An Annual Survey Sent to Retail Store Managers Contained the Question

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Essay

An annual survey sent to retail store managers contained the question "Did your store suffer any losses due to employee theft?" The responses are summarized in the table for two years. Compare the responses for the two years using side-by-side bar charts. What inferences can be made from the charts? $$\begin{array} { l | c | c } \begin{array} { c } \text { Employee } \\\text { Theft }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Percentage } \\\text { in year 1 }\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Percentage } \\\text { in year 2 }\end{array} \\\hline \text { Yes } & 34 & 23 \\\text { No } & 51 & 68 \\\text { Don't know } & 15 & 9 \\\text { Totals } & 100 & 100\end{array}$$

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Definitions:

Cause-And-Effect

The principle that suggests every event (cause) leads to a certain result (effect), underlining the relationships between actions and outcomes.

Natural Setting

A real-world environment where behavior and events occur spontaneously, outside of a controlled or laboratory setting.

Within-Subjects Design

A research design in which the same subjects are used in each condition of the experiment, allowing for direct comparison of different treatments or conditions on the same individuals.

Correlation Effects

The outcomes or implications of a statistical relationship between two or more variables, indicating how they might move together or influence each other.