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question 15

Multiple Choice

Use the information for the question(s) below.

-If WiseGuy Ltd uses the payback period rule to choose projects, which of the projects (Project A or Project B) will rank highest?

• A)Project A
• B)Project B
• C)Project A and Project B have the same ranking.
• D)Cannot calculate a payback period without a discount rate.

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Definitions:

Significance Level

A statistic representing the probability of committing a Type I error, typically denoted by alpha (α), indicating how likely it is to find a result as extreme as, or more so, if the null hypothesis is true.

P < .05

A statistical notation indicating that the probability of the observed results occurring by chance is less than 5%.

Effect Size

A quantitative measure of the strength of a phenomenon, often used to determine the practical significance of research findings.

Cohen

Refers to statistical measures developed by Jacob Cohen to quantify the effect size or the strength of an observed phenomenon, such as Cohen's d.