Almost All the 12,000 Workers of an Automobile Factory Gathered

question 30

Multiple Choice

Almost all the 12,000 workers of an automobile factory gathered outside the plant and refused to work for five consecutive days. This strike, reflecting the union's opposition to the unfair clauses in the proposed union contract, began after negotiations on the mandatory issue of increase in wages failed. The workers were disappointed that the employer refused to meet their demand and responded to this bargaining impasse by initiating a(n) _____.

• A) sympathy strike
• B) lockout
• C) slowdown
• D) economic strike
• E) jurisdictional strike

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Definitions:

Interrater Reliability

The degree of agreement among independent observers or raters assessing the same phenomenon or outcome.

Observer Reliability

The degree to which different observers consistently assess or record behaviors, outcomes, or events in the same way.

Test-Retest Reliability

A measure of the consistency of a psychological test or assessment when the same instrument is administered to the same group of people on two different occasions.

Test-Retest Reliability

The consistency of a measure assessed by administering the same test to the same group of individuals at two different points in time.