What Perceptual Error Occurs When a Supervisor Incorrectly Rates an Employee

question 190

Multiple Choice

What perceptual error occurs when a supervisor incorrectly rates an employee at a similar level across all performance dimensions based on an overall impression of that employee?

• A)Attribution error
• B)Stereotyping
• C)Projection bias
• D)Halo effect
• E)Recency effect

Understand the concept of beta and its impact on the cost of equity and appropriate discount rates for projects.

Determine appropriate discount rates for specific project betas.

Calculate the expected stock market return based on dividend growth models.

Calculate the cost of capital for divisions within a firm.

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