All of the Following Have Been Given as Possible Reasons

question 44

Multiple Choice

All of the following have been given as possible reasons for a gradual decline in union membership EXCEPT which one?

• A) federal laws make union membership difficult
• B) companies have shifted production to countries where the cost of labour is lower
• C) workers do not share the need to unionize because management satisfies their needs better today
• D) heavily unionized industries have not been growing as rapidly as non-union industries

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Definitions:

Statistical Tests

Procedures used in inferential statistics to determine the probability of a hypothesis being true based on sample data.

Degrees of Freedom

The amount of distinct quantities or measures which are assignable to a statistical distribution without contravening existing constraints.

Test Statistic

A numerical value derived from an experiment's data, utilized in hypothesis testing to decide if the null hypothesis should be dismissed.

T Value

A ratio that is derived from the standardized difference between two sample means in a t-test, used to determine the statistical significance of the difference.