Which of the Following Would an Arbitrator Most Likely Consider

question 4

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would an arbitrator most likely consider lacking "just cause" for disciplining an employee?

• A) An employee who broke safety regulations as written in the handbook.
• B) An employee who was docked a half-day's pay for two hours' tardiness, as were other employees.
• C) An employee who was terminated after three other employees reported witnessing his/her theft of company property.
• D) An employee who was immediately terminated by a supervisor who heard he/she had mistreated two customers.

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Definitions:

Ordinal Data

Describes a type of data which is categorized into ordered but not necessarily equally spaced categories.

Null Hypothesis

A statement used in statistics that proposes no significant difference or effect.

Test Statistic

A value calculated from sample data that is used in hypothesis testing to determine if there is evidence to reject the null hypothesis.

Inferential Statistics

A branch of statistics focused on drawing conclusions and making predictions about a population based on a sample.