An Advertising Executive Wanted to Know Whether a New Ad

question 45

Multiple Choice

An advertising executive wanted to know whether a new ad campaign designed to deter children from smoking was working.After seeing the ads,a randomly selected sample of 36 teenagers rated what they thought of smoking on a -5 (it's terrible) to +5 (it's fantastic) .The mean rating for the sample was 0.70.The population mean is 0,with a population standard deviation of 2.00.What is the probability of obtaining a sample mean of 0.70 or lower (more negative) ?

• A)0.0179
• B)0.1368
• C)0.3632
• D)0.4821

Understand the concept and process of self-fulfilling prophecy in organizational behavior.

Recognize the impact of perceptual errors, including stereotyping, halo effect, and attribution errors, on social perception in the workplace.

Identify the components and significance of social perception and its influence on workplace dynamics.

Describe the factors that influence attribution in organizational settings, including the fundamental attribution error and self-serving bias.

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Definitions:

Expected Return

The weighted average of all possible returns from an investment, factoring in the probabilities of each outcome.

Firm-characteristic Variables

Factors specific to a company that can influence its stock price, such as size, earnings, and debt levels.

Risk Premiums

The additional return that an investor expects to receive for taking on additional risk.

Fama And French

Fama and French are economists Eugene Fama and Kenneth French, known for their work on asset pricing models, including the three-factor model that considers market, size, and value factors in portfolio returns.