Steve Works in Purchasing for the Department of the Army

question 232

Multiple Choice

Steve works in purchasing for the Department of the Army on the east coast. He arrives at work at 6:00 a.m. and leaves by 3:00 p.m. He enjoys this schedule because he is an early riser. A disadvantage to the government in allowing Steve to use flextime is:

• A)he will have to work longer hours.
• B)workers tend to forget their work schedules.
• C)almost all of his workers decide to change to an earlier schedule.
• D)he will have to work harder to maintain high morale among the employees in his office.

---

Definitions:

Independent Populations

Populations that have no interaction or relationship with each other, allowing for comparisons without interference.

Means

The average of a set of numbers, calculated by dividing the sum of all the values by the count of the values.

Equal-variances Test

A statistical test used to check if two populations have equal variances.

Student T-distributed

The Student's t-distribution is a probability distribution that is symmetric and bell-shaped, used especially in small sample sizes for estimating population parameters.