Please Refer to the Following Short Case as You Respond

question 7

Multiple Choice

Please refer to the following short case as you respond to the next question: A painter accepts orders for original works from customers in person or via the Internet. Based on the order, the painter creates an initial sketch, which must be approved by the customer; the customer may make changes to the initial sketch. After customer approval, the painter selects appropriate materials and gives the customer a price quote. If the customer accepts the price quote, the painter creates the original work; if not, the project is abandoned. The painter stores data about customers, previous orders and previously completed works in an electronic database.In a data flow diagram of the case, "previously completed works" are most likely to be represented with a:

• A)Rectangle
• B)Set of parallel lines
• C)Numbered circle
• D)Unnumbered circle

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Definitions:

Collectively Exhaustive

A condition where all possible outcomes or cases are considered in a scenario or experiment.

Descriptive Statistics

Statistical methods that summarize and organize the characteristics of a data set.

Summarizing Data

The process of reducing data complexity by providing a compact representation through measures of central tendency, dispersion, and other statistical summaries.

Qualitative Data

Non-numeric information that describes qualities or characteristics, often collected through observations, interviews, or open-ended surveys.