Instruction 10-1
Are Chinese Managers More Motivated Than Australian Managers

question 74

Multiple Choice

Instruction 10-1
Are Chinese managers more motivated than Australian managers? A randomly selected group of each were administered the Sarnoff Survey of Attitudes Toward Life (SSATL) , which measures motivation for upward mobility. The SSATL scores are summarised below.
$$\begin{array} { | l | l | l | } \hline & \text { Australian } & \text { Chinese } \\\hline \text { Sample Size } & 211 & 100 \\\hline \text { Mean SSATL Score } & 65.75 & 79.83 \\\hline \text { Population Std. Dev. } & 11.07 & 6.41 \\\hline\end{array}$$
-Referring to Instruction 10-1,judging from the way the data were collected,which test would likely be most appropriate to employ?

• A) Z test for the mean difference between two proportions.
• B) Pooled-variance t test for the difference between two means.
• C) Test for the ratio between two variances.
• D) Paired t test.

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