You are an analyst at a company that is organizationally poised to exploit a resource. You have identified a resource that is valuable, rare and inimitable. Your boss concludes that this resource must be a source of competitive advantage. Is your boss right? Group of answer choices Yes No

About 8% of the U.S. population catches the flu each season. Assuming everyone has equal probability of catching the flu, about what are the odds of catching the flu in a given season? 1. 1 in 8 2. 1 in 12 3. 1 in 18 4. 1 in 80

Kenyi is a recent college grad. His friends always ask for his advice first when buying new products, particularly technology products. When Kenyi recommends a product, the news spreads rapidly by word of mouth. Kenyi is most likely

An airline would like to determine within 3 percentage points An airline would like to determine, within 3 percentage points and with 95% confidence, the percentage of next month’s customers who judge the courtesy of its employees as being “very good to excellent.” What sample size would you recommend? An airline would like to determine within 3 percentage points

You are the training supervisor for a mid-size city.  The city manager and human resource manager meet with you and ask you to design a wellness program for city employees.  The city manager tells you that the city health insurance will be reduced by 20% if the city has a wellness program in place and if they can convince 50% of the employees to actively participate in the program.  There are currently 250 city employees ranging in age from 19 years to 67 years old.  Forty percent of the employees are female and sixty percent are male.  The city manager is concerned about the health of his employees' and he is concerned about the rising cost of insurance.  The human resource manager shares with you that the primary health issues for the city employees have been high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, obesity and depression. In the design of your program, clearly identify the problem, include a needs assessment with supporting data, discuss the strategic plan that you want to…

A little over two years ago, Avondale Industries acquired a company that produces a line of adhesives and sealants used in the aerospace industry. The acquisition was shortly followed by providing the best and brightest employees in the division with training every three months on topics selected by the group. A year later, the adhesives and sealants division developed a new sealant that lasts longer, is less expensive to produce, and is more effective in preventing the spread of fire or flames from the engine compartment to the airplane and preventing air leakage. The new product resulted in a sustainable competitive advantage in the market. Which of the following statements best explains how training contributed to the division’s new competitive advantage?     The training gave the employees the opportunity to demonstrate their many skills and competencies to the company.   The training taught the employees how to look at competitors’ products and determine how to make them…

Suppose that you wanted to determine if a drug improves students abilities to concentrate and study. A study conducted by a pharmaceutical company recruited 125 students with averge IQ’s to participate in a randomized clinical trial. The drug company split the recruits into two groups. Group 1, the placebo group was given a sugar pill. The second group, Group 2, the treatment group was given the drug. They were then asked to asked to complete a very difficult task and the amount of time they took before they quit was calculated. They claim that the placebo group will have different focus times from the treatment group. You will test the claim with a significance of .01. What is the null hypothesis?

After you have prepared a market selection model for your company, these indicators should be considered factual. Group of answer choices True False

To collect data on two categorical variables, construct two questions that you would ask consumers of your sporting goods store. (The two questions will become the two variables in which you would conduct a Chi-Square Test for Independence.) Construct a contingency table that you will use to store the results of the data collected. (Utilize the Tables tool to create this table in your response box. Look for the table icon which is located on the far left of all icons at the top of your response box.) What method of data collection will you utilize? In other words, how will you get consumers to answer these questions? Will this method create any possible sampling error or collection bias?