Match the Terms with the Definitions

question 92

Multiple Choice

Match the terms with the definitions.
-Measures that indicate a company's ability to meet its current debts as they come due.

• A)profitability measures
• B)operating income ratio
• C)cost of goods sold ratio
• D)ratio of liabilities to stockholders' equity
• E)return on total assets
• F)ratio of net sales to assets
• G)horizontal analysis
• H)leverage
• I)net income ratio
• J)liquidity
• K)liquidity measures
• L)merchandise inventory turnover

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Definitions:

Experimental Study Designs

Research methods that allow investigators to directly manipulate variables to investigate cause-and-effect relationships between variables.

Line of Best Fit

A straight line drawn through the center of a group of data points plotted on a scatter plot, used to analyze and predict the relationship between variables.

Correlational Study

A research method that examines the relationship between two or more variables to determine whether a change in one variable is associated with a change in another.

External Validity

The degree to which the findings of a study can be generalized to other situations, populations, or settings.