RELIABILITY ANALYSIS OF LEADERSHIP EFFECTIVENESS: Mathematics Paper

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS OF LEADERSHIP EFFECTIVENESS: Mathematics Paper

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Summary

The “Nordic” questionnaire produced a data set that was examined to determine the reliability of the underlying nine scales and for ways in which the use of these scales could be concatenated in various ways to predict with an effective level of reliability the overall satisfaction from both above and below of the manager as a leader. In examining these scales, all were found to be reliable; however, the questionnaire as it is currently configured is highly redundant; over one-third of the questions can be eliminated without compromising the reliability of the questionnaire, which will be strengthened by being shorter (give that shorter questionnaires tend to have higher response rates). (more…)

Statistical Analysis of a Secondary Data Set: Term Paper

Statistical Analysis of a Secondary Data Set: Term Paper

Sample Paper

Words 1,878

Introduction

We are generally taught in high school that the Industrial Revolution was a good thing for humanity, that it has increased both our welfare and our happiness. And in many ways, this is arguably true. In general, we live longer now than our ancestors did before the Industrial Revolution, our children are much less likely to die in infancy, women are much less likely to die giving birth to those children. We can now fight cancer, provide anesthetics, fight infections with antibiotics, replace failing hearts with those taken from other people or with robotics. (more…)