Month: January 2022

Guidelines in Formulating the Hypothesis In formulating an effective hypothesis the following  guidelines should be adhered to: a) Reflect — on issues of concern b) Analyze the research problem, title, objectives and literature review. These sections will identify key variables Read More …

Research Hypothesis A hypothesis is a guess or an assumption. It is a tentative explanation for certain behaviour patterns, phenomena, or events that have occurred or will occur (Gay, 1996). For example, price increase influences commodity consumption. This is only Read More …

GUIDELINES IN WRITING OBJECTIVES In order to write specific objectives that will be effective to the researcher, the following guidelines should be followed: Reflection -This involves analyzing the aim of the study, the topic, and title before formulating the specific Read More …

Steps in Writing an Effective Statement of the Problem There are various steps that should be taken in order to write an effective research problem. a) Reflection — The statement of a problem usually starts with an idea the researcher Read More …

A firm may be able to recover a debt that was previously written off. The following entries will be made if this happens: Debit – Debtors Credit – credit bad debts recovered account – to restore the bad debt recoverable. Read More …

In some cases a firm may create a provision for discounts allowable in addition to provision for doubtful debts. This happens where a firm anticipates that some of the debtors may take up cash discounts offered by the firm. The Read More …