C207 Final Self Assessment from text 27 CORRECTLY ANSWERED QUESTIONS LATEST UPDATE
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C207 - Final Self Assessment (from text) 27 CORRECTLY ANSWERED QUESTIONS LATEST UPDATE
Amanda is measuring the temperature. She looks at the thermometer and sees that it is somewhere between 65 and 66 degrees Fahrenheit. She is okay with the temperature in between two integers because she knows te...
1). Amanda is measuring the temperature. she looks at the thermometer and sees that it is
somewhere between 65 and 66 degrees fahrenheit. she is okay with the temperature in
between two integers because she knows temperature is not ________ data, but temperature
is _________ data.
Ans: Discrete, Continuous
2). The first stage of davenport and kim's three stage model of quantitative decision making is
to...
Ans: ...frame the problem.
3). A manager is looking at his previous quarter and determining the causes for the sudden
sales spike to gain a better understanding of the actions and outcomes. if using analytics,
which kind of analytics would the manager use?
Ans: Descriptive Analytics
4). In a study of cancer treatments, the subjects and the treatment allocator (who is also the
data gatherer) are unaware of which treatment is being given to which subject. this is a
____________ study.
Ans: Double-Blind
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, 5). Adam is measuring the temperature as the lake outside his office is freezing over. he
measures the temperatures in fahrenheit ten times with the same thermometer and gets
the following results: 20, 18, 21, 20, 20, 14, 19, 21, 20, 19. is his thermometer reliable? is it
valid?
Ans: Reliable but not Valid
The thermometer consistently gives about the same number for the freezing point and
therefore is reliable. It is not valid because it does not accurately measure what it is trying
to measure. We know this because we know water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit.
6). Toby is trying to determine the number of people at today's parade in order to determine the
impact of advertising at parades. he asks a number of different people leaving the parade
their projected number of attendants. he gets the following responses: 70,000; 450,000;
2,000; 130,000; 3,000,000; 75,000; 200,000; 800,000; 150,000; and 210,000. is this survey
reliable? is it valid?
Ans: Not Reliable or Valid
7). Harry is doing a survey of the city of los angeles' population. he is wondering everyone's
favorite food. he sends out a survey to all of the home-owners and renters in the city and
receives basically all of the surveys back in the mail. what is the flaw with this experiment?
Ans: Truly Representative Sample (doesn't include the homeless)
8). Tom brady is on the street in chicago. he is asking anyone he meets if they prefer tom brady
or peyton manning. the survey results show that people greatly prefer tom brady. what is the
flaw with this experiment?
Ans: Response Bias
as the respondents might be responding believing that Tom Brady wants to hear that they
prefer him over Peyton Manning. This is not Conscious bias as conscious bias would be in
the way Tom Brady is asking a question and this scenario does not indicate any bias in
that way.
9). Determine the mean, median, and mode (in that order) from the following test results.
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