Managerial Accounting
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ISBN: 9780077826482
Author: Stacey M Whitecotton Associate Professor, Robert Libby, Fred Phillips Associate Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Least-square regression- Least square regression method use all the available data to derive the best fitting line which minimizes the sum of squared errors between the data points and the regression line.
The linear cost equation and explain the components of the cost equation and also compare the regression result with scatter-graph and high low method
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Which of the following methods of cost estimation relies on only two data points?A. the high-low methodB. account analysisC. least-squares regressionD. SWOT analysis.
Which of the following statements related to cost estimation methods is true?
O a. The most complex method of cost estimation is the high-low method.
O b. The high-low method is the most accurate and reliable method to determine the cost behavior compared to scatter-graph plot and
least-squares regression methods.
O c. The low-high method is used to derive an estimated line of cost behavior by graphically connecting the two cost amounts identified
with the highest and lowest volume levels.
O d. Only high-low method has a slope and an intercept.
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None of the given answers.
Which of the following statements related to cost estimation methods is true ?
a . Only high -low method has a slope and an intercept .
b. The scatter - graph method is used to derive an estimated line of cost behavior by graphically connecting the two cost amounts identified with the highest and lowest volume levels .
c. The most complex method of cost estimation is the high - low method .
d. The least -squares regression method is the most accurate and reliable method to determine the cost behavior compared to scatter -graph plot and high -low methods .
e. None of the given answers
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Managerial Accounting
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