The Owner of a Consumer Products Company Asked a Random $\alpha$

question 39

Essay

The owner of a consumer products company asked a random sample of employees how they felt about the work they were doing.The following table gives a breakdown of their responses by age.Is there sufficient evidence to conclude that the level of job satisfaction is related to age? Use $\alpha$ = .10.
$$\begin{array}{l}\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\text { Rosponse }\\\begin{array} { l | c c c | } \hline \text { Age } & \text { Very Interesting } & \text { Fairly Interestine } & \text { Nat Interesting } \\\hline \text { Under 30 } & 31 & 24 & 13 \\\text { Between 30 and 50 } & 42 & 30 & 4 \\\text { Over 50 } & 32 & 21 & 3 \\\hline\end{array}\end{array}$$

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Definitions:

Weighted Average Delay

A measure that calculates the average delay in a system or process, taking into account the relative importance or weight of each component delay.

Collection Delay

The time lag between the issuance of an invoice and the receipt of payment from customers.

Customers

People or companies that buy products or services from a business.