Ronald Transformers Wants to Open a New Plant

question 31

Multiple Choice

Ronald Transformers wants to open a new plant.After thorough research,the company has identified five suitable sites.There is conflict over which site to select,so management decides to put it to vote and then take the decision by majority rule.Despite its democratic appeal,the decision fails and the company has to stop the construction of the plant at the chosen site. Which of the following arguments best explains the reason behind this failure?

• A) The majority rule discouraged group members from implementing integrative bargaining strategies.
• B) The use of the majority rule created the problem of tunnel vision for participants.
• C) Use of the majority rule failed to take into consideration the strength of individual preferences.
• D) Use of the majority rule discouraged effective implementation of circular logrolling.

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Definitions:

Significance Level

The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis in a statistical test when it is actually true; a threshold for determining statistical significance, usually denoted by alpha (α).

Null Hypothesis

In statistics, a hypothesis that there is no significant difference or association between specified populations, any observed difference being due to sampling or experimental error.

Mean Weight

The average mass of an object or collection of objects, obtained by adding their weights together and dividing by the number of objects.

Two Tailed Test

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