Check Yourself — Lesson 2

Answers to Quick Check 3

Plan the following searches. Write down search terms and synonyms. Use appropriate truncation, proximity connectors, and logical operators.

1. Locate articles that discuss profit sharing or employee stock ownership plans (ESOP) as incentive schemes for improving worker productivity.
   
   

   profit(5n)shar? or employee(w)stock(w)ownership(w)plan?
   or esop productivity 

   [connect the ORed terms to productivity using the AND operator]
2. Find information about regulation of the cable television industry.
   
   

   cable(w)television or cable(w)tv or catv regulat?

3. Find an article that provides a survey of executive compensation.
   
   

   survey? and executive(w)compensation

4. Find sales figures for the Ford Mustang.
   
   

   sales and ford(n)mustang

5. Find information on the productivity of workers who are telecommuting.
   
   

   telecommut? and productiv?

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