Using a Standardized Procedure to Calculate the Incentives of Employees

question 58

Multiple Choice

Using a standardized procedure to calculate the incentives of employees is an example of a(n) ________.

• A)autocratic participative decision-making style
• B)structured decision
• C)unstructured decision
• D)consensus participative decision-making style

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Definitions:

Quasi-Experimental Design

A research design that attempts to establish a cause-and-effect relationship but does not employ random assignment to conditions, making it less strict than a true experimental design.

Random Assignment

The process of allocating participants randomly to different groups in an experiment to ensure each group is similar at the start.

Independent Variables

The variables in an experiment that are manipulated by the researcher to explore their effect on dependent variables.

True Experimental Design

A research design that includes random assignment of participants to groups and manipulation of an independent variable to determine its effect on a dependent variable.