The Administration of Midwest State University Wants to Know If

question 95

Multiple Choice

The administration of Midwest State University wants to know if arrangement of chairs affects student participation in classrooms. What would be a good operational definition of the dependent variable in an experiment designed to measure this relationship?

• A) class size: under 50 or over 50
• B) number of students enrolled in each class
• C) chair arrangement: theater style or circular
• D) frequency with which students ask questions

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Definitions:

Alternatives

Different options or strategies considered in decision-making processes or problem-solving situations.

Sunk Costs

Costs that have already been incurred and cannot be recovered, and therefore should not factor into future decisions.

Decision Making

Selecting a course of action from competing alternatives.

Differential Cost Analysis

The process of comparing the cost differences between two business decisions in order to determine which is more financially viable.