TABLE 1-1 The Manager of the Customer Service Division of a Major

question 113

Multiple Choice

TABLE 1-1
The manager of the customer service division of a major consumer electronics company is interested in determining whether the customers who have purchased a videocassette recorder made by the company over the past 12 months are satisfied with their products.
-Referring to Table 1-1, the possible responses to the question "What is your annual income rounded to the nearest thousands?" are values from a

• A) categorical random variable.
• B) parameter.
• C) discrete numerical random variable.
• D) continuous numerical random variable.

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Definitions:

Retention Ratio

The proportion of net income that is retained by a company rather than distributed to its shareholders as dividends.

ROA

Return on Assets, a financial ratio indicating how profitable a company is relative to its total assets, measuring how efficiently assets are utilized.

External Funding Requirement

The amount of money needed to be raised from external sources to finance the planned activities or investments of an organization or project.

Growth In Assets

An increase in a company's or individual's asset base over a specific period.