The Following Statements Are True Regarding the Operating Cycle of a Merchandising

question 15

Multiple Choice

The following statements are true regarding the operating cycle of a merchandising company except:

• A)The operating cycle begins with the purchase of merchandise.
• B)The operating cycle is shortened by credit sales.
• C)The operating cycle ends with the collection of cash from the sale of merchandise.
• D)The operating cycle can vary in length among different merchandising companies.
• E)The operating cycle sometimes involves accounts receivable.

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Definitions:

Normal Distribution

A bell-shaped frequency distribution curve that is symmetric about the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence.

Goodness-of-fit Test

A statistical test used to determine if a set of observed frequencies differs significantly from the expected frequencies.

Test Statistic

A value calculated from sample data during a hypothesis test, used to make a decision about the null hypothesis.

Z

In statistics, 'Z' often refers to a Z-score, which measures the number of standard deviations a data point is from the mean.