Which of the Following Describes Retained Earnings

question 88

Multiple Choice

Which of the following describes retained earnings?

• A) Internally generated capital that results from profitable business transactions
• B) Externally generated capital that is contributed by shareholders
• C) Externally generated capital that is raised from banks and other creditors
• D) Internally generated capital that results from employees' contributions

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Definitions:

Representative Sampling

A method in statistics where a small subset of a population is chosen to accurately reflect the characteristics of the whole population.

Self-Report Bias

Refers to the bias that occurs when participants in research projects over or under-report behaviors or attitudes due to misremembering, misunderstanding, or wanting to present themselves in a favorable light.

Experimenter Bias

A process where the scientists performing the research influence the results, consciously or unconsciously, in order to portray a certain outcome.

Descriptive/Correlational Research

A research methodology that observes and describes behavior without influencing it, and may involve measuring the relationship between two or more variables.