Table 8.4 Nermina Is Preparing to Implement Teams in Her Functional Area

question 77

Multiple Choice

Table 8.4
Nermina is preparing to implement teams in her functional area. Currently she is studying how to create a team. In her past experience she often found that groups of people did less work than just one or two people could do. It is now two weeks later. Nermina is well into the process of creating teams. She is ensuring the correct resources, both human and material are available for the team.
-Refer to Table 8.4. Nermina's original experience with groups is an example of:

• A) social loafing.
• B) common goals within work groups.
• C) social facilitation.
• D) distraction-conflict effect.

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Definitions:

Sample Mean

The average value computed from a sample of data, used to estimate the population mean.

Descriptive Measures

Statistical calculations used to summarize or describe characteristics of a dataset, including measures like count, mean, median, and mode.

Central Tendency

A statistical measure that identifies a single value as representative of an entire distribution, aiming to provide an accurate description of the entire data set.

Median

The middle value in a data set, which divides the set into two equal halves, with an equal number of data points above and below it.