An organizational specialist administered questionnaires to three new employees, assessing psychological rigidity and adjustment to their new job. The scores are as follows
M = 5.67 SD = 1.25 M = 13.33 SD = 5.44 r = ?.92
a. Give the Z score prediction formula for predicting adjustment to retirement from scores on the rigidity scale.
b. Predict the adjustment to a new job for a person who scores 8 on the rigidity scale.
c. Explain what you have done to a person who is familiar with correlation but not with regression.
What will be an ideal response?
a. Predicted ZY = (?.92)( ZX).
b. ZX = (8 ??5.67)/1.25 = 1.86; predicted ZY (?.92)(1.86) = ?1.71
Predicted Y = 13.33 + (?1.71)(5.44) = 4.03
c. Answers will vary
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