Which Is the Best Example of the Communication Bias Termed

question 17

Multiple Choice

Which is the best example of the communication bias termed "message tuning"?

• A) The concierge at a hotel gives a tourist directions: "Turn right when you see that big tree that the city pruned last week."
• B) A New York cab driver gives elaborate directions to the Empire State building to a New York police officer.
• C) A store owner gives elaborate street directions to Madison Square Garden to a gentleman from Wisconsin,
• D) A docent at the Met tells an electrician that the outlet next to "the newly acquired Renior" is the one that needs repair.

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Definitions:

Minimum Required Rate

The lowest expected rate of return on an investment that makes it acceptable to an investor, considering risk and opportunity cost.

Residual Income

A measure of a company's profitability, calculated by subtracting the cost of capital from operating profits.

Minimum Required Rate

The lowest rate of return that an investment must yield to be considered acceptable.

Residual Income

Income that continues to be generated after the initial effort has been expended, or in managerial accounting, the operating income that an investment center earns above the minimum required return on its operating assets.