When the perceiver singles out certain information that supports or reinforces a prior belief and filters out information that does not conform to that belief, the perceiver is using ________ perception.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


selective

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Residual income:

A) is most useful as a way to compare individual divisions of different sizes. B) is the amount of income earned in excess of a predetermined minimum rate of return on assets. C) should not be used as a way to evaluate the manager of an investment center. D) is often called economic value added (EVA).

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A quality analyst wants to construct a sample mean chart for controlling a packaging process

He knows from past experience that when the process is operating as intended, packaging weight is normally distributed with a mean of twenty ounces, and a process standard deviation of two ounces. Each day last week, he randomly selected four packages and weighed each. The data from that activity appear below. Weight Day Package 1 Package 2 Package 3 Package 4 Monday 23 22 23 24 Tuesday 23 21 19 21 Wednesday 20 19 20 21 Thursday 18 19 20 19 Friday 18 20 22 20 (a) If he sets an upper control limit of 21 and a lower control limit of 19 around the target value of twenty ounces, the control chart is based on what value of z? (b) With the UCL and LCL of part a, what do you conclude about this process–is it in control?

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Characteristics often attributed to the entrepreneur include

a. commitment, determination, and perseverance. b. a preference to be a loner. c. being power hungry. d. a tendency to be indecisive.

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