Which method would you recommend to your statistics professor in selecting the appropriate forecasting model if avoiding large errors is extremely important to him or her?

a. Mean absolute deviation (MAD)
b. Sum of squares for forecast error (SSE)
c. Either a or b
d. Neither a nor b


B

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In its initial year of operation, Montoya Manufacturing started and completed 4,000 identical widgets and had 1,000 widgets that were 40% complete in work-in-process at the end of the year. Total production costs for the year were $55,000. What is the cost per equivalent unit?

A) $12.50 B) $11.00 C) $11.96 D) $13.75

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What will be an ideal response?

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________ is the customs value of goods that is based on their price calculated from the cost of manufacture, overhead, and handling

A. Transaction value B. Deductive value C. Computed value D. Derived value

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