A Few Organizations Have Recently Tried to Minimize Employee Use

question 12

Essay

A few organizations have recently tried to minimize employee use of e-mail when communicating with colleagues. Specifically, these companies have banned the use of e-mail (except for special circumstances) on Fridays. Discuss two reasons why companies might want to minimize the use of e-mail.

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Definitions:

Test Statistic

A value calculated from sample data, used in hypothesis testing to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis for the entire population.

Right Tail

The portion of a distribution to the right of a specified value, often related to the significance level in hypothesis testing.

Observed Frequencies

The actual number of occurrences or instances recorded in each category or interval of a study.

Expected Frequencies

The anticipated count of occurrences in each category of a variable, calculated under a specific hypothesis in a chi-square test.