Requirements of tutor: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Seeking a tutor with experience in management and has excellent ratings Original content/No Plagiarism Writing must be well-written and understandable Explanations for responses in \"Problems and Suggestions\" MUST be at least a ONE paragraph in length. Complete sections A-F **Glossary of terms located in bottom on document** Research Designs _________________________________________________ In each of the following examples, determine the type of research design used (e.g., experiment, quasi-experiment, survey, correlation, archival, meta-analysis) and then identify the independent variables and the dependent variables (if any). Also identify any problems with the study and offer some suggestions for improvement by typing in the space provided. Please then save and submit your completed exercise to the Blackboard web site for the course. A A human resource manager was interested in determining if there was a relationship between employee satisfaction and performance. The HR manager had 800 employees complete a job satisfaction inventory and then compared the scores on this inventory with supervisor's ratings of job performance. Type of study- Independent variable- Dependent variable- Problems and Suggestions- B. A study was conducted to determine if men and women were being paid equitably at Acme Manufacturing. To test this question, company payroll records were examined to compare the average salaries of male and female employees. The results indicated that the average man earned $32,176 per year whereas the average woman earned $30,100. Type of study- Independent variable- Dependent variable- Problems and Suggestions - C. A supervisor noticed that absenteeism was higher on the Tuesday following a Monday Night Football game than on other days. To test her idea, she counted the number of days her employees missed on Tuesdays not following a football game and compared them with the number of days missed on the Tuesdays following a football game. She found that the absenteeism rate was 12% on \"regular\" Tuesdays and 20% on Tuesdays following a football game. Type of study - Independent variable - Dependent variable - Problems and suggestions - D. Prior to developing an on-site child-care center, Community General Hospital wanted to ensure that enough of its employees would use the center. Amanda Blake, the nursing supervisor, sent a questionnaire to the hospital's employees asking them if they would use the center, and how much they would be willing to pay per week for on-site child care. Type of study- Independent variable- Dependent variable - Problems and suggestions- E. A professor was interested in discovering the effect of incentives on employee performance. He went back through every issue of the Journal of Applied Psychology and the Journal of Management and statistically combined the results reported in all of the relevant articles. The mean effect size (d) of .63 indicated that incentives did increase employee performance. Type of study - Independent variable - Dependent variable - Problems and suggestions - F. A manager worried that her employees were not happy with the organization. To confirm her fears, she had each of her employees provide written answers to 10 questions about their attitudes toward work. She was surprised to find that her employees were happier than she thought. Type of study - Independent variable - Dependent variable - Problems and Suggestions - Glossary Independent variable- The manipulated variable in an experiment. Dependent variable- The measure of behavior that is expected to change as a result of changes in the independent variable. Archival research- Research that involves the use of previously collected data. Correlation- A statistical procedure used to measure the relationship between two variables. Quasiexperiments- Research method in which the experimenter either does not manipulate the independent variable or in which subjects are not randomly assigned to conditions. Experiment- A type of research study in which the independent variable is manipulated by the experimenter. Surveys- Questionnaires asking employees about the areas in which they feel they need training. Meta-analysis- A statistical method for cumulating research results