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> The following chart reports the number of cell phones sold at a big-box retail store for the last 26 days. a. What are the maximum and the minimum numbers of cell phones sold in a day? b. What is a typical number of cell phones sold? 4 9. 14 19

> A large pharmaceutical company hires business administration graduates to sell its products. The company is growing rapidly and dedicates only 1 day of sales training for new salespeople. The company’s goal for new salespeople is $10,000 per month. The g

> Using the concepts of sample and population, describe how a presidential election is unlike an “exit” poll of the electorate.

> A Human Resources manager at Metal Technologies studied the overtime hours of welders. A sample of 15 welders showed the following number of overtime hours worked last month. (a) Compute the arithmetic mean and (b) Indicate whether it is a statistic or

> A poll solicits a large number of college undergraduates for information on the following variables: the name of their cell phone provider (AT&T, Verizon, and so on), the numbers of minutes used last month (200, 400, for example), and their satisfaction

> Describe the differences between a histogram and a stem-and-leaf display.

> The following stem-and-leaf chart reports the number of prescriptions filled per day at the pharmacy on the corner of Fourth and Main Streets. Stem ___________________Leaf 12 ………………………………………………. 689 13 ………………………………………………. 123 14 …………………………………….………. 6889

> The following is the number of oil changes for the last 7 days at the Jiffy Lube located at the corner of Elm Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. Determine the (a) Mean, (b) Median, and (c) Mode. 41 15 39 54 31 15 33

> Suppose you go to the grocery store and spend $61.85 for the purchase of 14 items. What is the mean price per item?

> Explain the difference between a sample and a population.

> Compute the mean of the following population values: 7, 5, 7, 3, 7, 4.

> For each of the following, determine whether the group is a sample or a population. a. The participants in a study of a new cholesterol drug. b. The drivers who received a speeding ticket in Kansas City last month. c. People on welfare in Cook County (Ch

> Slate is a daily magazine on the Web. Its business activities can be described by a number of variables. What is the level of measurement for each of the following variables? a. The number of hits on their website on Saturday between 8:00 am and 9:00 am.

> Refer to the Lincolnville School bus data. Develop a regression equation that expresses the relationship between age of the bus and maintenance cost. The age of the bus is the independent variable. a. Draw a scatter diagram. What does this diagram sugges

> The North Valley Real Estate data reports information on homes on the market. a. Let selling price be the dependent variable and size of the home the independent variable. Determine the regression equation. Estimate the selling price for a home with an a

> Waterbury Insurance Company wants to study the relationship between the amount of fire damage and the distance between the burning house and the nearest fire station. This information will be used in setting rates for insurance coverage. For a sample of

> A consumer buying cooperative tested the effective heating area of 20 different electric space heaters with different wattages. Here are the results. a. Compute the correlation between the wattage and heating area. Is there a direct or an indirect rela

> The following table shows the mean annual percent return on capital (profitability) and the mean annual percentage sales growth for eight aerospace and defense companies. a. Compute the correlation coefficient. Conduct a test of hypothesis to determine

> The food services division of Cedar River Amusement Park Inc. is studying the amount of money spent per day on food and drink by families who visit the amusement park. A sample of 40 families who visited the park yesterday revealed they spent the followi

> A highway employee performed a regression analysis of the relationship between the number of construction work-zone fatalities and the number of unemployed people in a state. The regression equation is Fatalities = 12.7 + 0.000114 (Unemp). Some additiona

> Super Markets Inc. is considering expanding into the Scottsdale, Arizona, area. You, as director of planning, must present an analysis of the proposed expansion to the operating committee of the board of directors. As a part of your proposal, you need to

> Mr. William Profit is studying companies going public for the first time. He is particularly interested in the relationship between the size of the offering and the price per share. A sample of 15 companies that recently went public revealed the followin

> Emily Smith decides to buy a fuel-efficient used car. Here are several vehicles she is considering, with the estimated cost to purchase and the age of the vehicle. a. Plot these data on a scatter diagram with estimated cost as the dependent variable. b

> The Cotton Mill is an upscale chain of women’s clothing stores, located primarily in the southwest United States. Due to recent success, The Cotton Mill’s top management is planning to expand by locating new stores in

> A suburban hotel derives its revenue from its hotel and restaurant operations. The owners are interested in the relationship between the number of rooms occupied on a nightly basis and the revenue per day in the restaurant. Below is a sample of 25 days (

> Every April, The Masters—one of the most prestigious golf tournaments on the PGA golf tour—is played in Augusta, Georgia. In 2016, 55 players received prize money. The 2016 winner, Danny Willett, earned a prize of $1,8

> We are studying mutual bond funds for the purpose of investing in several funds. For this particular study, we want to focus on the assets of a fund and its five-year performance. The question is: Can the five-year rate of return be estimated based on th

> Mr. James McWhinney, president of Daniel-James Financial Services, believes there is a relationship between the number of client contacts and the dollar amount of sales. To document this assertion, Mr. McWhinney gathered the following sample information.

> The following sample of observations was randomly selected. a. Determine the regression equation. b. Determine the value of Å· when x is 7. X: 3 6 4 4 6 8 y. 13 15 7 12 13 11 9 0O 5 3.

> Scrapper Elevator Company has 20 sales representatives who sell its product throughout the United States and Canada. The number of units sold last month by each representative is listed below. Assume these sales figures to be the population values. a.

> The Student Government Association at Middle Carolina University wanted to demonstrate the relationship between the number of beers a student drinks and his or her blood alcohol content (BAC). A random sample of 18 students participated in a study in whi

> The owner of Maumee Ford-Volvo wants to study the relationship between the age of a car and its selling price. Listed below is a random sample of 12 used cars sold at the dealership during the last year. a. Draw a scatter diagram. b. Determine the corr

> The production department of Celltronics International wants to explore the relationship between the number of employees who assemble a subassembly and the number produced. As an experiment, two employees were assigned to assemble the subassemblies. They

> Refer to the Baseball 2016 data, which report information on the 30 Major League Baseball teams for the 2016 season. a. At the .10 significance level, is there a difference in the variation in team salary among the American and National League teams? b.

> Robert Altoff is vice president of engineering for a manufacturer of household washing machines. As part of a new product development project, he wishes to determine the optimal length of time for the washing cycle. Included in the project is a study of

> There are four radio stations in Midland. The stations have different formats (hard rock, classical, country/western, and easy listening), but each is concerned with the number of minutes of music played per hour. From a sample of 10 randomly selected ho

> Each of three supermarket chains in the Denver area claims to have the lowest overall prices. As part of an investigative study on supermarket advertising, a local television station conducted a study by randomly selecting nine grocery items. Then, on th

> A task requires the completion of four activities. A teacher would like to know if differences in the sequence of the four activities results in different task completion times. The teacher selects three students and demonstrates the activities in random

> There are four McBurger restaurants in the Columbus, Georgia, area. The numbers of burgers sold at the respective restaurants for each of the last 6 weeks are shown below. At the .05 significance level, is there a difference in the mean number sold among

> To prevent spam from entering your email inbox, you use a filter. You are interested in knowing if the number of spam emails differs by day of the week. The number of spam emails by day of week is counted and recorded. Minitab is used to perform the data

> The Quick Change Oil Company has a number of outlets in the metropolitan Seattle area. The daily number of oil changes at the Oak Street outlet in the past 20 days are: The data are to be organized into a frequency distribution. a. How many classes wou

> Three assembly lines are used to produce a certain component for an airliner. To examine the production rate, a random sample of six hourly periods is chosen for each assembly line and the number of components produced during these periods for each line

> A study of the effect of television commercials on 12-year-old children measured their attention span, in seconds. The commercials were for clothes, food, and toys. At the .05 significance level, is there a difference in the mean attention span of the ch

> Jacob Lee is a frequent traveler between Los Angeles and San Diego. For the past month, he wrote down the flight times in minutes on three different airlines. The results are: a. Use the .05 significance level and the six-step hypothesis-testing proces

> Random samples of five were selected from each of three populations. The sum of squares total was 100. The sum of squares due to the treatments was 40. a. Set up the null hypothesis and the alternate hypothesis. b. What is the decision rule? Use the .05

> One variable that Google uses to rank pages on the Internet is page speed, the time it takes for a web page to load into your browser. A source for women’s clothing is redesigning their page to improve the images that show its products and to reduce its

> A large company is organized into three functional areas: manufacturing, marketing, and research and development. The employees claim that the company pays women less than men for similar jobs. The company randomly selected four males and four females in

> Consider the following partially completed two-way ANOVA table. Suppose there are four levels of Factor A and three levels of Factor B. The number of replications per cell is 5. Complete the table and test to determine if there is a significant differenc

> There are three hospitals in the Tulsa, Oklahoma, area. The following data show the number of outpatient surgeries performed on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday at each hospital last week. At the .05 significance level, can we conclude th

> A stock analyst wants to determine whether there is a difference in the mean return on equity for three types of stock: utility, retail, and banking stocks. The following output is obtained: a. Using the .05 level of significance, is there a difference

> Refer to the previous exercise. Instead of 49, suppose that 64 Americans were surveyed about their weekly expenditures on coffee. Assume the sample mean remained the same. a. What is the 95% confidence interval estimate of μ? b. Explain why this confiden

> The following sample of observations were randomly selected. Determine the correlation coefficient and interpret the relationship between x and y. X 3 3 4 4 6 y 13 15 7 12 13 11 9

> Label the blanks in the column heads as either Debit or Credit. CASH RECEIPTS JOURNAL Page Sales Discounts Accounts Receivable Other Accounts Post. Ref. Account Cash Sales Date Credited

> Label the blanks in the column heads as either Debit or Credit. CASH PAYMENTS JOURNAL Page Other Accounts Accounts Payable Purchases Discounts Cash Account Debited Ck. Post. Date No. Ref.

> Describe the transaction recorded. Credit Card Cash Sales Tax Payable Sales Еxpense 593.60 44.80 560.00 11.20

> An electronics business purchased speakers for resale. The total of the invoice is $2,580, and it is subject to trade discounts of 15 percent, 10 percent, and 5 percent. Compute the amount the dealer will pay for the speakers.

> Moon Company is considering eliminating its Drapery Department. Management does not believe the indirect expenses and the level of operations in the other departments will be affected if the Drapery Department closes. Information from Moonâ€&#

> Use the information presented in Problem C-1 to solve this problem. In Problem C-1 Bean Nursery sells bark to its customers at retail. Bean buys bark from a plywood mill in bulk and transports the bark in its own trucks. Information relating to the begi

> Use the information presented in Problem C-1 to solve this problem. In Problem C-1 Bean Nursery sells bark to its customers at retail. Bean buys bark from a plywood mill in bulk and transports the bark in its own trucks. Information relating to the begi

> Post the following entry to the general ledger and subsidiary ledger. GENERAL JOURNAL Page 52 Post. Date Description Ref. Debit Credit 20-- August 16 Sales Returns and Allowances 286 42 Accounts Receivable, F. E. Dixon 2 8 6 42 Issued credit memo no

> Use the information in Problem A-1 to solve this problem. Assume the delivery van is expected to have a useful life of 100,000 miles (Year 1, 40,000 miles; Year 2, 30,000 miles; Year 3, 20,000 miles; Year 4, 10,000 miles). In Problem A-1 A delivery van

> A delivery van was bought for $18,000. The estimated life of the van is four years. The trade-in value at the end of four years is estimated to be $2,000. Required Prepare a depreciation schedule for the four-year period using the straight-line method.

> Describe the posting procedures to the general ledger and the rules for totaling and ruling the following. a. Sales journal b. Purchases journal

> Describe the four procedures that most companies follow to maintain internal control of purchases of merchandise.

> Who issues a credit memorandum and why?

> Suppose we collected cash from a charge customer and the debit was to Cash and the credit to Sales. How and when would this error be discovered?

> If a cash payments journal is supposed to save time spent writing, why are there so many entries in the Other Accounts Debit column?

> Record the following transactions in general journal form. a. Sold merchandise on account to D. North, invoice no. 4556, $2,515.25. b. Sold merchandise on account to NexStar Industries, invoice no. 4557, $775.00. c. NexStar Industries returned $225.50 wo

> What does an X under the total of a special journal’s Other Accounts column signify?

> Why is it a good practice to post daily to the accounts receivable or accounts payable ledgers?

> In a cash receipts journal, both the Accounts Receivable Credit column and the Cash Debit column were mistakenly underadded by $700. How will this error be discovered?

> What is the normal balance for each of the following accounts: (a) Purchases? (b) Sales Discounts? (c) Purchases Returns and Allowances? (d) Sales? (e) Purchases Discounts? (f) Sales Returns and Allowances?

> For each of the following accounts, identify whether the normal balance is a debit or a credit. Also specify whether the account is a contra account. a. Sales Returns and Allowances b. Merchandise Inventory c. Sales d. Freight In e. Purchases Returns and

> What is the difference between a wholesale business and a retail business?

> Explain the meaning and importance of the shipping terms FOB destination and FOB shipping point. Who has title to the goods once they have been shipped?

> Nathan Systems uses a voucher system in which it records invoices at the gross amount. During October, it completed the following transactions: Oct. 2 Issued voucher no. 2632 in favor of Myers and Horn for the purchase of merchandise with an invoice pric

> Hartman Company, which uses a voucher system, has the following unpaid vouchers on July 1. The firm follows the practice of recording vouchers at the gross amount. The company completed the following transactions during July: July 1 Issued voucher no.

> Saenz Company uses a voucher system in which it records invoices at the gross amount. The following vouchers were issued during February and were unpaid on March 1: The following transactions were completed during March: Mar. 3 Issued voucher no. 1734

> Nillson’s Nursery uses the direct write-off method for recording bad debts. Required Journalize the following selected entries: 2012 Apr. 10 Write off the account of P. A. Seldon as uncollectible, $458. July 27 Write off the account of J. M. Weller as u

> La Hacienda Company has two departments: Furniture and Lighting. La Hacienda’s accountant prepares an adjusted trial balance (shown below) at the end of the fiscal year. The trial balance is prepared after all adjustments, including t

> Bay Book and Software has two sales departments: Book and Software. After recording and posting all adjustments, including the adjustments for merchandise inventory, the accountant prepared the adjusted trial balance (shown on the next page) at the end o

> Following is a trial balance prepared just before you were hired. Two accounts are missing, and the amount for Sales is off. Here are a few facts to consider. Our business is in a state that collects sales tax. I ran some totals, and we collected $1,800

> You are the bookkeeper at a small merchandising firm. You are comparing the income statements from the last three years. You notice that the Purchases Returns and Allowances account (as a percentage of net sales) has been increasing at an alarming rate.

> Jax Mercantile Co. has been northern Colorado’s premier outdoor gear source for over 50 years. Jax sells men’s, women’s, and children’s clothing for any outdoor activity. Customers can also find camping and fishing gear, mountaineering tools, and hunting

> You work for Gregory Plumbing Supply. You are responsible for training a new accounting clerk. She has the following questions for you to answer about this invoice. 1. Who is the buyer? 2. Who is paying the freight? 3. What is the customerâ€

> You are the manager of the Accounts Receivable Department for a merchandising business. Your billing clerk sent a bill for $2 to a customer who had charged $100 in goods (including sales tax) with terms 2/10, n/30. The customer called and indicated his d

> With regard to goods sold and purchased, explain how sales returns and allowances and purchases returns and allowances are different from each other.

> If you’re ever in Santa Cruz, California, take some time to visit Bookshop Santa Cruz. You’ll find books “that entertain, help solve problems, or occasionally, change a life.” Since opening in 1966, Bookshop Santa Cruz has been a vital part of the Bay Ar

> The following transactions were completed by Nelson’s Hardware, a retailer, during September. Terms on sales on account are 1/10, n/30, FOB shipping point. Sept. 4 Received cash from M. Alex in payment of August 25 invoice of $275, less cash discount. 7

> Hardy’s Landscape Service’s total revenue on account for 2018 amounted to $273,205. The company, which uses the allowance method, estimates bad debts at ½ percent of total revenue on account. Required Journalize the following selected entries: 2012 Dec.

> The following transactions were completed by Yang Restaurant Equipment during January, the first month of this fiscal year. Terms of sale are 2/10, n/30. The balances of the accounts as of January 1 have been recorded in the general ledger in your Workin

> R. J. Hinton Company sells electrical supplies on a wholesale basis. The balances of the accounts as of April 1 have been recorded in the general ledger in your Working Papers and CengageNow. The following transactions took place during April of this yea

> Refer to the information for Problem 10-1B on. In Problem 10-1B The following transactions were completed by Yang Restaurant Equipment during January, the first month of this fiscal year. Terms of sale are 2/10, n/30. The balances of the accounts as of

> May’s Beauty Store records sales and purchase transactions in the general journal. In addition to a general ledger, May’s Beauty Store also uses an accounts receivable ledger and an accounts payable ledger. Transactions for January related to the sales a

> Lowery’s Pet Depot records purchase transactions in the general journal. The company is located in Cleveland, Ohio. In addition to a general ledger, Lowery’s Pet Depot also uses an accounts payable ledger. Transactions for October related to the purchase

> Abbott Florists sells flowers on a retail basis. Most of the sales are for cash; however, a few steady customers have credit accounts. Abbott’s sales staff fills out a sales slip for each sale. There is a state retail tax of 5 percent, which is collected

> Prepare entries in general journal form to record the following: Aug. 6 Woodard Company failed to pay its 30-day, 10 percent note for $600, dated July 9. The note is thus dishonored at maturity.

> The following T accounts show a series of four transactions concerning a sale of merchandise on account and subsequent payment of the amount owed. Describe what happened in each transaction. Accounts Cash Receivable Sales + (а) 1,500 | (b) 130 (c) 2

> Explain the following credit terms: (a) n/30; (b) 2/10, n/60; (c) 1/15, EOM, n/30.

> Prepare entries in general journal form to record the following: June 12 Sold merchandise on account to K. Perrot; terms n/30; $1,740. July 12 Received $740 in cash from K. Perrot and a 60-day, 7 percent note for $1,000, dated July 12. Aug. 17 Discounted