Twenty-Five Assembly-Line Workers Participated in a Study to Investigate the Relationship

question 57

Multiple Choice

Twenty-five assembly-line workers participated in a study to investigate the relationship between experience and the amount of time required to complete an assembly task. Assembly time (in minutes) and number of months the worker had been employed on the assembly line were measured for each worker. The resulting data on y = time to complete assembly and x = number of months on the assembly line were used to produce the scatterplot and computer output below. ​ ​

S = 9.79097 R-Sq = 62.0% R-Sq(adj) = 60.4%
​Which of the following is the value of the intercept of the least squares regression line?
​

• A)5.602
• B)-0.30411
• C)0.04963
• D)15.12
• E)84.683

---

Definitions:

Safety Needs

The second level in Maslow's hierarchy of needs, encompassing the human desire for security, safety, and physical well-being.

Managerial Ethics

Principles and standards that guide behavior in the world of business, including fairness, honesty, and integrity.

Corporate Social Responsibility

The concept that businesses should be accountable for their impact on society and the environment, going beyond profit-making to ethical, social, and ecological concerns.

Mary Parker Follett

An early 20th-century social worker and management consultant who emphasized the importance of human relations and collaborative management in organizations.