In a Survey for Her Marketing Class,Allicia Interviewed 80 Randomly

question 46

Multiple Choice

In a survey for her marketing class,Allicia interviewed 80 randomly selected men and asked them their opinions of women with tans.Her initial results showed that the men overwhelmingly believed tans were a health risk.When she conducted the same survey again using the same methodology,she discovered that 50 percent of the surveyed population in the second group found women with tans sexy.This is most likely an example of a _____ error.

• A) representational
• B) random
• C) nonprobability
• D) frame
• E) reliability

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Definitions:

Journal Entry

A record in bookkeeping that logs the debit and credit aspects of a financial transaction.

Retained Earnings

The portion of a business's profits not distributed to shareholders, reinvested in the business instead.

Push-down Accounting

An accounting method applied in business combinations where the purchase price of an acquired entity is reflected in the financial statements of the acquired company.

Business Combination

A transaction or event in which two or more businesses come together to form a single reporting entity, typically involving the acquisition of one by another.