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Chapter 8.6, Problem 8.82ACB
Mental health of workers and the unemployed. A study in the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology investigated the relationship of employment status and mental health. A sample of working and unemployed people was selected, and each person was given a mental health examination using the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), a widely recognized measure of mental health. Although the article focused on comparing the mean GHQ levels, a comparison of the variability of GHQ scores for employed and unemployed men and women is of interest as well.
- a. In general terms, what does the amount of variability in GHQ scores tell us about the group?
- b. What are the appropriate null and alternative hypotheses to compare the variability of the mental health scores of the employed and unemployed groups? Define any symbols you use.
- c. The standard deviation for a sample of 142 employed men was 3.26, while the standard deviation for 49 unemployed men was 5.10. Conduct the test you set up in part b using α = .05. Interpret the results.
- d. What assumptions are necessary to ensure the validity of the test?
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