Robinson Industries has a defined benefit pension plan that specifies annual retirement benefits equal to 2% x Service years x Final Year's salary

Patty Mills was hired by Robinson at the beginning of 2006. Mills is expected to retire after 40 years of service. His retirement is expected to span 20 years. At the end of 2020, 15 years after being hired, his salary is $64,400. The company's actuary projects Mills' salary to be $86,900 at retirement. The actuary's discount rate is 8%.

PVA Factors
PVA n=15, 18% 8.55948
PVA n-20, 18% 9.81815
PVA, n25,1-8% 10.67478

PV Factors
PV, 16, 18% 31524
PV 20, 18% 21455
PV, n.25.18% 14602

What is the company's accumulated benefit obligation (ABO) at the end of this year with respect to Patty Mills?

Beswick company your team is allocated a project involving a major client, the beswick company. although the organization has many clients, this client, and project, is the largest source of revenue and affects the work of several other teams in the organization. the project requires continuous involvement with the client, so any problems with the client are immediately felt by others in the organization. jamie, a member of your team, is the only person in the company with whom this client is willing to deal. it can be said that jamie has:

Which of the following are considered needs? check all that apply

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.