Suppose that the table shown below contains information technology (IT) investment as a percentage of total investment for eight countries during a recent decade. It also contains the average annual percentage change in employment during this decade. Explain how these data shed light on the question of whether IT investment creates or costs jobs. (Hint: Use the data to construct a scatterplot.)
Country% IT% ChangeNetherlands2.5%1.6%Italy4.1%2.2%Germany4.5%2.0%France5.5%1.8%Canada8.3%2.7%Japan8.3%2.7%Britain8.3%3.3%U.S.12.4%3.7%
What will be an ideal response?
?
?
You might also like to view...
One role of coalition partners are allies who are parties in agreement with a negotiator's goals and vision and who are also trusted by the negotiator.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
By creating three independent and equal branches of the federal government, the U.S. Constitution prevented the federal government's power from being concentrated in one person
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
"Over the past five years, some of our new entry-level employees have been stars, some have been solid, and some have not met our expectations," said Alexa, manager of operations. "We will be gathering data on entry-level employees' performances and correlating those performances with college GPAs and college leadership positions. We will use our results to fine-tune our campus recruiting program so that we hire more star employees." The bureaucratic control that Alexa is describing is ________ control.
A. market B. concurrent C. clan D. feedback E. feedforward
A company wants to select one product from a set of 3 possible products. Which of the following ensures that only one product will be selected?
A) XA + XB + XC = 1 B) XA + XB + XC ? 1 C) XA + XB + XC ? 1 D) XA + XB + XC ? 0 E) XA - XB - XC = 1