Jarrod argues that drinking alcohol increases the likelihood that one will also smoke. His argument related to drinking and smoking is an example of ______.

a. causation
b. correlation
c. mediation
d. definition


b. correlation

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A. incivility B. bullying C. mobbing D. cyberbullying

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If a company does not update the inventory and cost of goods sold accounts during the period, it means company is using:

A) the periodic inventory system. B) the perpetual inventory system. C) both the periodic and the perpetual inventory system. D) neither the periodic nor the perpetual inventory system.

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Merati Corporation has two manufacturing departments--Forming and Assembly. The company used the following data at the beginning of the year to calculate predetermined overhead rates:  FormingAssemblyTotalEstimated total machine-hours (MHs) 5,000 5,000 10,000Estimated total fixed manufacturing overhead cost$28,000$10,500$38,500Estimated variable manufacturing overhead cost per MH$1.80$2.60   During the most recent month, the company started and completed two jobs--Job B and Job L. There were no beginning inventories. Data concerning those two jobs follow:  Job AJob LForming machine-hours 3,400 1,600Assembly machine-hours 2,000 3,000Assume that the company uses departmental predetermined overhead rates with machine-hours as the allocation base in both departments. The

departmental predetermined overhead rate in the Assembly Department is closest to: A. $2.60 B. $4.70 C. $2.10 D. $6.05

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