Statistics in Manufacturing

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What is the dependent variable in the analysis?

Task interdependence
Corporate planning sophistication
Corrected correlation for the CPS–OP relationship (correct)
Organizational size

What is the purpose of the weighted least square regression employed in the study?

To test the moderating effect of task interdependence
To assess the impact of organizational size on OP
To incorporate weights based on information content (correct)
To control for environmental uncertainty

What is the effect of organizational size on OP, according to the regression analysis?

Negative and significant
No effect
Negative and insignificant
Positive and significant (correct)

What is the purpose of the power analysis following Cohen (1988)?

To calculate the statistical power of the study (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the moderator variable in the regression analysis?

Uncertainty avoidance (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the significance of the interaction term between organizational size and OP measurement?

Negative and significant (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of confidence intervals in subgroup analyses?

To provide information about differences between correlations in subgroups (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the criterion for determining the presence of theoretical moderators according to the 75% rule of Schmidt and Hunter (2015)?

If more than 75% of the variance is due to sampling error (D) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a characteristic of a study sample that is excluded from subgroup analyses?

It includes organizations from all three size categories (C) Signup and view all the answers

What statistical tool was used to examine the statistical power of each meta-regression?

G*Power 3.1 (C) Signup and view all the answers

Who is the researcher that recommended the use of meta-regression as a robustness analysis method?

An anonymous reviewer (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of conducting meta-regressions in the study?

To assess the robustness of the study's findings (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of examining the heterogeneity of effect sizes in a moderator analysis?

To identify the presence of theoretical moderators (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the next step in the moderator analysis after examining the heterogeneity of effect sizes?

Conducting separate meta-analyses for subgroups of studies (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of employing meta-regressions in the analysis?

To examine the effect of theoretical moderators on the outcome (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the classification of the overall effect size of the CP-OP relationship according to Cohen's (1988) classification?

Small- to medium-sized effect (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of correcting for dichotomization and measurement error in the analysis?

To obtain a more accurate estimate of the effect size (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is indicated by the narrow CI around the mean correlation in the analysis?

A reasonably precise estimate of the effect size (D) Signup and view all the answers