Comprehensive WGU C207 OA Success Guide
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Analytics is a broad term that re𝑓ers to a variety o 𝑓 tools that in 𝑓orm managerial decisions.
Which term can be used to describe managerial decisions?
a. Prescriptive
b. Predictive
c. Pareto chart
d. Biased - answ✔️💜💜✔️-a
What are two reasons 𝑓or the increasing use o 𝑓 analytics in organizational decision making?
a. Relatively lower cost o𝑓 computer storage
b. Lower availability o𝑓 statistical experts
c. Higher cost o𝑓 obtaining data
d. Higher computer processing power - answ✔️💜💜✔️-a, d
In what way does probability theory in𝑓orm decision-making 𝑓or managers?
a. By quanti𝑓ying risk
b. By quanti𝑓ying data
c. By quanti𝑓ying quality
d. By quanti𝑓ying costs - answ✔️💜💜✔️-a
,Which type o𝑓 data are the Olympic medals o 𝑓 gold, silver, and bronze examples o 𝑓?
a. Nominal data
b. Ordinal data
c. Interval data
d. Ratio data - answ✔️💜💜✔️-b
What are two aspects o𝑓 data quality management?
a. It calculates spurious data.
b. It reduces the amount o𝑓 incomplete data.
c. It monitors data input rates.
d. It cleans data. - answ✔️💜💜✔️-b, d
Which two attributes indicate potential data quality issues when evaluating a set o 𝑓 nominal data?
a. Outlier data
b. Missing data
c. Out-o𝑓-range data
d. Misspelled data - answ✔️💜💜✔️-b, d
When conducting a study that measures an individual's weight, all scales are calibrated prior to use in
measurement. Which type o𝑓 error should this procedure signi 𝑓icantly reduce?
a. Systematic error
b. Omission error
c. Random error
d. In𝑓ormation error - answ✔️💜💜✔️-a
An advertising manager creates a research study by presenting low, medium, or high 𝑓requency o 𝑓 the
same ad in matched markets. The manager then reports on sales in each market location. What is the
term 𝑓or the di𝑓𝑓erent sales in this study?
a. The experimental unit
, b. The treatment
c. The response variable
d. The intervention - answ✔️💜💜✔️-c
A healthcare study 𝑓ollows a particular sample over time to identi 𝑓y how the health habits o 𝑓 teenagers
impact their likelihood o𝑓 acquiring various diseases later in their li 𝑓e in the hope that the healthcare
organization will be able to create early prevention programs. Which type o 𝑓 research design does this
study describe?
a. Double blind study
b. Systematic study
c. Cohort study
d. Experimental study - answ✔️💜💜✔️-c
Several missing values in a particular 𝑓ield in a dataset were observed. The likelihood o 𝑓 a record having
a missing value is correlated to another variable in the dataset. Which two types o 𝑓 error might be
introduced into the dataset i𝑓 the removed record included missing values?
a. Systematic error
b. Omission error
c. Random error
d. Typographical error - answ✔️💜💜✔️-a, b
A company is trying to increase its online sales revenue by improving its e-mail advertising campaign 𝑓or
repeat customers as well as new customers. Which two variables would be used in determining a
campaign to maximize revenue gain?
a. Number o𝑓 purchases per e-mail
b. E-mail content
c. Spending per purchase
d. Cost per e-mail - answ✔️💜💜✔️-a, c
This statistical procedure compares outcomes o𝑓 di𝑓𝑓erent drug testing
results a. Anova
2026: LATEST UPDATE, CORRECT ANSWERS, +A
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RATIONALES
Analytics is a broad term that re𝑓ers to a variety o 𝑓 tools that in 𝑓orm managerial decisions.
Which term can be used to describe managerial decisions?
a. Prescriptive
b. Predictive
c. Pareto chart
d. Biased - answ✔️💜💜✔️-a
What are two reasons 𝑓or the increasing use o 𝑓 analytics in organizational decision making?
a. Relatively lower cost o𝑓 computer storage
b. Lower availability o𝑓 statistical experts
c. Higher cost o𝑓 obtaining data
d. Higher computer processing power - answ✔️💜💜✔️-a, d
In what way does probability theory in𝑓orm decision-making 𝑓or managers?
a. By quanti𝑓ying risk
b. By quanti𝑓ying data
c. By quanti𝑓ying quality
d. By quanti𝑓ying costs - answ✔️💜💜✔️-a
,Which type o𝑓 data are the Olympic medals o 𝑓 gold, silver, and bronze examples o 𝑓?
a. Nominal data
b. Ordinal data
c. Interval data
d. Ratio data - answ✔️💜💜✔️-b
What are two aspects o𝑓 data quality management?
a. It calculates spurious data.
b. It reduces the amount o𝑓 incomplete data.
c. It monitors data input rates.
d. It cleans data. - answ✔️💜💜✔️-b, d
Which two attributes indicate potential data quality issues when evaluating a set o 𝑓 nominal data?
a. Outlier data
b. Missing data
c. Out-o𝑓-range data
d. Misspelled data - answ✔️💜💜✔️-b, d
When conducting a study that measures an individual's weight, all scales are calibrated prior to use in
measurement. Which type o𝑓 error should this procedure signi 𝑓icantly reduce?
a. Systematic error
b. Omission error
c. Random error
d. In𝑓ormation error - answ✔️💜💜✔️-a
An advertising manager creates a research study by presenting low, medium, or high 𝑓requency o 𝑓 the
same ad in matched markets. The manager then reports on sales in each market location. What is the
term 𝑓or the di𝑓𝑓erent sales in this study?
a. The experimental unit
, b. The treatment
c. The response variable
d. The intervention - answ✔️💜💜✔️-c
A healthcare study 𝑓ollows a particular sample over time to identi 𝑓y how the health habits o 𝑓 teenagers
impact their likelihood o𝑓 acquiring various diseases later in their li 𝑓e in the hope that the healthcare
organization will be able to create early prevention programs. Which type o 𝑓 research design does this
study describe?
a. Double blind study
b. Systematic study
c. Cohort study
d. Experimental study - answ✔️💜💜✔️-c
Several missing values in a particular 𝑓ield in a dataset were observed. The likelihood o 𝑓 a record having
a missing value is correlated to another variable in the dataset. Which two types o 𝑓 error might be
introduced into the dataset i𝑓 the removed record included missing values?
a. Systematic error
b. Omission error
c. Random error
d. Typographical error - answ✔️💜💜✔️-a, b
A company is trying to increase its online sales revenue by improving its e-mail advertising campaign 𝑓or
repeat customers as well as new customers. Which two variables would be used in determining a
campaign to maximize revenue gain?
a. Number o𝑓 purchases per e-mail
b. E-mail content
c. Spending per purchase
d. Cost per e-mail - answ✔️💜💜✔️-a, c
This statistical procedure compares outcomes o𝑓 di𝑓𝑓erent drug testing
results a. Anova
