An Important Theoretical Revision to Adams' Original Equity Theory Formulation

question 30

Multiple Choice

An important theoretical revision to Adams' original equity theory formulation involves individual preferences for equity. An equity sensitive individual is someone:

• A) comfortable with an equity ratio less than his or her comparison other.
• B) comfortable with an equity ratio greater than that of his or her comparison other.
• C) who prefers an equity ratio equal to that of his or her comparison other.
• D) uncomfortable with a ratio either lesser or greater than that of his or her comparison other.

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Definitions:

F-test Statistic

A ratio of two variances that follows an F-distribution, used to compare statistical models or test hypotheses about the equality of variances.

Larger Sample Variance

Refers to a greater dispersion or spread of a set of sample data points from their mean, compared to another set of data points.

F-test

A statistical test used to compare the variances of two populations and is based on the F-distribution.

One-tailed Test

A statistical hypothesis test in which the region of rejection is on only one side of the sampling distribution.