Sheridan company manufactures widgets. bowden company has approached sheridan with a proposal to sell the company widgets at a price of $68880 for 1 units. sheridan is currently making these components in its own factory. the following costs are associated with this part of the process when 1 units are produced: direct material $ 26040 direct labor 24360 manufacturing overhead 33600 total $84000 the manufacturing overhead consists of $13440 of costs that will be eliminated if the components are no longer produced by sheridan. from sheridan’s point of view, how much is the incremental cost or savings if the widgets are bought instead of made?
-$1680 incremental savings
-$15120 incremental savings
-$5040 incremental cost
-$15120 incremental cost

Monica needs to assess the slide sequence and make quick changes to it. which view should she use in her presentation program? a. outline b. slide show c. slide sorter d. notes page e. handout

Reliability and validity reliability and validity are two important considerations that must be made with any type of data collection. reliability refers to the ability to consistently produce a given result. in the context of psychological research, this would mean that any instruments or tools used to collect data do so in consistent, reproducible ways. unfortunately, being consistent in measurement does not necessarily mean that you have measured something correctly. to illustrate this concept, consider a kitchen scale that would be used to measure the weight of cereal that you eat in the morning. if the scale is not properly calibrated, it may consistently under- or overestimate the amount of cereal that’s being measured. while the scale is highly reliable in producing consistent results (e.g., the same amount of cereal poured onto the scale produces the same reading each time), those results are incorrect. this is where validity comes into play. validity refers to the extent to which a given instrument or tool accurately measures what it’s supposed to measure. while any valid measure is by necessity reliable, the reverse is not necessarily true. researchers strive to use instruments that are both highly reliable and valid.

The textbook defines ethics as “the principles of conduct governing an individual or a group,” and specifically as the standards one uses to decide what their conduct should be. to what extent do you believe that what happened at bp (british petrolium) is as much a breakdown in the company’s ethical systems as it is in its safety systems, and how would you defend your conclusion?