Sam Is the Manager of a Large Department Store

question 103

Multiple Choice

Sam is the manager of a large department store.When he needs to hire new staff,he avoids hiring people over the age of 60 because he believes they cannot handle the strain and they take a very long time to learn the job.What is Sam's belief known as?

• A) narrow-mindedness
• B) chauvinism
• C) preconception
• D) ageism

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Definitions:

Distribution

A mathematical description of observed or theoretical frequencies of occurrence of different possible outcomes in a dataset.

Sampling Distribution

The probability distribution of a given random-sample-based statistic, used to make inferences about a population.

Mean

The arithmetic average of a set of numbers, calculated by adding all the values together and dividing by the number of values.

Number of Successes

This term refers to the count of times an outcome of interest occurs in a statistical experiment.