The HR Department at Basic Elements, a Software Development Firm

question 106

Essay

The HR department at Basic Elements, a software development firm, has begun testing employee personality and preferences to reorganize their teams such that team members and leaders are matched. They believe that this will enable them to ensure smooth functioning and greater cohesion. As a part of this test, employees were given the least preferred co-worker questionnaire. The employees were asked to think of all the co-workers they had in the past and describe the one they least enjoyed working with by rating that person on a scale of 1 to 8 for each of 16 sets of contrasting adjectives. Rachel's LPC score was high, while Victor's was low. Many employees like Ashley had LPC scores that were moderate. Interpret and compare the results of Rachel, Victor, and Ashley.

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Definitions:

Sample Mean

The average of all the values in a sample, used as an estimate of the population mean.

Proportion

A statistical measure that denotes the fraction or percentage of the total that exhibits a particular trait or characteristic.

Sampling Plans

Detailed strategies that outline the selection and evaluation of a group of individuals from a statistical population to estimate characteristics of the whole population.

Random Selection

A process of choosing a sample from a population such that every individual has an equal chance of being selected.