Which of the Following Is True

question 30

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true?

• A) An extraordinary gain would increase income before taxes.
• B) Discontinued operations would be shown as a component of continuing operations on the income statement.
• C)Discontinued operations shown on the income statement will include that component's income or loss from operations from before its disposal.
• D)Results from discontinued operations may be used to predict future company results.

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Definitions:

Control Group

In an experiment, the group that does not receive the treatment or intervention being tested, used as a baseline to compare the effects of the treatment.

Third Variable Problem

A challenge in research where an unmeasured, external factor causes the correlation between two variables, complicating causal interpretations.

Directionality Problem

In research, the issue of not knowing whether variable A causes variable B or vice versa.

Correlational Studies

Correlational studies are research methods that examine the relationship between two or more variables to determine if a statistically significant association exists, without inferring cause and effect.