Which of the Following Is an Example of the Mum

question 227

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of the mum effect?

• A)The president of a firm would not tell a newspaper reporter what the firm's market share was.
• B)The secretary did not care to participate in the office grapevine.
• C)The manager would only communicate with workers through their supervisor.
• D)The sales manager decided to postpone announcing the good news about the Christmas bonuses until the company party at the end of the month.
• E)The young lawyer who lost the court case delayed telling the senior partner of the law firm.

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Definitions:

Normal Distribution

A symmetrical, bell-shaped distribution of data in which most of the observations cluster around the central peak and the probabilities for values further away from the mean taper off equally in both directions.

Asymptotic

Referring to a line or curve that approaches a given curve arbitrarily closely, as one or both of the variables go to infinity.

Normal Curve

A symmetrical, bell-shaped curve representing the distribution of a set of data where most measurements are close to the average.

Symmetry

The property of being made up of exactly similar parts facing each other or around an axis; often evaluated in statistical data sets.