For his research methods class project, Hiro is studying the effect of pet ownership on stress levels. Although a lot of research has been done on dog and cat owners, not much is known about other pets so Hiro decides to study hamster owners. Which of the following would demonstrate a snowball sampling technique?
A) He is interested in hamster owners and not pet owners in general.
B) He recruits his hamster owners by e-mailing members of the National Hamster Owners Association and asking for participants.
C) His participants are all the people who have purchased hamsters at his local pet store in the past year.
D) He asks hamster owners to give him the names of other hamster owners.

Classifying inflows and outflows of cash classify each of the following items as an inflow (i) or an outflow (o) of cash, or as neither (n). lg 2 lg 2 item change ($) item change ($) cash +100 accounts receivable −700 accounts payable −1,000 net profits +600 notes payable +500 depreciation +100 long-term debt −2,000 repurchase of stock +600 inventory +200 cash dividends +800 fixed assets +400 sale of stock +1,000

You invest all the money you earned during your summer sales job (a total of $45,000) into the stock of a company that produces fat and carb-free cheetos. the company stock is expected to earn a 14% annual return; however, 5 years later it is only worth $20,000. turns out there wasn't as much demand for fat and carb-free cheetos as you had hoped. what is the annual rate of return on your investment?

Which of the following statements is correct? large corporations are taxed more favorably than sole proprietorships. corporate stockholders are exposed to unlimited liability. due to limited liability, unlimited lives, and ease of ownership transfer, the vast majority of u.s. businesses (in terms of number of businesses) are organized as corporations. most businesses (by number and total dollar sales) are organized as partnerships or proprietorships because it is easier to set up and operate in one of these forms rather than as a corporation. however, if the business gets very large, it becomes advantageous to convert to a corporation, mainly because corporations have important tax advantages over proprietorships and partnerships. most business (measured by dollar sales) is conducted by corporations in spite of large corporations’ often less favorable tax treatment, due to legal considerations related to ownership transfers and limited liability.