Kevin Philips Is a Manager at Nascent Technologies, a Software

question 67

Multiple Choice

Kevin Philips is a manager at Nascent Technologies, a software development company. He leads a team of seven programmers and he himself reports to his immediate boss as well as the head of the R&D division and one marketing manager. Which of the following figures depicts Kevin's span of control?

• A) Two
• B) Three
• C) Seven
• D) Five
• E) Ten

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Definitions:

Variance

A measure of the spread or dispersion of a set of data points, indicating how much the values differ from the mean of the set.

Standard Deviation

A statistical index that quantifies the spread or dispersion of a dataset relative to its mean, indicating how spread out the data points are.

Simple Random Sample

A sampling method where each member of the population has an equal chance of being selected, minimizing bias and ensuring representativeness.

Histogram

A graphical representation of the distribution of numerical data, often used to visualize the shape, spread, and central tendency of data.