You Have Just Taken a Standardized Skills Test Designed to Help

question 73

Multiple Choice

You have just taken a standardized skills test designed to help you make a career choice. Your math skills score was 63 and your writing skills score was 45. The standardized math distribution is normally distributed, with m = 50, and s = 8. The writing skills score distribution is also normally distributed, with m = 30, and s = 10. Based on this information, as between pursuing a career that requires good math skills or one requiring good writing skills, you should chose _________.

• A) neither, your skills are below average in both
• B) the career requiring good math skills.
• C) neither, this approach is bogus; dream interpretation should be used instead.
• D) the career requiring good writing skills.

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Definitions:

Restructuring

The process of organizing a company, operation, or structure in a new way to increase efficiency or improve performance, which often includes changes in business model, operations, or strategy.

Maslow

Refers to Abraham Maslow, a psychologist known for creating Maslow's hierarchy of needs, a theory in psychology that prioritizes human needs in a pyramid.

Esteem Need

According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, the psychological necessity for respect, self-esteem, and respect from others.

Self-Actualization

The realization of one's full potential, aspirations, and abilities, representing the highest level of psychological development.