What Are Two Primary Disadvantages of Mail Questionnaires

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Multiple Choice

What are two primary disadvantages of mail questionnaires?

• A) The mailing costs are high, and the response rate is low.
• B) The response rate may be low, and the respondents may not be representative of the population.
• C) The mailing costs are high, and the validity may decrease because of the survey's anonymity.
• D) Completing the questionnaire may be inconvenient, and respondents may not be representative of the population.
• E) An interviewer is usually present to bias the responses, and respondents may not be totally honest.

Identify the accounting treatment for foreign currency transactions under U.S. accounting standards.

Analyze the effects of forward contracts and options on financial risk management.

Determine the effective use of hedging in foreign exchange risk management.

Calculate the foreign exchange gain or loss on transactions.

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Definitions:

Parameter

A numerical characteristic of a statistical population, such as a mean or standard deviation, that describes some aspect of the population.

Simple Random Sample

A sample in which each member of the population has an equal chance of being selected.

Finite Population

A population set that contains a countable number of individuals or observations.

Nonsampling Error

Any difference between the value of a sample statistic (such as the sample mean, sample standard deviation, or sample proportion) and the value of the corresponding population parameter (population mean, population standard deviation, or population proportion) that is not the result of sampling error. These include but are not limited to coverage error, nonresponse error, measurement error, interviewer error, and processing error.