STANDARD DEVIATION The standard deviation is a popular measure of variability. It is used both as a separate entity and as a part of other analyses‚ such as computing confidence intervals and in hypothesis testing. The standard deviation is the square root of the variance. The population standard devia¬tion is denoted by σ. Like the variance‚ the standard deviation utilizes the sum of the squared deviations about the mean (SSx). It is computed by averaging these squared deviations (SSX/N) and
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Hstorical Cost Accounting Advantages and disadvantages of historical cost accounting‚ alternatives to historical cost accounting 2.1 Introduction Accounting concepts and conventions as used in accountancy are the rules and guidelines by which the accountant lives. The historical cost accounting convention is an accounting technique that values an asset for balance sheet purposes at the price paid for the asset at the time of its acquisition. The historical
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There are specific differences between direct finance and indirect finance. There are six main functions of financial intermediaries and they are: * Size transformation can only be made by financial intermediaries‚ savers/depositors are prepared to lend smaller amounts of money than the amounts required by borrowers. Banks perform the size transformation function exploiting economies of scale associated with the lending/borrowing function. * Maturity transformation which is that savers generally
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Advantages and disadvantages of 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
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MCQs in lecture from ch 2 1. Accounting theories should be A. Inductive B. Deductive C. Descriptive D. None of the given options is correct 2. Which of the following statements is true about accounting measurements such as profits and assets? A. They are subject to professional judgment B. They would not vary if prepared by different accountants‚ providing they were based on the same set of accounting standards C. They are based on hard‚ objective‚ evidence
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second plant in Sarnia‚ NASA is able to have each plant producing halobutyl and regular butyl. EROW‚ which has been running near capacity since 1980‚ solely focus on the production of halobutyl. Any idle capacity is utilized in manufacturing butyl. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS In 1986‚ Rubber NASA achieved a sale of approx. 66million which was 4.8million higher than the budget. However‚ when came down to bottom line (net contribution)‚ the division ended up a loss of 876thousand. This was 2.8million
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Introduction In 2002‚ the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) announced that Australia would adopt the accounting standards issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) from 2005(Baxter 2005). After the first of July 2005‚ the new standards (IFRS) start to use across national border. companies would be required to report current results under IFRS and restate recent results. They will also have to report their latest results under the old accounting standard‚ which should make comparing results
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addresses question 3‚ identify any special advantages and/or disadvantages the owner(s) experience in operating this form of business organization. I will also speak to the way in which a Christian owner’s faith will determine how the business is operated. I have selected the sole proprietorship form of business to discuss. The sole proprietorship form of ownership is a business that is owned by just one person. This form of business ownership has several advantages. There are no partners. The single owner
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3 Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis Learning Objectives 1. Explain the features of cost-volumeprofit (CVP) analysis 2. Determine the breakeven point and output level needed to achieve a target operating income 3. Understand how income taxes affect CVP analysis 4. Explain how managers use CVP analysis in decision making 5. Explain how sensitivity analysis helps managers cope with uncertainty 6. Use CVP analysis to plan variable and fixed costs 7. Apply CVP analysis to a company producing multiple
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CHAPTER 6 PRODUCTION EXERCISES 4. A political campaign manager must decide whether to emphasize television advertisements or letters to potential voters in a reelection campaign. Describe the production function for campaign votes. How might information about this function (such as the shape of the isoquants) help the campaign manager to plan strategy? The output of concern to the campaign manager is the number of votes. The production function has two inputs‚ television advertising and
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