Kurt Is Presenting Data on How Often Owners Give Treats

question 39

Multiple Choice

Kurt is presenting data on how often owners give treats to their pets.He uses pictures of fish for cat treats and pictures of bones for dog treats in a graph of the data.Although this graph may look interesting, why should Kurt consider using a different type of graph?

• A) Pictorial graphs are used only in research journals.
• B) Bar graphs are supposed to include pictures or symbols to depict categories of the independent variable.
• C) Pictorial graphs may mislead the audience and detract from the actual relation between variables.
• D) Pictorial graphs do not present actual data.

Comprehend the concept of market attractiveness and the factors contributing to it.

Acknowledge the limitations inherent in the BCG Matrix.

Know how to apply the BCG Matrix in strategic decision-making and planning.

Understand the limitations and biases in traditional diagnostic systems, including gender and cultural biases.

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Definitions:

Subalternates

In logic, these refer to propositions that are related in such a way that the truth of one implies the truth of the other, but not necessarily vice versa.

Contradictories

In logic, statements that are in direct opposition to each other, where if one is true, the other must be false, and vice versa.

Converses

Statements in which the hypothesis and the conclusion (or subject and predicate) are switched in places.

Contrapositive

A logical statement formed by negating and swapping the positions of the hypothesis and conclusion of the converse of a conditional statement.