Murphree Clinic Uses Client-Visits as Its Measure of Activity

question 44

Multiple Choice

Murphree Clinic uses client-visits as its measure of activity. During April, the clinic budgeted for 3,300 client-visits, but its actual level of activity was 3,350 client-visits. The clinic has provided the following data concerning the formulas used in its budgeting and its actual results for April:
-The net operating income in the flexible budget for April would be closest to:

• A) $20,115
• B) $19,519
• C) $14,425
• D) $13,550

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Definitions:

Sampling Distribution

The probability distribution of a given statistic based on a random sample, used to make inferences about a population.

Nonnormal Population

A population distribution that does not fit the normal (bell-shaped) distribution pattern, often having skewness or kurtosis.

Approximately Normally Distributed

Describing data that roughly follows a bell curve, with most values clustering around a central mean.

Sampling Distribution

A statistical measure that describes how likely different outcomes are, based on data from a random sample, which is utilized to draw conclusions about the broader population.