You Collect a Sample of 20 Monthly Employee Salaries from Branch

question 5

Multiple Choice

You collect a sample of 20 monthly employee salaries from Branch A and 20 monthly employee salaries from Branch B. If ₁ = 5100.8 , ₂ = 3837.7, s₁ = 945.199316 and s₂ = 912.399099, what is the value of the pooled variance?

• A) 928.94
• B) 293.76
• C) 862936.93
• D) none of these

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Definitions:

Harlow's Studies

Research conducted by psychologist Harry Harlow, primarily known for his work on maternal-separation, dependency needs, and social isolation experiments on rhesus monkeys.

Infant Monkeys

Young primates that are in the earliest stage of their lives, often studied to understand developmental behaviors.

Cloth-covered Mother

In developmental psychology, a reference to the surrogate mother experiments by Harry Harlow, which demonstrated the importance of comfort and security in infant-mother bonding.

Frightened

A feeling of fear or anxiety, often induced by a perceived threat.