200‚000 $7‚200‚000 Commissions $2‚400‚000 $3‚200‚000 $1‚200‚000 -Tot. variable cost ($9‚600‚000)
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Cost Accounting: In a broad aspects‚ Cost Accounting is a method of accounting in which all costs incurred in carrying out an activity or accomplishing a purpose are collected‚ classified‚ and recorded. This data is then summarized and analyzed to arrive at a selling price‚ or to determine where savings are possible. So Cost Accounting consists of the identification‚ measurement‚ collection‚ analysis‚ preparation‚ and communication of financial information For example‚ calculating the cost of product
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100 Costs term 1. Absorption costing is a costing method that includes all manufacturing costs - direct materials‚ direct labor‚ and both variable and fixed overhead - as part of the cost of a finished unit of product. 2. Administrative costs are all executive‚ organizational‚ and clerical costs associated with the general management of an organization rather than with manufacturing‚ marketing‚ or selling. 3. Allocation base is a measure of activity such as direct labor-hours or machine-hours
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Chapter Fourteen Review Questions: 1. Bill of Lading- Is a written contract between the carrier and the seller. It is prepared at the time of shipping goods to a customer. On the Bill of Lading one will find a description of the goods‚ quantities shipped‚ and any other relevant data. Once goods have been shipped‚ the bill of lading generates related sales invoices as well as the entry in the sales journal. An original copy of the bill of lading is sent to the customer while the rest are retained
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An estimated regression coefficient is 10 with a standard error of 5. The null hypothesis is that the partial regression coefficient equals zero. What is the value of the t-statistic for testing the null hypothesis of the regression coefficient? Choose one answer. | a. 2 | | | b. 0.5 | | | c. 5 | | | d. 1 | | Correct Marks for this submission: 1/1. Question 2 Marks: 1 Given the demand function in log-linear form: Q = 120 - 1.5P + 12ADV where Q = quantity‚ P = price‚ and ADV
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CHAPTER 3 The Accounting Information System ASSIGNMENT CLASSIFICATION TABLE (BY TOPIC) Topics Questions 1. Transaction identification. 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 5‚ 6‚ 7‚ 8 2. Nominal accounts. 4‚ 7 3. Trial balance. 6‚ 10 4. Adjusting entries. 8‚ 11‚ 13‚ 14 5. Financial statements. 6. Closing. 12 7. Inventory and cost of goods sold. 9 8. Comprehensive accounting cycle. *9. Brief Exercises Exercises Problems 1‚ 2 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 17 1 2‚ 3‚ 4 1‚ 2‚ 7‚ 8 5‚ 6‚ 7‚ 8‚ 9‚ 10‚ 20 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4
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for it. Explain why this answer is meaningful or useful. 2. Definition - This section defines the managerial question to be analyzed. It also identifies the possible opportunities and alternatives being evaluated. 3. Factors or Costs - This section describes and identifies factors or costs that will influence the analysis of the questions. This section also includes factors and costs that may seem important (and are important for other questions) and explain why they are not important to
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Historical Cost accounting Historical cost accounting has been a controversial method that experienced many criticisms over a period of time‚ especially since it considers the acquisition cost of an asset and does not recognize the current market value. Merits and demerits of this method are as follows. The most obvious advantage of HC accounting is objectivity. It is a predominantly objective system‚ which records the original cost of an item when it was purchased. Under historical cost accounting
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