Instruction 19-4
the Director of the MBA Program of a University

question 28

True/False

Instruction 19-4
The director of the MBA program of a university wanted to know if a one week orientation would change the proportion among potential incoming students who would perceive the program as being good.Given below is the result from 215 students' view of the program before and after the orientation.
After the Orientation
$$\begin{array} { | l | l | l | l | } \hline \text { Before the Orientation } & \text { Good } & \text { Not Good } & \text { Total } \\\hline \text { Good } & 93 & 37 & 130 \\\hline \text { Not Good } & 71 & 14 & 85 \\\hline \text { Total } & 164 & 51 & 215 \\\hline\end{array}$$
-Referring to Instruction 19-4,the null hypothesis for the Friedman rank test for the difference in the means should be rejected at a 0.01 level of significance.

Apply critical values for decision making in hypothesis testing with correlation analyses.

Recognize the Spearman rank-order correlation as a measure for ordinal data.

Distinguish between correlational statistics and correlational research.

Understand how sample size affects the interpretation of correlation analyses.

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Definitions:

Observable Behaviour

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Behaviourism

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Alfred Adler

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