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SOLUTION MANUAL For QUANTITATIVE
ANALYSIS FOR MANAGEMENT, 14TH
EDITION By RENDER

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,Test Bank for
Quantitative Analysis for Management, 14th edition Render
Chapter 1-15

Chapter 1 Introduction to Quantitative Analysis

1.1 True/False

1) Interviews, statistical sampling, and company reports provide input data for quantitative
analysis models.
N
Answer: TRUE
Diff: Moderate
Topic: THE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS APPROACH
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LO: 1.3: Describe the use of modeling in quantitative analysis.
AACSB: Analytical thinking
Classification: Concept
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2) In the early 1900s, Frederick Winslow Taylor pioneered the principles of the scientific approach
to management.
Answer: TRUE
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Diff: Moderate
Topic: WHAT IS QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS?
LO: 1.1: Describe the quantitative analysis approach and understand how to apply it to a real
ED
situation.
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AACSB: Analytical thinking
Classification: Concept

3) Managers do not need to be familiar with the limitations, assumptions, and/or specific
applicability of the quantitative analysis technique to use it for accurate decision making.
O
Answer: FALSE
Diff: Moderate
Topic: INTRODUCTION
LO: 1.6: Recognize possible problems in using quantitative analysis.
C
AACSB: Analytical thinking
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Classification: Concept
S
4) During World War II, many new scientific and quantitative techniques were developed to assist
the military, and these developments were so successful that many companies started using similar
techniques in managerial decision making and planning after the war.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: Moderate
Topic: WHAT IS QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS?
LO: 1.1: Describe the quantitative analysis approach and understand how to apply it to a real
situation.
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Classification: Concept
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,5) The study of Business Analytics involves the use of large datasets known as big data.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: Moderate
Topic: BUSINESS ANALYTICS
LO: 1.2: Describe the three categories of business analytics.
AACSB: Analytical thinking
Classification: Concept

6) Predictive Analytics is aimed at forecasting future outcomes based on patterns in the past data.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: Moderate
N
Topic: BUSINESS ANALYTICS
LO: 1.2: Describe the three categories of business analytics.
AACSB: Analytical thinking
U
Classification: Concept

7) When a problem is difficult to quantify, it may be necessary to develop unspecific objectives.
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Answer: FALSE
Diff: Moderate
Topic: THE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS APPROACH
LO: 1.3: Describe the use of modeling in quantitative analysis.
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AACSB: Analytical thinking
Classification: Concept
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8) The Quantitative Analysis Approach consists of six steps.
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Answer: FALSE
Diff: Moderate
Topic: THE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS APPROACH
LO: 1.3: Describe the use of modeling in quantitative analysis.
AACSB: Analytical thinking
O
Classification: Concept

9) A schematic model is a picture, drawing, or chart of reality.
Answer: TRUE
C
Diff: Moderate
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Topic: THE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS APPROACH
LO: 1.3: Describe the use of modeling in quantitative analysis.
S
AACSB: Analytical thinking
Classification: Concept

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

12) A series of steps or procedures that are repeated is known as an algorithm.
Answer: TRUE
N
Diff: Moderate
Topic: THE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS APPROACH
LO: 1.3: Describe the use of modeling in quantitative analysis.
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AACSB: Analytical thinking
Classification: Concept
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13) A model is a representation of a situation.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: Moderate
Topic: THE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS APPROACH
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LO: 1.3: Describe the use of modeling in quantitative analysis.
AACSB: Analytical thinking
Classification: Concept
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14) A parameter is a measurable quantity that may vary or is subject to change.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: Moderate
Topic: THE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS APPROACH
LO: 1.3: Describe the use of modeling in quantitative analysis.
O
AACSB: Analytical thinking
Classification: Concept

15) Trying various approaches and picking the one resulting in the best decision is called
C
incomplete enumeration.
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Answer: FALSE
Diff: Moderate
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Topic: THE QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS APPROACH
LO: 1.3: Describe the use of modeling in quantitative analysis.
AACSB: Analytical thinking
Classification: Concept
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