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Dallas is putting together a report for the marketing department analyzing the impact of social media on marketing. Which of the following sources should she NOT incorporate in her report?
a blog post from a popular instagrammer
Ngozi is putting together a report for the marketing department analyzing the impact of social media on marketing. Which of the following sources should she NOT incorporate in her report?
a blog post from a popular instagrammer
Monica is using the CRAAP analysis process for evaluating sources. She is looking at the source of the information to see where it comes from and who wrote it. Which component in the analysis process is she utilizing?
authority
Isaiah is creating a sales forecast in Excel. He wants to include last quarter's sales, projected sales for next quarter, and the salespersons that are in the top 10%. In order to have Excel calculate the top 10% he would use ________.
conditional formatting
In order to act with professional integrity, you should
consider the CRAAP test when writing reports
Broadly speaking, sociologists tend to use surveys to study organizations, while anthropologists tend to ________.
embed themselves in the organization.
________ is primary data that could be collected to prepare an annual fiscal report for a company.
financial information
Which of the following best defines the term primary source?
first hand evidence about an event, object, or person.
For decision-makers or colleagues to trust the reports you write, ________ must be above any concern.
how you go about doing your work
Marcus is creating a report based on last quarter sales for his manager. The type of data Marcus will use in his report is:
internal quantative
Analyzing a data set from anthropological data will be more
qualitative than quantitative
Giselle needs to gather information about the performance and sales of frozen yogurt shops both locally and nationally without spending too much money or time. She should conduct
secondary research
Valerie needs to make a to-do list for all of her work but isn't sure how to format Google sheets to make a nice spreadsheet for this purpose. Where should she look?
the template gallery
What is the purpose of bracketing?
Acknowledging and accounting for bias in your research, or in the evaluation of sources.
How would you describe good secondary source research?
The gathering, curating, and presenting of information from primary resources.
Ann is writing a report for her manager. Her report is to help her manager decide on which inventory software system will be purchased in the next quarter. Which strategy will help her manager the most?
Spending a month researching each software company, what the software does, and the cost of each, then preparing an analytical report for her manager
What would you use the CRAAP analysis for?
To evaluate the quality of a given source.
What insight from qualitative anthropological study can be applied to research in business?
Understanding that everyone has biases, and it's typically better to acknowledge them than to pretend they don't exist.
Is it necessary to use precise Boolean or other search related terms with web based search engines?
While the use of "and" or other search terms can help refine your results, Google and other engines take most of these into account and produce results accordingly.
As Karen is scrolling through her News Feed on Facebook, she sees a paragraph posted by a yoga gym's Facebook group that she finds inspirational. She copies the text and posts it as her Facebook status. Was this plagiarism?
Yes, absolutely.
Marisa just received a large worksheet with the last five years of names from the monthly mailers. She wants to quickly determine how many duplications there are in the list. What should she do?
Conditionally format with "Highlight Cells Rule">"Duplicate Values"
Rodger is writing a proposal recommending the reduction of plastic waste at his store. He asks his colleague, Aamir, to look over his report before its submission. Aamir pointed out that while Rodger uses a lot of compelling data about plastic waste around the world, none of it has cited sources. Rodger greatly appreciated the suggestion to cite because he in fact includes the data found from online resources.If the proposal had been submitted without citing the sources, would this have been considered plagiarism?
Yes, absolutely.
Zuri prepared a paper for her English class. In her paper she included the sentences "Penguins (order Sphenisciformes, family Spheniscidae) are a group of aquatic, flightless birds. They live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere, with only one species, the Galapagos penguin, found north of the equator." from the Wikipedia article on penguins without citing them. Is this plagiarism?
Yes, absolutely.
Lorenzo has returned item data organized by month. If he wishes to visually see which month had the most returns, what should he do? Responses
Create a clustered column chart
Which of the following is an example of qualitative data?
Customers reporting which store location they prefer to visit and why.
Aracely is thinking about how to start her research project. What should be her first step?
Determine a problem and define a question to answer.
When trying to put information into a useful format to analyze data sets using statistical methods, one helpful tool is/are ________.
Survey Monkey
Gillian needs to do some research about the changes in national educational policy for work, but she knows next to nothing about educational policy before she starts her research. What's a helpful first step she could take to get started?
Read wikipedia articles about education reform and education policy
What is arguably the best feature of Google Sheets?
Real time collaboration.
Adena was tasked to write a proposal suggesting ways to improve the sales at her store. As soon as she was given this task, she began researching ways other stores had improved their sales. Was this the best approach?
No; she should have made a plan before diving right into her research.
If you were a member of a startup or smaller organization, how would you go about citing sources? Responses
Nothing too formal; you should use your best judgement to ensure proper attribution without making the overall document feel cumbersome.
Amy just received a worksheet from the automated call center. She is interested in seeing how many calls Mike, the newest employee, was able to process. What Excel feature should she use to determine this information?
"COUNTIF"
Randy is trying to determine if customer complaints are still active in the tracking system and then why. After he receives a worksheet with all the complaints and their status listed, he first wants to indicate on the spreadsheet which ones are still active with a new column that shows 'yes' or 'no'. Which Excel function should he use to do this?
"IF"
Bill wants to find information on the symbolism used in Dracula. What search engine would be the most useful?
Google Scholar
If you simply wanted to get an awareness around the academic or professional literature on a given topic, which tool might you use? Responses
Google Scholar
Which is the best example of a well-defined research questions?
How do early preschool programs like Head Start affect student preparedness for the statewide 2nd grade exams?
What should you consider when writing business reports?
How my report will help someone make a decision or take a specific action, and/or to gain insight or information.
When you're thinking about starting your project, what's typically the first thing you should nail down?
First start with a well scoped research question.
Dana is putting together a "How to Work in Microsoft Excel" document. It is very important that her document has accurate information. What is one way the she can be more assured that the information from a particular website is reliable?
Look at the purpose of the website
Incorporating sources into your reports uses a general pattern; what's the first part of the pattern?
Making a claim (that will then require evidence, or a supporting source).
