Ned, a College Professor, Owns a Separate Business (Not Real

question 20

Multiple Choice

Ned, a college professor, owns a separate business (not real estate) in which he participates in the current year. He has one employee who works part-time in the business.

• A) If Ned participates for 120 hours and the employee participates for 120 hours during the year, Ned does not qualify as a material participant.
• B) If Ned participates for 95 hours and the employee participates for 5 hours during the year, Ned probably does not qualify as material participant.
• C) If Ned participates for 500 hours and the employee participates for 520 hours during the year, Ned qualifies as material participant.
• D) If Ned participates for 600 hours and the employee participates for 2,000 hours during the year, Ned qualifies as a material participant.
• E) None of the above.

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

The statistical measure that quantifies the dispersion or spread of a dataset relative to its mean.

Correction Factor

An adjustment applied to calculations to take into account changing conditions or to improve accuracy.

Population

The entire group of individuals or items that are the subject of a statistical study.

Confidence Interval

A breadth of numerical ranges, derived from samples' statistical outputs, presumed to enclose an unknown population parameter value.