For the Past Three Years, Juan Has Worked on the Line

question 40

Multiple Choice

For the past three years, Juan has worked on the line at a large tool manufacturing plant. His job is to arrange the tools in a holding tray and send them through the chrome bath to be plated. Juan has little contact with other workers and often finds his job to be tedious and dull. When he hears a union organizer is visiting the plant, he is one of the first in line to show support for the formation of a union. Which of the following is likely to be Juan's reason for wanting to join a union?

• A) to combat feelings of alienation
• B) to increase job security
• C) to correct perceived deficiencies
• D) to keep his job

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Definitions:

Standard Error

The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, most commonly the mean.

Confidence Interval

A set of values based on sample statistics, expected to include an unknown population parameter.

Sample Proportion

The fraction of the sample observations that belong to a particular category, often used as an estimator of the population proportion.

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