Oil Quality and Price

question 141

Essay

Oil Quality and Price
Quality of oil is measured in API gravity degrees--the higher the degrees API,the higher the quality.The table shown below is produced by an expert in the field who believes that there is a relationship between quality and price per barrel. A partial Minitab output follows: ​ ​ ​
-{Oil Quality and Price Narrative} Draw a scatter diagram of the data.Comment on whether it appears that a linear model might be appropriate to describe the relationship between the quality of oil and price per barrel.

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Definitions:

Allocation Rate

The rate at which indirect costs are assigned to cost objects based on a certain basis, like labor hours or machine hours.

Activity-Based Costing

An accounting method that assigns costs to products or services based on the activities they require, aiming for more accurate cost information.

Manufacturing Overhead Costs

Indirect costs associated with manufacturing, including costs related to factory operations but not directly tied to specific products.

Activity Cost Pools

These are groups in which costs are collected according to the activities they support, facilitating more accurate allocation of overheads in cost accounting.