Jim Royo,manager of Billings Building Supply (BBS),wants to Develop a Model

question 18

Multiple Choice

Jim Royo,manager of Billings Building Supply (BBS) ,wants to develop a model to forecast BBS's monthly sales (in $1,000's) .He selects the dollar value of residential building permits (in $10,000) as the predictor variable.An analysis of the data yielded the following tables.
Jim's calculated value for the Durbin-Watson statistic is 1.14. Using $\alpha$ = 0.05,the appropriate decision is: _________.

• A) do not reject H₀: \(\rho\) = 0
• B) reject H₀: \(\rho\) = 0
• C) do not reject H₀: \(\rho\) \(\neq\) 0
• D) the test is inconclusive
• E) reject H₀: \(\rho\) ≠ 0

Calculate the present value of lease payments and understand its impact on lease classification and accounting.

Identify and classify types of lease agreements according to accounting standards.

Determine the effects of lease payments on lessee's balance sheet and income statement.

Understand the criteria for classifying leases as capital or operating from the lessee’s perspective.

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