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Chapter Objectives
●Defining hypothesis
●Null and alternative hypothesis
●Managerial implications
The Steps for Research process –Step 4-
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Theoretical Framework
A theoretical framework represents your
3.Moderating variable
●Definition:
●So, moderator is qualitative (e.g., gender, race, class) or quantitative
(e.g.,
●level of reward) variable that affects the direction and/or strength of
●relation between independent and dependent variable.
●Moderating Variable- (Example-2)
●This creative synergy results from the "diverse" workforce interacting and
bringing together their expertise in problem solving.
●Note that creative synergy, the intervening variable, surfaces at time t2,
as a function of workforce diversity, which was in place at time t1, to bring
about organizational effectiveness in time t3. The dynamics of these
relationships are illustrated in Figures 6 and 7.
Types of Variables
●Assignment: (Hand written/Due in next class)
Good hypothesis:
●Must be adequate (sufficient/satisfactory) for its purpose
●Must be testable
●Must be better than its rivals
Can be:
●Directional
Directional and No-directional Hypotheses
DIRECTIONAL HYPOTHESES:
Example:
NONDIRECTIONAL HYPOTHESES:
Example:
satisfaction.
●It can also be stated as the population correlation between two variables
is equal to zero (or some definite number).
H0: µM - µw = 0
employees.
set as:
associate the