When Starbucks States That by 2015 It Plans to Purchase

question 50

Multiple Choice

When Starbucks states that by 2015 it plans to purchase 100 percent of its coffee from ethical sources, it is stating a(n)

• A) goal.
• B) objective.
• C) plan.
• D) strategy.
• E) task.

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Definitions:

Random Cause

An unpredictable influence that affects the outcome of a process or experiment.

Variation

The measure of how much the data distributed in a dataset differs from the mean of the dataset, indicating diversity or variability within the data set.

Output

The result or outcome of a process, which, in statistical terms, may refer to data analysis results, visualizations, or summarized statistical findings.

Normal Distribution

A symmetrical probability distribution centered around the mean, indicating that occurrences of data points close to the mean are more common than those far from it.