Test Your Knowledge Chapter 10

1. How are reports for monitoring and controlling operations used?
Used by providing feedback and other information that is needed for the decision making process.

2. How does primary research differ from secondary research?
The difference between primary and secondary research is that secondary research uses information that has previously be collected and used by another person as compared to primary research when the information is new and specific for your purposes. Secondary research is composed of magazines and newspapers while primary
comes from other sources.

3. What makes a survey reliable and valid?
A survey that is both reliable and valid is one that uses information that would produce identical results if repeated a number of times while at the same time measuring what it is that's supposed to be measured.

4. How does a conclusion differ from a recommendation?
Conclusions are logical interpretations of facts and information that have been presented within the report, while recommendations suggests what to do with information.

5. How do proposal writers use a RFP?
RFP's are used by writers as instructions that tell what type of work is to be performed or required. RFP's provide guidelines that must be met by organizations.