Precipice Corp

question 31

Multiple Choice

Precipice Corp. is opening a new branch in Houston and the HR team is debating the various methods of generating job candidates. The HR team feels that using employee referrals may generate unqualified or substandard candidates because employees will be biased in favor of their recommendations. Which of the following facts, if true, weakens the HR team's belief?

• A) Precipice Corp. has 12 branches in the state of Texas with a constantly increasing market share.
• B) The majority of the company employees have only a basic level of education.
• C) Employees tend to recommend individuals who they believe will do well because referrals put employees' own reputations on the line.
• D) Their personal relationship with the recommended candidate allows employees to convince the individual about the benefits of working for the company.
• E) Employees hired through recruitment agencies, have been known to be more productive in the past than candidates referred by employees.

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Definitions:

Experimental Drug

A compound or substance being tested for its therapeutic effects in clinical trials.

Placebo

A substance with no therapeutic effect, often used as a control in testing new drugs to assess the psychological impact of receiving treatment.

Experimenter Bias

A type of bias that occurs when the experimenter's expectations influence the outcome of a research study.

Statistically Significant

Statistically significant refers to a result that is unlikely to have occurred by chance alone, according to a predetermined threshold of probability, indicating a likely genuine effect.