Which of the Following Statements About Contingent Workers Is Most

question 80

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about contingent workers is most accurate?

• A)The most common reason firms give for hiring contingent workers is a varying need for employees.
• B)Canadian labour laws require firms to offer contingent employees the same wages and benefits as other employees performing similar work.
• C)The number of contingent workers in Canada has steadily declined over the past decade.
• D)More than 75 percent of contingent workers are employed in office-clerical work.

Recognize the diversity of therapeutic approaches and their theoretical underpinnings.

Understand the difference between assignable variation and chance variation.

Recognize examples and causes of chance variation.

Identify assignable variations and the factors that cause them.

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Definitions:

Transitive Preferences

A condition in decision-making where if an individual prefers option A over B, and B over C, then the individual also prefers A over C.

Condorcet

A method of decision making, named after the French mathematician Marquis de Condorcet, that identifies the option that would win a majority of votes in all possible pairings against each of the other options.

Social Choice and Individual Values

A concept in welfare economics and political science that examines how to aggregate individual preferences, values, or welfare to reach collective decisions.

Condorcet Paradox

The failure of majority rule to produce transitive preferences for society.