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The average yearly salary at a company is $50,000 with a standard deviation of $30,000.  The boss has magnanimously agreed to give a $10,000 bonus.   What is the new standard deviation of the yearly take home pay (including bonuses)? 

According to media synchronicity theory, if Ben clearly understand a message that Neha texts to him, this is an example of conveyance. 

According to media richness theory, a __________ medium is more effective: (a) for non-routine, difficult, or controversial communication; (b) to show a personal interest or caring concern; (c) to build trust in interpersonal relationships; and (d) to implement a new plan or strategy that requires involvement and commitment from participants.  

Which of the following shapes will not be found in a honeycomb core? 

A construction company has to complete a project no later than 3 months from now or there will be significant cost overruns.  The manager of the construction company believes that there are four possible values for the length of time the project will last in months and he has shown the probabilities below. #Months 2 2.5 3 3.5 Prob 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.2 What is the expected length of the project in months? Report your answer to 1 decimal place

According to our discussions on media naturalness, a moth that changes colors over time to avoid predators is an example of natural selection.

The avengers dataset in the fivethirtyeight package includes information on all the avengers from the comic books.  How many females are there? (Hint: make a table)

An auditor is preparing for a physical count of inventory as a means of verifying its value.  Items counted are reconciled with a list prepared by the storeroom supervisor.  In one particular firm, [x]% of the items counted cannot be reconciled without reviewing invoices.  The auditor selects 10 items.  Find the probability that all of the all items can be reconciled (i.e., none of the items CANNOT be reconciled). Report your answer as a decimal to 4 decimal places

According to a media synchronicity, if Morgan sends a text to Freddi using tons of emojis in a row, this is an example of which of the five media capabilities?

According to our discussions on affordances, an individual that decides to use a rock as a seat is an example of an affordance.