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Research Method STA630 Assignment 1 Fall 2012
Estimated reading time: 1 minute, 26 secondsResearch Method STA630 Assignment 1 Solution Fall 2012
Superior Denim” is a denim producer and a market leader which not only exports to the leading brands internationally but also has its operational outlets nationwide. The organization, with a total of 7000 employees, has a strong labor union which is now involved in some violent activities during various recent strikes. The strike which started last week and is still continued, has resulted in three injured one of which is critical. Management observed more aggressive attitude and increased violence with every new strike. The CEO has decided to look into the issue and has invited an organizational psychiatrist, Mr. Ashar, who conducts research on different areas of psychology.
It is brought to Ashar’s notice that labor was recently hired that belonged to similar demographics, sharing a
similar cultural background. Few of them are identified to have a criminal background as well, and they are holding prominent positions in the labor union. The labor is also found not to be satisfied with the job conditions and is not provided with proper health and safety measures that are required for the job they are performing.
Mr. Ashar is asked to analyze the situation. He is trying to find out the reasons of recent increased cases of violence among employees. After initial analysis, Mr. Ashar found that mindset of employees and cultural background played a significant role in recent violence.
- Identify the variables.
- Identify dependent and independent variables.
- What type of relationship exists among the variables?
- Develop appropriate null and alternative hypothesis for given case.
- Justify how it is a testable hypothesis.
