The Administration of Midwest State University Wants to Know If

question 95

Multiple Choice

The administration of Midwest State University wants to know if arrangement of chairs affects student participation in classrooms. What would be a good operational definition of the dependent variable in an experiment designed to measure this relationship?

• A) class size: under 50 or over 50
• B) number of students enrolled in each class
• C) chair arrangement: theater style or circular
• D) frequency with which students ask questions

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Definitions:

Allocated

The distribution of resources, costs, or expenses to specific departments, projects, or cost centers according to a predetermined method.

Constant Gross Margin Method

An inventory valuation method that maintains a fixed gross margin percentage for costing inventory despite changes in the cost of goods sold.

Joint Cost

The costs incurred in producing products up to a split-off point in a process that yields multiple products, typically allocated among the products based on some reasonable method.

Split-off

A point in the manufacturing process where multiple products are generated from a common input.