Midterm (Business Communications)
Questions and Answers Graded A+
What criteria determines who's hired? - Correct answer-Technical skills
Ability to get job done
What criteria determines who's promoted? - Correct answer-Ability to manage
Strong team skills
Ability to build relationships
Common sense fallacy - Correct answer-Common sense can lead you astray
because it is based on experience or logic
Objective data - Correct answer-Measure what is actually present
Subjective data - Correct answer-Measure that requires individual judgement
Frequency - Correct answer-how often numbers are present
Mean - Correct answer-average
Median - Correct answer-middle score
Mode - Correct answer-most frequently occurring score
, Range - Correct answer-the distance between the lowest and highest scores
Standard deviation - Correct answer-average distance from the mean
Correlation - Correct answer-the degree of relationship between two variables
What is the symbol for correlation? - Correct answer-r
What is the range of correlation? - Correct answer-From -1 to 1
negative r= one variable increases, other decreases
positive r= one variable increases, other increases
zero r= no relationship
Methods of obtaining data - Correct answer-Questionnaries and surveys
interviews
observations
company records
professional associations
private firms
colleges and universities
Questions and Answers Graded A+
What criteria determines who's hired? - Correct answer-Technical skills
Ability to get job done
What criteria determines who's promoted? - Correct answer-Ability to manage
Strong team skills
Ability to build relationships
Common sense fallacy - Correct answer-Common sense can lead you astray
because it is based on experience or logic
Objective data - Correct answer-Measure what is actually present
Subjective data - Correct answer-Measure that requires individual judgement
Frequency - Correct answer-how often numbers are present
Mean - Correct answer-average
Median - Correct answer-middle score
Mode - Correct answer-most frequently occurring score
, Range - Correct answer-the distance between the lowest and highest scores
Standard deviation - Correct answer-average distance from the mean
Correlation - Correct answer-the degree of relationship between two variables
What is the symbol for correlation? - Correct answer-r
What is the range of correlation? - Correct answer-From -1 to 1
negative r= one variable increases, other decreases
positive r= one variable increases, other increases
zero r= no relationship
Methods of obtaining data - Correct answer-Questionnaries and surveys
interviews
observations
company records
professional associations
private firms
colleges and universities
