Statement:
During the past month, managers scheduled for international assignments voluntarily attended our company's cross cultural business training workshop. All of the managers reported that the quality of the training was high and focused on valuable work skills that could be immediately applied.
Proposed Inferences:
1. Most managers who attended the workshop were interested in learning more about cross - cultural business issues.
The correct answer is Probably True, because, all of the managers voluntarily attended the workshop, and had a reason to learn more about cross-cultural issues, that is - their upcoming international assignments. It cannot be considered definitely true because there still exists the possibility that managers attended for other reasons, such as to get a break from their day-to-day work.
2. The majority of the training was devoted to rules and regulations for doing business in this country.
The correct answer is Probably False, because the training focused on cross-cultural business. It cannot be considered definitely false because the specific course content is not provided.
3. Workshop attendance is likely to increase over the next few months.
There is no evidence for inference 3 thus the answer is Insufficient Data, because there is insufficient data for making a judgement on the matter. For example no information is provided about who the target market is for the workshop, how many people here already been through the workshop, or whether or when the workshop will be offered again.
4. A few participants felt that none of the skills taught in the workshop were job-relevant.
The answer here is False, because all managers reported that the workshop focused on applicable job skills.
5. Managers' reactions to the training were tracked.
The correct answer is True, because some type of comment was necessary to know about managers' positive reactions to the workshop.