Ned, a College Professor, Owns a Separate Business (Not Real

question 20

Multiple Choice

Ned, a college professor, owns a separate business (not real estate) in which he participates in the current year. He has one employee who works part-time in the business.

• A) If Ned participates for 120 hours and the employee participates for 120 hours during the year, Ned does not qualify as a material participant.
• B) If Ned participates for 95 hours and the employee participates for 5 hours during the year, Ned probably does not qualify as material participant.
• C) If Ned participates for 500 hours and the employee participates for 520 hours during the year, Ned qualifies as material participant.
• D) If Ned participates for 600 hours and the employee participates for 2,000 hours during the year, Ned qualifies as a material participant.
• E) None of the above.

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Definitions:

Nonnormal Population

A population distribution that does not fit the normal (bell-shaped) distribution pattern, often having skewness or kurtosis.

Approximately Normally Distributed

Describing data that roughly follows a bell curve, with most values clustering around a central mean.

Sampling Distribution

A statistical measure that describes how likely different outcomes are, based on data from a random sample, which is utilized to draw conclusions about the broader population.

Normally Distributed

A type of distribution for a variable where the data forms a symmetrical bell-shaped curve around the mean.