Class Activity 1:

Answers
State the variable/s and diagram
the relationships (if there is any).

1. An applied researcher wants to increase

the performance of organizational members
in a particular bank.

Answer:
Dependent Variable: Performance
of organizational members
Why?
Because dependent variable is the
variable of primary interest to the
researcher.

2. Cross cultural research indicates that

managerial values govern the power distance
between superiors and subordinates.

Answer:
IV
DV
Managerial
Values

Power distance
between
superiors and
subordinates

3. A manager believes that good supervision and

training would increase the production level of the
workers.

Answer:
IV

Good DV
supervision
and training

Production
level of
workers

4. A marketing manager wonders why the recent

advertisement strategy does not work.

Answer:
Dependent variable: Advertisement
strategy

5. A manger finds that off-the-job classroom training

has a great impact on the productivity of the
employees in her department. However, she also
observes that employees over 60 years of age do
not seem to derive much benefit and do not
improve with such training.

Answer:
IV
Off-the-job
class room
training

DV

MV

Productivit
y of
employees
Unwillingne
ss of
employees
over 60
years of age
to pursue
training

6 Failure to follow accounting principles cause immense confusion, which in turn

creates a number of problems for the organization. Those with vast experience in
bookkeeping, however, are able to avert the problems by taking timely corrective
action.

Answer:
IV
DV
Failure to follow
accounting
principles

MV

Int.V
Correctiv
e action

Expertise
in
bookkee
ping

No. of accounting
problems

7. A consultant is of the opinion that much benefit

would accrue by buying and selling at the
appropriate times in a financial environment where
the
stocks
are
volatile.

Answer:
IV
DV
Volatility of
stocks

Buying and
selling of
stocks

8. The manager of Haines Company observes that the morale of

employees in her company is low. She thinks that if their working
conditions are improved, pay scales raised, and the vacation benefits
made attractive, the morale will be boosted. She doubts, however , if
an increase of pay scales would raise the morale of all employees.
Her conjecture is that those that have supplemental incomes will just
not be turned on by higher pay, and only those without side
incomes will be happy increased pay with resultant boost.

IVs
Working
DV
conditions
Int.
V
Vacation
benefits

Morale of
employee
s

Pay scales
Suppleme
ntal
income

Reference
Sekaran, Uma. (2006) Research
Methods for Business: A Skill Building
Approach. 4th Edn. New Delhi, India:
John Wiley & Sons Ltd. UK.