Accounting, Emphasis Is Placed on Determining Net Income in Accordance

question 28

True/False

accounting, emphasis is placed on determining net income in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.In finance, the primary emphasis is also on net income because that is what investors use to value the firm.However, a secondary financial consideration is cash flow, because cash is needed to operate the business.

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Definitions:

Alternative Hypothesis

The hypothesis that proposes there is a significant difference between two variables or that a parameter of the population has a value that contradicts the null hypothesis.

Simple Linear Regression

A statistical method for modeling the relationship between a dependent variable and one independent variable.

F Statistic

A ratio of variances that is used primarily in ANOVA to assess whether the variances between groups are significantly different.

Alternative Hypothesis

The hypothesis that proposes a significant difference, relationship, or effect, and is accepted if the null hypothesis is rejected.