A Personnel Director Studied the Eating Habits of a Companyʹs

question 5

Multiple Choice

A personnel director studied the eating habits of a companyʹs employees. The director noted whether employees brought their own lunch to work, ate at the company cafeteria, or went out to
Eat lunch. This type of data collection would best be considered as a(n) __________.

• A)observational study
• B)designed experiment

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Definitions:

DuPont Formula

A financial analysis formula that breaks down Return on Equity into three parts: operating efficiency, asset use efficiency, and financial leverage.

Investment Turnover

A measure of a company's efficiency in using its assets to generate sales or revenue; calculated by dividing sales by the average invested assets.

Profit Margin

A financial ratio that measures the percentage of profit a company makes for each dollar of sales.

Return on Investment

A measure evaluating the efficiency or profitability of an investment, calculated as net profit divided by the cost of the investment.