SAS Institute Is the World's Largest Privately Owned Software Company

question 63

Multiple Choice

SAS Institute is the world's largest privately owned software company.Its core competence is ____ on which it allocates over 30 percent of its revenues.

• A) research and development
• B) marketing and sales
• C) employee training
• D) inbound and outbound logistics

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Definitions:

Pearson Correlation

A measure of the linear correlation between two variables, showing how closely the data fit to a line.

Pearson Correlation

A measure of the linear correlation between two variables X and Y, giving a value between +1 and -1 inclusive, where 1 is total positive linear correlation, 0 is no linear correlation, and -1 is total negative linear correlation.

Critical Values

Thresholds determined by the significance level of a test, marking the boundary within which the null hypothesis is accepted or rejected.

Pearson Correlation

A measure of the linear relationship between two continuous variables, ranging from -1 to 1, where 1 means a perfect positive correlation.