If the Total Sales- Activity Variance Was $7,500 Favorable, and the Total

question 28

Multiple Choice

If the total sales- activity variance was $7,500 favorable, and the total master budget variance was $10,000 favorable, then the total flexible budget variance must have been:

• A) $2,500 unfavorable
• B) $2,500 favorable
• C) $17,500 favorable
• D) indeterminable

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Definitions:

Internally Valid

The extent to which a research study provides evidence of a cause-and-effect relationship between variables, within the context of the study.

Confounds

Variables that researcher failed to control, or eliminate, damaging the internal validity of an experiment by providing alternative explanations for outcomes.

Experimental Manipulation

The deliberate alteration of the independent variable in an experiment in order to learn about its effects on the dependent variable.

Control Groups

In experimental research, a group of subjects that does not receive the treatment being tested and is used as a benchmark to measure how the other tested subjects respond.