Messages That Convey Data or Statistics or Simply Put into Words

question 139

Multiple Choice

Messages that convey data or statistics or simply put into words what managers already agree on and understand are referred to as __________ messages.

• A) nonroutine
• B) routine
• C) instant
• D) grapevine
• E) qualitative

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Definitions:

T-Distribution

The T-distribution, or Student's t-distribution, is a probability distribution that estimates the population parameters when the sample size is small and the population standard deviation is unknown.

T Distribution

A statistical curve that shows the standard deviations of samples taken from a population and is used when the population standard deviation is unknown and the sample size is small.

Standard Normal Distribution

A normal distribution with a mean of zero and a standard deviation of one.

Population Mean

The sum of the values in the population divided by the number of values in the population.