More Than 2,000 University Employees Were Studied Regarding Their Job

question 19

Multiple Choice

More than 2,000 university employees were studied regarding their job satisfaction.Which of the following best reflects the study's findings?

• A) Job satisfaction declined during middle adulthood.
• B) Women were happier with their work than men.
• C) Job satisfaction increased steadily during middle adulthood.
• D) Working women reported the least amount of job satisfaction.

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Definitions:

Interquartile Range

A measure of statistical variability, representing the difference between the 75th (upper quartile) and 25th (lower quartile) percentiles.

Variance

A gauge for the extent of dispersion in a collection of data, derived by the average of squared differences relative to the mean.

Sample Mean

The average of all the data points in a sample set from a population.

Squared Deviations

The squares of the differences between each value in a set and the mean of the set, used in various statistical computations including variance.