Married Women Are More Often Than Not Working Outside the Home

question 98

Multiple Choice

Married women are more often than not working outside the home on at least a part-time basis, as do most mannered men. Does a husband's employment status affect his wife's well-being? In an attempt to answer this question, 75 married female professionals were surveyed as to their job satisfaction. In this sample, 45 husbands were employed, and 30 were unemployed. The Learning Objective of the study was to compare the mean job satisfaction levels of the married women with working husbands, with the mean job satisfaction levels of the married women with husbands that stayed at home. The test statistic for this problem has what type of distribution?

• A) Normal z
• B) Student's t
• C) Positively skewed
• D) Negatively skewed
• E) Binomial

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Definitions:

Night's Sleep

The period of rest, typically at night, during which an individual refrains from wakefulness and engages in a natural state of unconsciousness.

REM Sleep

A phase of sleep characterized by rapid eye movements, low muscle tone, and vivid dreams, playing a critical role in learning and memory.

Dreaming

Thoughts, visuals, and emotional sensations that occur in one's mind during the state of sleep.

Stage 1 Sleep

The initial phase of the sleep cycle, characterized by light sleep, where one can be easily awakened and may experience sudden muscle contractions.