Trevor Plans to Study the Relationship Between People's Responses to Highly

question 156

Multiple Choice

Trevor plans to study the relationship between people's responses to highly stressful situations and their overall health. He decides he must use correlational research, rather than experimental research, to investigate this problem. Trevor will MOST likely choose a correlational method because correlational studies

• A)tend to be more accurate than experiments.
• B)have higher internal validity than experiments where there are two dependent variables.
• C)can be used to study either positive or negative relationships, whereas experiments can only be used to study positive relationships.
• D)can be used to investigate factors that would be unethical to manipulate in an experimental study.

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Definitions:

Contribution Margin

The amount of revenue remaining after deducting variable costs, which contributes to covering fixed costs and generating profit.

Absorption Costing

A method of cost accounting that includes all manufacturing costs - direct materials, direct labor, and both variable and fixed overhead - in the cost of a product.

Cost Behavior

The way in which a cost reacts or changes when there is a change in the level of business activity.

Variable Costing Format

An accounting method that only includes variable production costs (direct materials, direct labor, and variable manufacturing overhead) in product costs.