An Example of People Acting to Look Good on a Measurement

question 6

Multiple Choice

An example of people acting to look good on a measurement, while not actually doing what is desired, would be

• A) A manager deliberately undercounts the amounts of sales of liquor at a bar, by not counting any sales after midnight.
• B) A company offering goods for sale in the last week of December at such a major discount that it loses money on the sales, in order to increase the year's sales total.
• C) A chief executive seeking to take a public company private.
• D) A company lobbying Congress to allow certain costs to be deducted from taxable income immediately, rather than over time.

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Definitions:

Habitat

The natural environment in which an organism lives, grows, and thrives.

Parasitoids

Organisms, often insects, that lay their eggs on or in the bodies of other insects, eventually killing the host as the offspring develop.

Insects

Most diverse arthropod group; have six legs, two antennae, and, in most subgroups, wings.

Bacteria

Single-celled, prokaryotic microorganisms that come in various shapes and can inhabit a wide range of environments, including soil, water, and living in or on other organisms.