Which of the Following Is NOT a Part of Allocating

question 6

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a part of allocating indirect costs to the cost pool:

• A) computing an indirect cost rate.
• B) dividing the indirect cost pool by the total direct cost of all programs.
• C) each program's share of direct labor costs.
• D) using total direct costs as the basic to apportion the indirect cost pool.

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Definitions:

Sum of Squared Errors

The total of the squared differences between the observed values and the values predicted by a model or the mean.

Variation

A measure of the spread or dispersion of a set of data points within a dataset.

Null Hypothesis

A default hypothesis that there is no significant effect or difference, and any observed variation is due to chance.

Normally Distributed

Describes a distribution that is symmetric about the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence than data far from the mean.