Married Women Are More Often Than Not Working Outside the Home

question 65

Multiple Choice

Married women are more often than not working outside the home on at least a part-time basis, as
Do most mannered men. Does a husband's employment status affect his wife's well-being? In an
Attempt to answer this question, 75 married female professionals were surveyed as to their job
Satisfaction. In this sample, 45 husbands were employed, and 30 were unemployed. The Learning
Objective of the study was to compare the mean job satisfaction levels of the married women with
Working husbands, with the mean job satisfaction levels of the married women with husbands that
Stayed at home.
If you were to use MegaStat to assist in your solution to this problem, which test would you use?

• A) Mean vs. Hypothesized value.
• B) Compare two independent groups.
• C) Paired observations.
• D) Proportion vs. Hypothesized value.
• E) Compare two independent proportions. M. Chi-square variance test.

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