A Company Is Researching the Effectiveness of a New Website

question 27

Multiple Choice

A company is researching the effectiveness of a new website design to decrease the time to access a website. Five website users were randomly selected, and their times (in seconds) to access the website with the old and new designs were recorded. To compare the times, they computed (new website design time - old website design time) . The results follow: If the calculated test statistic is -2.256, what is the decision regarding the hypothesis that the training was effective in improving customer relationships when tested at a 0.01 significance level?

• A) Reject the null hypothesis and conclude that the new design reduced mean access times.
• B) Reject the null hypothesis and conclude that the new design did not reduce mean access times.
• C) Fail to reject the null hypothesis.
• D) Fail to reject the null hypothesis and conclude that the mean access times are inaccurate.

Understand the diversity of definitions of leadership and their implications.

Recognize the levels of leadership processes emphasized in leadership theories.

Identify the outcomes associated with leadership actions and their predictive challenges.

Comprehend the focus of most leadership theory and research over the past decades.

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Definitions:

U.S. Supreme Court

The highest court in the United States, with ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all federal and state court cases that involve a point of federal law.

Official Reports

Comprehensive documents produced by government or other official bodies detailing findings or outcomes of specific investigations or events.

Unofficial Report

An informal or non-validated account or statement concerning an event, situation, or performance.

Chronological Sequence

The arrangement of events in the order of their occurrence in time.