MAN 3302 FINAL PRACTICE SCRIPT
UPDATED 2026 TESTED SOLUTIONS
⫸ HR purpose Answer: 1. Planning
2. Recruitment
3. Selection: most important
4. Training and development
5. Performance appraisals
6. Compensation
7. Employee satisfaction
⫸ Descriptive research: Answer: Measurement of behaviors/attributes
through observation rather than experimental testing
- Does NOT test relationship between variables but proves info about
behavior
- Useful with info from rare phenomena the could not be reproduced in a
lab or about subjects not well understood
- Has advantage of studying individuals in their natural environment free
from influence or artificial construct
- Most common type in case studies
- Used to describe general/specific behaviors that are observed and
measured
- Often researchers will begin w a no experimental approach like this to
gather info before designing experiment or correlation
,⫸ Case study Answer: Research performed on single person, group,
incident, community etc. as opposed to whole population. Cannot be
generalized to overall pop. but provide important info into future
research
⫸ Hypothesis Answer: Tentative conjecture explaining observation,
phenomenon, or scientific problem that can be tested by further
observation/ experimentation.
⫸ Correlation research: Answer: Used to see if 2 variables are related to
make predictions based on this relationship
- Can be used to predict the likelihood of 2 variables occurring together
or apart
- Does NOT imply causation/ does not explain behavior/ actions
- Allows researchers to determine if there's a relationship between 2
variables without having to randomly assign participants to conditions.
- Strengthens prediction capabilities
- Researcher cannot rule out possibility of 3rd variable affecting
relationship
⫸ Causation Answer: Act by which effect is produced: one variable
causes another to do something
, ⫸ Negative correlation Answer: A finding that two factors vary
systematically in opposite directions, one increasing as the other
decreases. Only serves to predict
⫸ Positive correlation Answer: Both decrease or increase with each
other. Only serves to predict
⫸ -.30 correlation Answer: weak negative downhill linear relationship
⫸ 0 correlation Answer: no correlation
⫸ 0.70 correlation Answer: strong uphill positive linear relationship
⫸ Experimental research: Answer: Tests hypothesis and establishes
causation by using independent/dependent variables in controlled
environment
- Most precise and conclusive
- Might not apply to everyday since controlled
- Features that control random variables to make sure effect measured is
caused by independent var. being manipulated. Features include random
assignment, control groups, and single/double blind design
- A poorly designed study will not produce reliable data
- Key components: control groups, use of random assignment, efforts to
eliminate bias
- May not be possible or ethical
UPDATED 2026 TESTED SOLUTIONS
⫸ HR purpose Answer: 1. Planning
2. Recruitment
3. Selection: most important
4. Training and development
5. Performance appraisals
6. Compensation
7. Employee satisfaction
⫸ Descriptive research: Answer: Measurement of behaviors/attributes
through observation rather than experimental testing
- Does NOT test relationship between variables but proves info about
behavior
- Useful with info from rare phenomena the could not be reproduced in a
lab or about subjects not well understood
- Has advantage of studying individuals in their natural environment free
from influence or artificial construct
- Most common type in case studies
- Used to describe general/specific behaviors that are observed and
measured
- Often researchers will begin w a no experimental approach like this to
gather info before designing experiment or correlation
,⫸ Case study Answer: Research performed on single person, group,
incident, community etc. as opposed to whole population. Cannot be
generalized to overall pop. but provide important info into future
research
⫸ Hypothesis Answer: Tentative conjecture explaining observation,
phenomenon, or scientific problem that can be tested by further
observation/ experimentation.
⫸ Correlation research: Answer: Used to see if 2 variables are related to
make predictions based on this relationship
- Can be used to predict the likelihood of 2 variables occurring together
or apart
- Does NOT imply causation/ does not explain behavior/ actions
- Allows researchers to determine if there's a relationship between 2
variables without having to randomly assign participants to conditions.
- Strengthens prediction capabilities
- Researcher cannot rule out possibility of 3rd variable affecting
relationship
⫸ Causation Answer: Act by which effect is produced: one variable
causes another to do something
, ⫸ Negative correlation Answer: A finding that two factors vary
systematically in opposite directions, one increasing as the other
decreases. Only serves to predict
⫸ Positive correlation Answer: Both decrease or increase with each
other. Only serves to predict
⫸ -.30 correlation Answer: weak negative downhill linear relationship
⫸ 0 correlation Answer: no correlation
⫸ 0.70 correlation Answer: strong uphill positive linear relationship
⫸ Experimental research: Answer: Tests hypothesis and establishes
causation by using independent/dependent variables in controlled
environment
- Most precise and conclusive
- Might not apply to everyday since controlled
- Features that control random variables to make sure effect measured is
caused by independent var. being manipulated. Features include random
assignment, control groups, and single/double blind design
- A poorly designed study will not produce reliable data
- Key components: control groups, use of random assignment, efforts to
eliminate bias
- May not be possible or ethical
