Exam 16: Critical Thinking and Continuous Learning

"Generalization" refers to__________.

All of the following are concepts learning organizations rely on EXCEPT __________.

Personal experience can be a source of understanding.

GE's Jack Welch and Intel's Andy Grove have MBA's.

Which of the following is a scientific journal that publishes theory and research about management?

Learning from personal experience__________.

A theory should be complex.

A correlation of -1.0 means the researcher's hypothesis is in error.

A theory is translated into real-world terms by the process of creating _______________.

One measure of covariation is__________.

The most common source of knowledge for most people is__________.

When research seeks to state what will happen in the future, it is pursuing its ___________ purpose.

If the sample group is __________ prior to the study, we can be fairly confident that it will be homogeneous.

Random assignment is a viable solution to many faulty research designs.

A correlation of -1.0 means:

A selection threat occurs when groups we selected were not the same initially.

The extent to which results obtained in one sample-setting-time configuration can be repeated in a different study is called__________.

What is a learning organization? How does it learn?

A measure needs to possess reliability, but validity is merely desirable.

The process of collecting data and comparing hypotheses to results is called__________.