A Ratio Calculated in the Analysis of Financial Statements

question 56

Multiple Choice

A ratio calculated in the analysis of financial statements

• A) expresses a mathematical relationship between two numbers.
• B) shows the percentage increase from one year to another.
• C) restates all items on a financial statement in terms of dollars of the same purchasing power.
• D) is meaningful only if the numerator is greater than the denominator.

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Definitions:

Mean

The arithmetic average of a set of values, found by dividing the sum of all values by the number of values.

Median

The midpoint in a set of values, such that 50% of the cases in a distribution fall below the median and 50% fall above it.

Mode

The most frequently occurring score in a distribution.

Skewness

A measure of the asymmetry of the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable about its mean, indicating whether the distribution is stretched more to the left or to the right.