The Chapter One "The World of Business Analytics" Case Reading

question 8

Multiple Choice

The Chapter One "The World of Business Analytics" case reading offers the CEO alternatives to start the OR/MS collaboration process.All the following are alternatives offered except:

• A)Require the OR/MS group to save their yearly salary in every study.
• B)Use OR/MS personnel as consultants.
• C)Hire some OR/MS professionals and give them a problem to work.
• D)All are recommended alternatives.

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Definitions:

Discrimination

The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.

Classical Conditioning

A process of education where two stimuli are persistently paired together; a reaction initially brought about by the second stimulus is eventually brought about by the first stimulus alone.

Tone

In psychology, often refers to the general attitude or underlying emotional quality of a communication or environment.

Stimulus Generalization

The tendency for a response that has been conditioned to one stimulus to be elicited by similar, but not identical, stimuli.