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Physical Strength and Job Performance

Created by David Lane of Rice University, this case study aims to answer the question, "How does one select employees to perform physically demanding jobs?" It examines the relationship between isometric strength tests and job performance for one hundred forty-seven workers. The author has structured the lesson to provide a background, methods and procedures, univariate statistics, scatter plots, correlations, regression and raw data. Some of the main concepts include: correlation, linear regression, multiple regression.

Keywords:: stem education, workforce development, technician training, advanced technological education

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Mathematics and Statistics / Statistics and Probability

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Material Type:: Case Study
Date Added to MERLOT:: July 18, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:: July 21, 2016
Author:: Lane, David M., Rice University
Submitter:: Barbra Bied Sperling

Primary Audience:: College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional
Technical Format:: Website
Mobile Compatibility:: Not specified at this time
Language:: English
Cost Involved:: No
Source Code Available:: No
Creative Commons:: No

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