After determining that reliability was a major concern for its customers, a pest control company translated customer expectations into behaviors and actions for its monthly sprayings of homes and businesses. having accomplished that, the pest control company needs next to:

a. provide feedback about performance to employees
b. establish target levels for standards
c. determine whether hard or soft standards are appropriate
d. develop measurements for standards
e. track behaviors and actions against existing standards

Tyler has coffee with one of his direct reports almost daily. he does this to inquire in an informal way about progress on the job, and to provide coaching and support, as well as appropriate congratulations for special efforts. tyler is exhibiting which type of managerial skill?

Kendra knight took part in a friendly game of touch football. she had played before and was familiar with football. michael jewett was on her team. in the course of play, michael bumped into kendra and knocked her to the ground. he stepped on her hand, causing injury to a little finger that later required its amputation. she sued michael for damages. he defended on the ground that she had assumed the risk. kendra claimed that assumption of risk could not be raised as a defense because the state legislature had adopted the standard of comparative negligence. what happens if contributory negligence applies? what happens if the defense of comparative negligence applies?

Now, use your previously-computed value as an approximation for sigma, and compute how many ears of the experimental corn the researcher needs in the study. don't forget, the margin of error and confidence level have already been given to you in a previous problem.