While Reviewing Staffing Plans for a New Pilot Plant, Colin

question 19

Multiple Choice

While reviewing staffing plans for a new pilot plant, Colin Chenaux, VP of Operations at Clovis Chemicals, Inc., designed an experiment to test the effects of "supervisor's style" and "training method" on the productivity of operators.The treatment levels were: (1) authoritarian, and participatory for supervisor's style, and (2) technical manuals, training films, and multimedia for training method.Three qualified applicants were randomly selected and assigned to each of the six cells.In Colin's experiment, "training method" is _____________.

• A)a treatment variable
• B)a surrogate variable
• C)the dependent variable
• D)a blocking variable
• E)a constant

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