Human Beings Are Complex, and Few, If Any, Simple and Universal

question 4

Multiple Choice

Human beings are complex, and few, if any, simple and universal principles explain organizational behaviour. Nevertheless, it does not mean that OB cannot offer reasonably accurate explanations of human behaviour or make valid predictions. It does mean that OB concepts must ________.

• A) focus on the reliability and validity of research data
• B) attempt to establish cause-and-effect relationships
• C) be consistently applicable across a wide range of situations
• D) reflect situational, or contingency, conditions
• E) avoid assumptions

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Definitions:

Population Variances

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of data points within a population.

F-distributed

Pertaining to an F-distribution, used in statistical analysis to compare variances.

Independent Samples

Two or more groups of observations that are collected from different populations and have no relationship with each other.

Population Variances

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of data points in a population, indicating how much the data points differ from the population mean.