A Recent Study Posed the Question About Whether Japanese Managers

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Multiple Choice

A recent study posed the question about whether Japanese managers are more motivated than American managers. A randomly selected sample of each was administered the Sarnoff Survey of Attitudes Toward Life (SSATL) , which measures motivation for upward mobility. The SSATL scores are summarized below. Judging from the way the data were collected, which test would likely be most appropriate?

• A) Related samples t-test for mean difference
• B) Pooled-variance t-test for the difference in means
• C) Independent samples Z-test for the difference in means
• D) Related samples Z-test for mean difference

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