SCENARIO 11-1 an Airline Wants to Select a Computer Software Package for Package

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SCENARIO 11-1
An airline wants to select a computer software package for its reservation system.Four software packages (1,2,3,and 4) are commercially available.The airline will choose the package that bumps as few passengers as possible during a month.An experiment is set up in which each package is used to make reservations for 5 randomly selected weeks.(A total of 20 weeks was included in the experiment. ) The number of passengers bumped each week is obtained,which gives rise to the following Excel output:

-Referring to Scenario 11-1,the total degrees of freedom is

• A)3
• B)4
• C)16
• D)19

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Definitions:

Equity Method

An accounting technique used to record investments in which the investor has significant influence over the investee but does not control it outright, usually indicated by owning 20% to 50% of the investee's equity.

Controlling Interest

Ownership of a portion of a company that is large enough to control or influence decision-making and operations.

Significant Influence

The ability of an investor to affect decisions of the investee in which it holds a significant but not controlling interest, typically through ownership of 20% to 50% of voting shares.

Investee

The entity in which an investment is made, usually implying that the investor has significant influence but not full control over it.