A University Assesses Its Faculty Members More on Their Research

question 47

Multiple Choice

A university assesses its faculty members more on their research work than their teaching abilities. Which of the following measures of the performance management process is it using?

• A)Deficient
• B)Contaminated
• C)Unreliable
• D)Inconsistent
• E)Unspecified

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Definitions:

Normal Distribution

The distribution is symmetric relative to the mean, with a notable prevalence of data points in close proximity to the mean compared to those farther away.

Sample Proportion

The fraction of the sample that exhibits a certain trait or characteristic.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, indicating how much the values in the data set deviate from the mean.

Standard Error

A measure of the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, indicating the accuracy with which a sample represents a population.