A Review of the Business, Organization and HR Literature Produced

question 9

Multiple Choice

A review of the business, organization and HR literature produced a definition for diversity. What category was used to define diversity?

• A) Narrow category - based definitions (e.g., gender, racial, or ethnic differences)
• B) Broad category - based definitions (e.g., a long list of categories including such variables as marital status and education)
• C) Conceptual rule - definitions based on a conceptual rule (e.g., variety of perspectives, differences in perceptions and actions)
• D) All of the above

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A statistical measurement of the dispersion or variability within a data set.

Employees Sick

Refers to workers who are unable to perform their job duties due to illness.

Probability Distribution

A mathematical formula that calculates the likelihoods of various potential results for an experiment.

Standard Deviation

A statistical measure of the dispersion or variation in a set of values, indicating how much individual data points differ from the mean.