What Quality Is More Important in Predicting Who Gets Fired

question 18

Multiple Choice

What quality is more important in predicting who gets fired than job-performance ratings or even prior disciplinary history?

• A) race
• B) sexual orientation
• C) age
• D) gender

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Definitions:

Operationally Defining

The process of defining a concept or variable in terms of the specific procedures or measures used to produce or manipulate it.

Curvilinear Relationship

A type of relationship between two variables where the change in one variable does not result in a linear change in another, often depicted as a curved graph.

Negative Relationship

A type of correlation where an increase in one variable is associated with a decrease in another variable.

No Relationship

Outcome of research in which two variables are not related; changes in the first variable are not associated with changes in the second variable.