Many Firms Use On-The-Job Training to Teach Their Employees Computer

question 182

Multiple Choice

Many firms use on-the-job training to teach their employees computer programming. Suppose you work in the personnel department of a firm that just finished training a group of its employees to program, and you have been requested to review the performance of one of the trainees on the final test that was given to all trainees. The mean of the test scores is 74. Additional information indicated that the median of the test scores was 84. What type of distribution most likely describes the shape of the test scores?

• A) skewed to the left
• B) symmetric
• C) skewed to the right
• D) unable to determine with the information given

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