Which of the Following Statements Is True About Ad Hoc

question 71

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true about ad hoc queries?

• A) They are produced at predefined intervals to support routine decisions.
• B) They provide a summary of critical information on a recurring schedule.
• C) They help analyze why a key indicator is not at an appropriate level or why an exception occurred.
• D) They answer unplanned information requests to support a non-routine decision.
• E) They highlight situations that are out of the normal range.

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Definitions:

Statistical Significance

Indicates that the probability of the observed results occurring under the null hypothesis is low, suggesting the results are not due to random chance.

Probability

A measure of the chance or likelihood that a certain event will occur, often quantified as a fraction or percentage.

Variance

A statistical measure of the dispersion representing how much the values in a data set differ from the mean of the data set.

Highly Significant

A statistical term used to describe an outcome when the observed p-value is much lower than the specified level of significance (α), strongly indicating a true effect.