You Are Planning an Experiment to Determine the Effect of the Brand

question 16

Multiple Choice

You are planning an experiment to determine the effect of the brand of gasoline and the weight of a car on gas mileage measured in miles per gallon. You will use a single test car, adding weights so that its total weight is 3000, 3500, or 4000 pounds. The car will drive on a test track at each weight using each of Exxon, Sunoco, and Texaco gasoline.
In this study,

• A) gasoline brand is a categorical variable and weight is a quantitative variable.
• B) gasoline brand and weight are both categorical variables.
• C) gasoline brand and weight are both quantitative variables.
• D) gasoline brand is a quantitative variable and weight is a categorical variable.

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Definitions:

Standard Costs

Predetermined costs for the manufacturing of products or performing services under normal conditions, used as benchmarks to measure actual performance.

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Standards that represent levels of operation that can be attained with reasonable effort. Also called currently attainable standards.