Instruction 8-7 After an Extensive Advertising Campaign,the Manager of a Company Wants

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Instruction 8-7
After an extensive advertising campaign,the manager of a company wants to estimate the proportion of potential customers that recognise a new product.She samples 120 potential consumers and finds that 54 recognise this product.She uses this sample information to obtain a 95% confidence interval that goes from 0.36 to 0.54.
-Referring to Instruction 8-7,the parameter of interest is 54/120 = 0.45.

Calculate and interpret direct labor variances, including rate and efficiency variances.

Determine the impact of actual direct labor hours and rates on standard costing.

Understand the concept of applying fixed and variable overhead based on standard activity bases.

Interpret the data to calculate standard hours allowed for production activities.

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