Demographic data are collected for every study. what is the purpose of describing the demographic data?

The revenues of a company increased by 39% in year one and decreased 22% in year two. what is the overall change over the two-year period?

Costco wholesale corporation operates membership warehouses selling food, appliances, consumer electronics, apparel and other household goods at 471 locations across the u.s. as well as in canada, mexico and puerto rico. as of its fiscal year-end 2005, costco had approximately 21.2 million members. selected fiscal-year information from the company's balance sheets follows. ($ millions). selected balance sheet data 2005 2004 merchandise inventories $4,015 $3,644 deferred membership income (liability) 501 454 (a) during fiscal 2005, costco collected $1,120 cash for membership fees. use the financial statement effectstemplate to record the cash collected for membership fees. (b) in 2005, costco recorded $46,347 million in merchandise costs (that is, cost of goods sold). record thistransaction in the financial statement effects template. (c) determine the value of merchandise that costco purchased during fiscal-year 2005. use the financial statementeffects template to record these merchandise purchases. assume all of costco's purchases are on credit.

You would like to compare your firm's cost structure to that of your competitors. however, your competitors are much larger in size than your firm. which one of these would best enable you to compare costs across your industry? common-size income statement. pro forma balance sheet. statement of cash flows. common-size balance sheet