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Please answer the below questions
1. A famous study examined how different aspects of the work environment, such as lighting, the timing of breaks, and the length of the workday, impacted worker productivity. As this was conducted gathering survey data from real workers at an operational plant, it is an example of
a. a meta-analytic study.
b. a case study.
c. a field study.
d. a lab study.
2. By using a combination of oral and visual modes in a workplace presentation, the audience
a. will typically retain only information presented visually.
b. will probably be bored.
c. will more likely have their preferences met.
d. tends to become overwhelmed with information.
3. An organization using essay type performance reviews subjects thousands of completed performance evaluations to a text analysis. By comparing the number of words used and the emotional tone of the words, used, the analyses showed that when evaluating female employees, managers wrote shorter and used more negative words to describe employee performance. This is an example of which type of study?
a. Laboratory study
b. Machine learning
c. Case study
d. Meta analysis.
4. Evaluating organizations against the performance criteria of economic, social, and environmental viability refers specifically to
a. six sigma metrics.
b. the triple bottom line.
c. strong employee engagement.
d. sustainable business practices.'
5. When it comes to learning styles, it is recommended that you
a. avoid situations not aligned with your learning strengths.
b. learn and practice adapting to multiple styles.
c. focus on becoming visual learning.
d. work on improving your preferred learning style.
6. A measure that is high in validity
a. shows consistency in measurement.
b. indicates a strong relationship between two variables.
c. demonstrates a link between correlation and causation.
d. measures what it is intended to measure.
7. Boeing decides to lay off some of its IT workers, and instead have the same services provided by Dell. This is an example of:
a. Scaling
b. Outsourcing
c. Crowdsourcing
d. Offshoring
8. ___________ occurs when an organization asks an outside organization to perform functions that it could have performed itself.