Identify your use of reporting verbs in your paper, and write them down or underline them.
In my work, reporting verbs like “investigated,” “argues,” “explored,” and “focused,” are absolutely suitable for a formal response. Formal and more precise verbs are “say” and “talk about.”…
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Calculate working capital, the current ratio, and the acid-test ratio as of the most recent balance sheet date.
Working Capital: Working capital is calculated as Current Assets minus Current Liabilities. For example, if a company has $500,000 in current assets and $300,000 in current liabilities, the…
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Project: Maple University Library maintains a small book donations department in the basement section of the library. The process for accepting the typical donated book includes searching the current holdings to determine if the book is already held by the library, placing a small inventory tracking device (a radio frequency identification [RFID] tag) in the book, assigning the book a card catalog number, and finally entering the book into the library’s online computer database/card catalog system.
Are their cost computations correct? The Maple University Library donations area budget committee cost estimates were incorrect. The committee chose $18.90 per book after considering the following factors.…
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Maya is a sociology student who is required to submit an assignment analyzing the job market from the perspectives of first conflict theory and then symbolic interactionism.
Correct answer: First, she should examine the differences in power among people at different levels, and then she should analyze the one-on-one interactions between employees. RATIONALE When working…
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Which of the following is the primary source of information in a literature review?
Correct answer: Previous studies published in the field. RATIONALE A literature review is a survey of any existing similar or related studies on a topic of study. By…
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According to criticisms of conflict theory, which of the following does it not consider?
Correct answer: Periods of stability and growth. RATIONALE A criticism of conflict theory is that it accounts for change throughout society, but it cannot reconcile periods of relative…
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