When Making Editorial Decisions for His Newspaper, the Owner/editor Mostly

question 33

Multiple Choice

When making editorial decisions for his newspaper, the owner/editor mostly picks issues that are in line with his political beliefs and those that his advertisers approve of despite his publicly stated goal "to be a champion for free speech and for the development of the community." This indicates that ________.

• A) the company's strategic goals do not leave any room for interpretation
• B) the company's stated goals are not its real goals
• C) the company's goals are directional in nature
• D) the company's financial goals derive from its strategic goals

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Definitions:

Correlation Coefficient

A numerical indicator that determines the magnitude of the correlation between the relative fluctuations of two variables.

Regression Analysis

An approach in statistics for modeling how a dependent variable is related to one or more independent variables.

Dependent Variable

The variable in an experiment that is expected to change as a result of manipulations to the independent variable.

Residual

The difference between observed and predicted values in a regression analysis.