TABLE 10-1 Are Japanese Managers More Motivated Than American Managers? a Randomly

question 113

Multiple Choice

TABLE 10-1
Are Japanese managers more motivated than American managers? A randomly selected group of each were administered the Sarnoff Survey of Attitudes Toward Life (SSATL) , which measures motivation for upward mobility. The SSATL scores are summarized below.

-Referring to Table 10-1, give the null and alternative hypotheses to determine if the mean SSATL score of Japanese managers differs from the mean SSATL score of American managers.

• A) H₀: μA - μJ ≥ 0 versus H₁: μA - μJ < 0
• B) H₀: μA - μJ ≤ 0 versus H₁: μA - μJ > 0
• C) H₀: μA - μJ = 0 versus H₁: μA - μJ ≠ 0

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