Cindy Ho,VP of Finance at Discrete Components,Inc $\alpha$ = 001,the Appropriate Decision Is _________

question 106

Multiple Choice

Cindy Ho,VP of Finance at Discrete Components,Inc.(DCI) ,theorizes that the discount level offered to credit customers affects the average collection period on credit sales. Accordingly,she has designed an experiment to test her theory using four sales discount rates (0%,2%,4%,and 6%) by randomly assigning five customers to each sales discount rate.An analysis of Cindy's data produced the following ANOVA table.
Using $\alpha$ = 0.01,the appropriate decision is _________.

• A) reject the null hypothesis \(\mu\) ₁ = \(\mu\) ₂= \(\mu\) ₃ =\(\mu\) ₄
• B) reject the null hypothesis \(\mu\) ₁ \(\neq\) \(\mu\) ₂ \(\neq\) \(\mu\) ₃ \(\neq\)\(\mu\) ₄
• C) do not reject the null hypothesis \(\mu\) ₁ = \(\mu\) ₂= \(\mu\) ₃ =\(\mu\) ₄
• D) do not reject the null hypothesis \(\mu\) ₁ \(\neq\) \(\mu\) ₂ \(\neq\) \(\mu\) ₃ \(\neq\)\(\mu\) ₄
• E) do nothing

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Understand the significance of liquidity ratios like the acid-test ratio and current ratio in evaluating a company's short-term financial health.

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Understand the differences between merchandising and service companies in generating net income.

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Definitions:

Marginal Revenue Product

The additional revenue generated from employing one more unit of a factor of production.

Marginal Product

The extra output that comes from increasing a particular input by one unit, while keeping all other inputs unchanged.

Marginal Revenue Product

The extra revenue generated by employing one more unit of a factor, such as labor or capital.

Marginal Revenue Product

The additional revenue generated from using one more unit of a resource.