The Owner of a Large Car Dealership Believes That the Financial

question 51

Multiple Choice

The owner of a large car dealership believes that the financial crisis decreased the number of customers visiting her dealership. The dealership has historically had 800 customers per day. The owner takes a sample of 100 days and finds the average number of customers visiting the dealership per day was 750. Assume that the population standard deviation is 350. The value of the test statistic is ________.

• A) z = -1.429
• B) t₉₉ = -1.429
• C) z = 1.429
• D) t₉₉ = 1.429

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Definitions:

Tactical

Pertaining to actions or strategies carefully planned to achieve a specific end, typically in the military or in business contexts.

Strategic

Refers to a high-level plan or approach designed to achieve long-term or overall goals.

Biased Forecast

A forecast that consistently tends to overestimate or underestimate the actual value due to systematic errors.

Naive Approach

A forecasting technique that assumes that demand in the next period is equal to demand in the most recent period.