A Multinational Firm Manufactures Several Types of 1280 × 1024

question 39

Multiple Choice

A multinational firm manufactures several types of 1280 × 1024 LCD displays in several locations. They designed a sampling experiment to analyze the number of pixels per screen that have significant color degradation after 52,560 hours (six years of continuous use) using accelerated life testing. The Excel ANOVA table for their experiment is shown below. Some table entries have been obscured. The response variable (Y) is the number of degraded pixels in a given display. $$\begin{array} { | l | c | c | c | c | c | c | } \hline \text { Source of Variation } & S S & d f ^ { \prime } & M S & F & P \text {-value } & F \text { crit } \\\hline \text { Country of origin } & 202.9 & & 101.45 & 4.163475 & 0.021927 & \\\hline \text { Display type } & 233.2333 & & 58.30833 & & & \\\hline \text { Interaction } & 147.7667 & & 18.47084 & & & \\\hline \text { Error } & 1096.5 & 45 & 24.36667 & & & \\\hline \text { Total } & 1680.4 & 59 & & & & \\\hline\end{array}$$ At ? = .05, the interaction effect is:

• A)clearly significant.
• B)just barely significant.
• C)not quite significant.
• D)clearly insignificant.

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Definitions:

Participative Decision Methods

Management approaches that involve employees or stakeholders in the decision-making process to increase commitment and improve outcomes.

Lost Efficiency

Refers to the decrease in productivity or the inability to optimally use resources, often resulting in increased costs or decreased output.

Vroom-Jago Leader-Participation Model

A leadership theory that suggests the effectiveness of a decision-making process is influenced by the leader's level of involvement and the participation of subordinates.

Vroom-Jago Leader-Participation Model

An advanced framework that aids in choosing the appropriate level of involvement for team members in decision-making, expanding on the Vroom-Jago methodology.