TABLE 10-1 Are Japanese Managers More Motivated Than American Managers? a Randomly

question 116

Multiple Choice

TABLE 10-1
Are Japanese managers more motivated than American managers? A randomly selected group of each were administered the Sarnoff Survey of Attitudes Toward Life (SSATL) , which measures motivation for upward mobility. The SSATL scores are summarized below.

-Referring to Table 10-1, judging from the way the data were collected, which test would likely be most appropriate to employ?

• A) paired t test
• B) pooled-variance t test for the difference between two means
• C) F test for the ratio of two variances
• D) Z test for the difference between two proportions

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