Professor Aaron Acorn Counts the Number of Total People and the Percentage

question 19

Multiple Choice

Professor Aaron Acorn counts the number of total people and the percentage who are Asian in a sample of 400 TV commercials shown during a one-month period on two Vancouver area stations.He wants to see whether the percentage of Asians in commercials equals,is greater than,or is less than the percentage of Asians in the area population.He is using

• A)latent structure measurement.
• B)generic content coding.
• C)manifest content coding.
• D)corroborative coding.
• E)latent content coding.

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Definitions:

Unity of Command

A principle in management and organization theory stating that each employee should receive orders from and be accountable to only one supervisor.

Boundary-spanning

Involves activities or roles that connect an organization with its external environment, facilitating information flow and coordination between internal and external stakeholders.

Hierarchical Differentiation

The extent to which an organization or system is divided into levels of authority or ranks, creating a hierarchy.

Vertical Specialization

Pertains to the degree of stratification or hierarchy within an organization's structure, where tasks and responsibilities are distinctly defined at different levels.