Given a Choice Between Jane, a 50-Something Internal Candidate, and Jenny

question 24

Multiple Choice

Given a choice between Jane, a 50-something internal candidate, and Jenny, a 20-something internal candidate, Joe selected Jane. Joe would probably say it was because ________.

• A) he thought Jane would be more flexible in meeting the needs of the new position
• B) he thought Jenny would be uncomfortable with the technology in the new position
• C) he expected Jenny would ask for more time off
• D) he expected the quality of Jane's work would be better than Jenny's

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Definitions:

Machine Hours

A measure of the amount of time a machine is operated, used in accounting to allocate manufacturing overhead costs.

Cost Driver

A factor that causes a change in the cost of an activity, essentially determining the level of expense incurred in producing a product or service.

Least Squares Regression

A statistical method used to determine the line of best fit by minimizing the sum of the squares of the differences between observed and predicted values.

Squared Deviations

The squares of the differences between individual observations and the mean of those observations, used in variance and standard deviation calculations.