Employees of a Local University Have Been Classified According to Gender

question 46

Multiple Choice

Employees of a local university have been classified according to gender and job type. Are gender and type of job statistically independent?

• A) Yes
• B) No

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Definitions:

Empirical

Based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic.

Evolutionary Psychology

A theoretical approach in psychology that explains mental and psychological traits—such as memory, perception, or language—as adaptations, i.e., the functional products of natural selection.

Natural Selection

The process by which organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring, driving evolution.

Organisms' Success

The extent to which an organism can survive, reproduce, and pass its genes to the next generation in its specific environment.