Jiminian Clinic Uses Client-Visits as Its Measure of Activity

question 161

Multiple Choice

Jiminian Clinic uses client-visits as its measure of activity.During March, the clinic budgeted for 3, 700 client-visits, but its actual level of activity was 3, 660 client-visits.The clinic has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for March: Data used in budgeting: Actual results for March: The occupancy expenses in the flexible budget for March would be closest to:

• A)$12, 870
• B)$12, 491
• C)$12, 222
• D)$12, 826

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Definitions:

Population Variances

Measures of the dispersion of a population's data points, reflecting how data points spread out from the mean.

Confidence

In statistics, confidence refers to the probability that a parameter lies within a specified interval estimate.

Confidence Interval Estimate

The specific range estimated from the sample data within which the true value of a population parameter is expected to fall with a certain level of confidence.

Normally Distributed

A type of distribution where data points are symmetrically distributed around the mean, forming a bell-shaped curve.