Q 59. Layoffs and 鈥渟urvivor guilt鈥�... [FREE SOLUTION]

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The Practice of Statistics for AP

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Chapter 4: Q 59. (page 254)

Layoffs and 鈥渟urvivor guilt鈥� Workers who survive a layoff of other employees at their location may suffer from 鈥渟urvivor guilt.鈥� A study of survivor guilt and its effects used as subjects $120$ students who were offered an opportunity to earn extra course credit by doing proofreading. Each subject worked in the same
cubicle as another student, who was an accomplice of the experimenters. At a break midway through the work, one of three things happened:
Treatment 1: The accomplice was told to leave; it was explained that this was because she performed poorly.
Treatment 2: It was explained that unforeseen circumstances meant there was only enough work for one person. By 鈥渃hance,鈥� the accomplice was chosen to
be laid off.
Treatment 3: Both students continued to work after the break.
The subjects鈥� work performance after the break was compared with performance before the break. Describe how you would randomly assign the
subjects to the treatments
(a) using slips of paper.
(b) using Table D.
(c) using technology.

Short Answer

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(a) The number $1, 2, 3$ are written on numerous paper slips.

(b) Provide a number to each student from $1 - 120$ .

Step by step solution

Given Information

A study of survivor guilt and its effects used as subjects $120$ students who were

offered an opportunity to earn extra course credit by doing proofreading.

At a break midway through the work, one of three things happened:

Treatment 1: The accomplice was told to leave; it was explained that this was because she performed poorly.

Treatment 2: It was explained that unforeseen circumstances meant there was only enough work for one person.

Treatment 3: Both students continued to work after the break.

Explanation

(a) A sample is to be produced to generate similar name slips. Blend them then by placing on container and draw a slip of care of first person 1. Create name of the slip and give it to person $2$ . To third party called, treatment $3$ is given.

Hence, care $1$ must be assigned to next party sequentially before all treatments assigned from $1 - 3$ .

(b) A sample is to be collected by using tables. Number will be allocated from $001 - 120$ . Pick a point and read the first $40$ numbers ranging from $001 - 120$ .

Do not select the selected numbers and delete all repeats until obtained $40$ unique numbers. Likewise, it read next $40$ numbers. Then, hey are allotted to counselling $2$ . The majority of these items are distributed to third treatment,

(c) Achieve a sample by assigning numbers $001 - 120$ to students. Using radiant function of calculator , the first forty numbers are chosen for first treatment, next forty for second treatment, remaining for treatment third. These must be deleted, sorted and allocated.