Market Researchers Have Determined Nine Categories of Lifestyles for Computer

question 108

Multiple Choice

Market researchers have determined nine categories of lifestyles for computer users.One of the categories is described as "Hand-Shakers," who are typically managers who do not possess any computer skills but rather allow their assistants to provide all necessary technological knowledge.In terms of the diffusion process,how would "Hand-Shakers" most likely be classified for office technology?

• A)laggards
• B)early majority
• C)late majority
• D)late adopters

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IQR

The Interquartile Range (IQR) is a measure of statistical dispersion, being equal to the difference between the 75th and 25th percentiles of a data set.

Chebyshev's Theorem

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Empirical Rule

A statistical principle that asserts in a normal distribution, almost all of the data is contained within three standard deviations from the mean.

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