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Copyright © 2024 Pearson Education, Inc.
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Quantitative Analysis for Management, 14th edition Render ff ff ff ff ff ff

Chapter 1-15 ff

Chapter 1 Introduction to Quantitative Analysis
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1.1 f f f f True/False

1) Interviews, statistical sampling, and company reports provide input data for quantitative
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analysis models.
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Answer: TRUE f f

Diff: Moderate
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Topic: THE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS APPROACH
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LO: 1.3: Describe the use of modeling in quantitative analysis.
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AACSB: Analytical thinking
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Classification: Concept f f f f

2) In the early1900s, Frederick Winslow Taylor pioneered the principles of the scientific approach to
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management.
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Answer: TRUE f f

Diff: Moderate
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Topic: WHAT IS QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS?
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LO: 1.1: Describe the quantitative analysis approach and understand how to apply it to a real
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situation.
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AACSB: Analytical thinking f f ff

Classification: Concept
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3) Managers do not need to be familiar with the limitations, assumptions, and/or specific
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applicability of the quantitative analysis technique to use it for accurate decision making.
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Answer: FALSE
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Diff: Moderate f f f f

Topic: INTRODUCTION f f f f

LO: 1.6: Recognize possible problems in using quantitative analysis.
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AACSB: Analytical thinking
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Classification: Concept f f f f

4) During World War II, many new scientific and quantitative techniques were developed to assist the
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military, and these developments were so successful that many companies started using similar
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techniques in managerial decision making and planning after the war.
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Answer: TRUE f f

Diff: Moderate
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Topic: WHAT IS QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS?
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LO: 1.1: Describe the quantitative analysis approach and understand how to apply it to a real
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situation.
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AACSB: Analytical thinking f f ff

Classification: Concept
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,5) The study of Business Analytics involves the use of large datasets known as big data.
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Answer: TRUE
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Diff: Moderatef f f f

Topic: BUSINESS ANALYTICSf f f f ff

LO: 1.2: Describe the three categories of business analytics.
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AACSB: Analytical thinking
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Classification: Concept f f f f

6) Predictive Analytics is aimed at forecasting future outcomes based on patterns in the past data.
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Answer: TRUE
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Diff: Moderatef f f f

Topic: BUSINESS ANALYTICSf f f f ff

LO: 1.2: Describe the three categories of business analytics.
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AACSB: Analytical thinking
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Classification: Concept f f f f

7) When a problem is difficult to quantify, it may be necessary to develop unspecific objectives.
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Answer: FALSE
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Diff: Moderatef f f f

Topic: THE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS APPROACH
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LO: 1.3: Describe the use of modeling in quantitative analysis.
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AACSB: Analytical thinking
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Classification: Concept f f f f

8) The Quantitative Analysis Approach consists of six steps.
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Answer: FALSE
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Diff: Moderatef f f f

Topic: THE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS APPROACH
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LO: 1.3: Describe the use of modeling in quantitative analysis.
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AACSB: Analytical thinking
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Classification: Concept f f f f

9) A schematic model is a picture, drawing, or chart of reality.
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Answer: TRUE
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Diff: Moderatef f f f

Topic: THE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS APPROACH
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LO: 1.3: Describe the use of modeling in quantitative analysis.
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AACSB: Analytical thinking
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Classification: Concept f f f f

10) Decision variables may also be called parameters. ff ff ff ff ff ff

Answer: FALSE
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Diff: Moderatef f f f

Topic: THE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS APPROACH
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LO: 1.3: Describe the use of modeling in quantitative analysis.
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AACSB: Analytical thinking
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Classification: Concept f f f f

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, 11) Model variables can be controllable or uncontrollable.
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Answer: TRUE
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Diff: Moderate
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Topic: THE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS APPROACH
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LO: 1.3: Describe the use of modeling in quantitative analysis.
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AACSB: Analytical thinking
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Classification: Concept f f f f

12) A series of steps or procedures that are repeated is known as an algorithm.
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Answer: TRUE
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Diff: Moderate
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Topic: THE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS APPROACH
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LO: 1.3: Describe the use of modeling in quantitative analysis.
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AACSB: Analytical thinking
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Classification: Concept f f f f

13) A model is a representation of a situation.
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Answer: TRUE
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Diff: Moderate
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Topic: THE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS APPROACH
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LO: 1.3: Describe the use of modeling in quantitative analysis.
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AACSB: Analytical thinking
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Classification: Concept f f f f

14) A parameter is a measurable quantity that may vary or is subject to change.
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Answer: FALSE
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Diff: Moderate
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Topic: THE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS APPROACH
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LO: 1.3: Describe the use of modeling in quantitative analysis.
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AACSB: Analytical thinking
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Classification: Concept f f f f

15) Trying various approaches and picking the one resulting in the best decision is called
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incomplete enumeration.
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Answer: FALSE f f

Diff: Moderate
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Topic: THE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS APPROACH
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LO: 1.3: Describe the use of modeling in quantitative analysis.
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AACSB: Analytical thinking
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Classification: Concept f f f f

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