Which of the Following Is the Most Appropriate Cost Driver

question 240

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the most appropriate cost driver for allocating the cost of warranty services?

• A) number of employees
• B) number of materials purchased
• C) number of machine hours
• D) number of service calls

---

Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

A hypothesis that suggests there is no statistical significance in a set of given observations, serving as the default assumption until evidence indicates otherwise.

Population Variances

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a population's values around the mean.

F-tests

F-tests are a class of statistical tests that compare the variances between groups to ascertain whether the means are significantly different, often based on F distribution.

One-tailed Tests

A type of hypothesis test that determines if there is a significant difference in a specific direction between the compared groups.