Edwin, a Sales Manager, Just Finished Reading Some Sales Statistics

question 173

Multiple Choice

Edwin, a sales manager, just finished reading some sales statistics comparing his company's performance to that of competitors. The statistics summarize a mass of raw figures into a few meaningful measures that Edwin will use to determine whether he needs to change his sales strategy. The statistics in the printout are

• A) information, while the raw figures used to compute the statistics are data.
• B) data, while the raw figures used to compute the statistics are information.
• C) less useful to Edwin than the raw figures would have been, since summarizing the figures necessarily reduces their accuracy.
• D) an example of how managers have a tendency to oversimplify by reducing complex issues into a few simple numbers.

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Definitions:

Timbre

The quality or color of sound that makes it unique, such as the difference in sound between a piano and a violin when playing the same note.

Sound Wave

A longitudinal wave consisting of compressions and rarefactions, which travels through a medium such as air or water.

Purity

The condition or quality of being clean, free from contaminants, or morally upright.

Timbre

The quality of a sound that distinguishes it from other sounds of the same pitch and volume.