SCENARIO 18-12
the Marketing Manager for a Nationally Franchised Lawn $\beta$

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SCENARIO 18-12
The marketing manager for a nationally franchised lawn service company would like to study the characteristics that differentiate home owners who do and do not have a lawn service. A random sample of 30 home owners located in a suburban area near a large city was selected; 15 did not have a lawn service (code 0) and 15 had a lawn service (code 1). Additional information available concerning these 30 home owners includes family income (Income, in thousands of dollars), lawn size (Lawn Size, in thousands of square feet), attitude toward outdoor recreational activities (Attitude 0 = unfavorable, 1 = favorable), number of teenagers in the household (Teenager), and age of the head of the household (Age). The Minitab output is given below:

-Referring to Scenario 18-10 Model 1,you can conclude that,holding constant the effect of the other independent variables,the number of years of education received has no impact on the mean number of weeks a worker is unemployed due to a layoff at a 5% level of significance if we use only the information of the 95% confidence interval estimate for $\beta$ ₂ .

Understand how to calculate the cost of goods sold using FIFO cost flow assumption.

Determine the predetermined overhead rate and identify whether overhead is overapplied or underapplied.

Journalize the flow of labor costs into production.

Compute job order costing including balance on job cost sheets and cost per unit.

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Definitions:

Induce

To lead or move by persuasion or influence, often to do something.

Rescission

The act of canceling or invalidating a contract, returning all parties to their state prior to the contract.

Award

A formal acknowledgment, often involving a monetary gift, given in recognition of an achievement or as a decision in arbitration and legal matters.

Fraudulent Misrepresentation

A false statement made knowingly, without belief in its truth, or recklessly, causing another to enter into a contract.