According to Colin Boyd in "The Structural Origins of Conflicts

question 26

Multiple Choice

According to Colin Boyd in "The Structural Origins of Conflicts of Interest in the Accounting Profession" the primary result of the Enron scandal was:

• A)The passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
• B)The requirement of an independent secondary audit to ensure accuracy.
• C)The breaking up of the "Big Five" auditing firms to ensure greater reliability through increased competition.
• D)All of the above

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Definitions:

Outcome Variable

The variable that is being measured or observed in a study to determine the effects of the independent variable; also known as the dependent variable.

Independent Variable

A variable that is manipulated or categorized to observe its effect on the dependent variable in experimental research.

Slope

The measure of the steepness or incline of a line, representing the rate of change of one variable with respect to another.

Intercept

In statistics and mathematics, the point at which a line crosses the vertical axis of a graph, indicating the value of the dependent variable when all independent variables are zero.