The Personnel Manager of a Consumer Product Company Asked a Random

question 49

Essay

The personnel manager of a consumer product company asked a random sample of employees how they felt about the work they were doing. The following table gives a breakdown of their responses by gender. $$\begin{array} { | l | c | c | c | } \hline & & { \text { Response } } \\\hline \text { Gender } & \text { Very interesting } & \text { Fairly interesting } & \text { Not interesting } \\\hline \text { Male } & 70 & 41 & 9 \\\hline \text { Female } & 35 & 34 & 11 \\\hline\end{array}$$ Do the data provide sufficient evidence to conclude that the level of job satisfaction is related to gender? Use $\alpha =$ 0.10.

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Definitions:

Egocentric

A developmental stage where an individual is unable to differentiate between their own perspective and that of others, often seen in early childhood.

Concrete-Operational Children

A stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development (ages 7-12) where children gain the ability to think logically about concrete events.

Mainstreaming

The practice of placing children with special education needs in regular educational settings with non-disabled peers, as much as possible.

Accommodation Strategy

A cognitive process described by Piaget, where individuals adjust their existing schemas or develop new ones to incorporate new information.