Time Sampling Is Not an Effective Method for Sampling Behavior

question 77

Multiple Choice

Time sampling is not an effective method for sampling behavior that occurs infrequently.To observe behaviors in situations that occur infrequently,researchers choose

• A) event sampling.
• B) defined sampling.
• C) random sampling.
• D) field sampling.

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Definitions:

Plowback Ratio

The proportion of earnings retained by a business, rather than distributed to its shareholders as dividends, to reinvest in the core business or to pay debt.

Dividend Policy Decision

The strategy that a company uses to determine the size and timing of its dividends payments to shareholders.

Capital Intensity Ratio

A financial metric that measures the amount of capital needed per dollar of revenue; used to evaluate the investment intensity of a business's operations.

Fixed Asset Turnover Ratio

A financial metric that measures how efficiently a company uses its fixed assets to generate sales, calculated by dividing net sales by average fixed assets.