Embezzlement Is Distinguished from Fraud on the Basis Of

question 46

Multiple Choice

Embezzlement is distinguished from fraud on the basis of:

• A) whether the act occurred against an organization or an individual.
• B) the number of actors "working the scheme."
• C) the dollar value of what was taken and the absence of using a weapon to perpetrate the criminal act.
• D) when the criminal intent was formed and that a serious breach of trust has taken place.

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Definitions:

Coefficient Of Determination

A measure, often denoted as R^2, that indicates the proportion of the variance in the dependent variable predictable from the independent variable(s).

Coefficient Of Correlation

A measure that determines the degree to which two variables' movements are associated.

Standard Error

The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, typically the mean, indicating the variability of sampling estimates.

SSE

Sum of Squared Errors; a measure used in statistics to describe the total deviation of data points from a fitted value, reflecting the discrepancy between observed and predicted values.