The Area of Study That Strives to Increase the Effectiveness,safety,and

question 99

Multiple Choice

The area of study that strives to increase the effectiveness,safety,and productivity of humans using machines is the area called

• A) productivity training.
• B) human factors engineering.
• C) organizational psychology.
• D) valence efficiency.

Recognize the impact of outliers in data analysis and identify them using the 1.5xIQR rule.

Construct and interpret various graphical representations of data including histograms, box plots, and bar graphs.

Understand the concepts of variability within data sets, including variance and standard deviation.

Determine the appropriate measures of central tendency and dispersion for different types of data.

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Definitions:

Autonomy

The capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision about one's own life and actions.

Life Support

Medical interventions or equipment used to keep a person alive who would otherwise fail to maintain autonomous bodily functions, including devices that assist respiration and circulation.

Utilitarianism

A specific, consequence-based, ethical theory that judges as right the action that does the most good and least amount of harm for the greatest number of persons.

Values Clarification

A process by which individuals define their own values.