You Have Completed an Important Presentation to Several Japanese Executives

question 15

Multiple Choice

You have completed an important presentation to several Japanese executives regarding a proposed partnership between your American company and their Japanese firm.Your presentation is greeted by a long silence with the Japanese executives continuing to look at you.This silence probably means that the Japanese executives:

• A)didn't understand what you were saying.
• B)disagree with your proposal and can't think of a polite way of telling you about their rejection.
• C)weren't listening to your presentation.
• D)are so overjoyed by the proposal that they are speechless.
• E)are contemplating what you have just said and are showing respect for your presentation.

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Random Variable

A variable whose values are outcomes of a random phenomenon and are subject to variability, characterized by a distribution.

Normal Distribution

A distribution of probabilities that is evenly spread about the mean, indicating that occurrences close to the mean are more common than those further away.

Standard Deviation

A statistic that measures the dispersion or variability of a data set relative to its mean.

Normal Distribution

A probability distribution that is symmetrical around its mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence than data far from the mean.