Traditionally,an NPV Analysis Assumes That Projects Will Be Accepted or Rejected,which

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Traditionally,an NPV analysis assumes that projects will be accepted or rejected,which implies that they will be undertaken now or never.However,in practice,companies sometimes have a third choice--delay the decision until later,when more information will be available.Because the analysis extends out at least one additional year from the original analysis,it is unlikely that the firm would ever delay a project--particularly given the loss of the "first mover advantage."

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Central Tendency

A statistical measure that identifies a single value as representative of an entire distribution of data, commonly using the mean, median, or mode.

Standard Deviation

A statistical measure that quantifies the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of data values from their average (mean).

Variance

A measure of the dispersion of a set of data points around their mean; it quantifies the spread of the data.

Cross-Sectional Study

A research design that analyzes data from a population, or a representative subset, at a specific point in time.