MATCHING KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

question 18

Multiple Choice

MATCHING KEY TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
-A rough indicator of discrimination that requires that the proportion of minority applicants a company hires must equal at least 80 percent of the proportion majority applicants in the population hired.

• A)Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
• B)EEOC
• C)Bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ)
• D)Title VII
• E)Sexual harassment
• F)4/5 rule
• G)Glass ceiling
• H)Comparable worth
• I)Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978
• J)Adverse impact
• K)Reverse discrimination
• L)Adverse treatment
• M)Affirmative action
• N)Quid pro quo harassment
• O)Hostile environment harassment

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Definitions:

T-statistic

A type of statistic used in hypothesis testing, derived from the standardized difference between a sample statistic and its hypothesized population value, divided by the standard error.

Perfect Relationship

Refers to a situation where two variables move together in either 100% positive or 100% negative linear correlation, indicating a direct relationship without any variation.

Variance

Variance is a statistical measurement that describes the spread of numbers in a data set, indicating how far each number in the set is from the mean.

T-statistics

A measure used in statistical analysis to determine the difference between a sample statistic and its hypothesized population parameter, scaled by the standard error.