The OM Supervisor Informs You, the Researcher, That the Data

question 75

Multiple Choice

The OM supervisor informs you, the researcher, that the data has a large standard deviation. What data pattern would you expect to observe once you generated a time series trend?

• A) horizontal
• B) seasonal
• C) positive/negative trend
• D) cycle
• E) insufficient information to derive a valid response

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