Hansen Inc. engaged in the following transactions during the current year:. a. Repurchased 13,000 shares of its own $1 par common stock for $14 per share on January 14. b. Sold 2,000 treasury shares to employees for $6 per share on January 31. c. Repurchased 3,000 more shares of the $1 par common stock for $16 per share on July 24. d. Sold the remaining 11,000 shares from the January 14 purchase and 1,200 of the shares from the July 24 purchase to employees for $6.50 per share on August 1. Required:. 1. Prepare journal entries for each of these transactions. For a compound transaction, if an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank. a. Jan. 14 (Record purchase of treasury shares) b. Jan. 31 (Record reissue of treasury shares) c. July 24 (Record purchase of treasury shares) d. Aug. 1 (Record reissue of treasury shares) 2. Determine what the effect on total stockholders' equity is for each of the four transactions.

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.