An Outlier

question 19

Multiple Choice

An outlier

• A) can be an extreme score.
• B) can be an error that snuck into the data.
• C) will never have a large influence on many measures of variability.
• D) both a and b

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Definitions:

Margin of Safety

The difference between actual sales and the break-even point, indicating the risk level of not covering fixed costs.

Break-even Sales

The amount of revenue required to cover all fixed and variable costs, resulting in neither profit nor loss.

Sales Percentage

A metric that shows what portion of a company's total sales is made up of a particular product or service.

Degree of Operating Leverage

A metric that measures a company's sensitivity of operating income to its sales, indicating the impact of fixed and variable costs.