Research Analyst Questionnaire

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Thank you for your interest in SIA. Please help us to learn more about you by answering the questions below. Typically, this questionnaire takes about 20 minutes to complete.

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* 1. So we can contact you, please provide the following:

Name

Email address

Phone number

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* 2. What's wrong with the following chart?

a) It doesn't add to 100%

b) One of the percentages is an odd number

c) The portions are not evenly divided

d) Pie charts should not be used to represent percentages

e) Both c) and d)

f) None of the above

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* 3. In a survey of engineering companies, results show that weighted-average revenue growth among respondents is above the 75th percentile. What does this MOST LIKELY say about the survey respondents?

Small companies outperformed large companies

Large companies outperformed small companies

Industry trend is approaching an inflection point

Industry trend has just passed an inflection point

None of the above

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* 4. If a company's profit rose from $50 million to $75 million, by what percent did its profit increase?

25%

50%

33.3%

75%

The given data is insufficient to calculate percent increase

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* 5. Do you have any significant experience in the following? (Answer all that apply.)

Working in the IT staffing industry

Working in the staffing industry

Working in the talent acquisition technology industry

International work experience

Survey development and/or analysis

Researching companies

Estimating market sizes

Forecasting revenue

Using U.S. Census data

Using Bureau of Labor Statistics data

Studying employment trends

Public speaking

Webinars

Reporting/journalism

Editing/copyediting

Financial analysis

Competitive analysis

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* 6. As best you can, in the space below reword the following paragraph for the purpose of improving grammar, punctuation and clarity.

There are three things I can't stand, clocks which always seem to be driving me on are not the most important of these but its one of them. On the other hand, they sometimes help. The worst is disease because it make people sick. When people come buy asking for money, I make a point of supporting pretty much every disease. And the third thing, that I would rank, between clocks and disease, is banks as they are never open and apart from that have no redeeming feature.

25% of survey complete.