To reverse a downward trend in sales, mazda introduced its mpv minivan. mazda positioned its van as a cross between a standard minivan and a sport utility vehicle. mazda knew that it needed to use a market segmentation strategy to correctly target the mpv. one of the segments that mazda targeted was automobile owners who wanted to be able to tow their boats and campers behind their minivans. which segmentation base is implied?
a. psychologicalb. geographicc. benefitd. demographice. product

As part of a hiring process, codex marketing company conducts an internet search to discover what a job candidate has posted. to codex, this act should present

Problem 2-18 job-order costing for a service company [lo2-1, lo2-2, lo2-3]speedy auto repairs uses a job-order costing system. the company's direct materials consist of replacement parts installed in customer vehicles, and its direct labor consists of the mechanics' hourly wages. speedy's overhead costs include various items, such as the shop manager's salary, depreciation of equipment, utilities, insurance, and magazine subscriptions and refreshments for the waiting room. the company applies all of its overhead costs to jobs based on direct labor-hours. at the beginning of the year, it made the following estimates: direct labor-hours required to support estimated output 10,000fixed overhead cost $ 90,000variable overhead cost per direct labor-hour $ 1.00 required: 1. compute the predetermined overhead rate.2. during the year, mr. wilkes brought in his vehicle to replace his brakes, spark plugs, and tires. the following information was available with respect to his job: direct materials $ 600direct labor cost $ 180direct labor-hours used 2 compute mr. wilkes' total job cost. 3. if speedy establishes its selling prices using a markup percentage of 30% of its total job cost, then how much would it have charged mr. wilkes?

True or false: a fitted model with more predictors will necessarily have a lower training set error than a model with fewer predictors.