While Reviewing Staffing Plans for a New Pilot Plant, Colin

question 41

Multiple Choice

While reviewing staffing plans for a new pilot plant, Colin Posein, VP of Operations at Balzac Chemicals, Inc., designed an experiment to test the effects of "supervisor's style" and "training method" on the productivity of operators.The treatment levels were: (1) authoritarian, and participatory for supervisor's style, and (2) technical manuals, training films, and multimedia for training method.Three qualified applicants were randomly selected and assigned to each of the six cells.In Colin's experiment, "operator productivity" is ___.

• A)a concomitant variable
• B)a treatment variable
• C)the dependent variable
• D)a blocking variable
• E)a constant

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Definitions:

Budget Line

The budget line represents the combinations of two goods that a consumer can purchase with a given budget, taking into account the prices of the goods.

Consumer Preference

Individuals' or groups' choices and priorities regarding products, services, or other consumption activities.

Indifference Curves

Graphical representations in economics, showing combinations of goods between which a consumer is indifferent, implying the same level of satisfaction or utility.

Consumption Choice

This refers to the selection of a combination of goods and services that individuals or households decide to consume based on their preferences, income, and prices.