Assignment 3: Raw Data Representation and Interpretation
Subject: General Questions / College life
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Assignment 3: Raw Data Representation and Interpretation
The CEO of your company has asked you, the human resource manager, to conduct a study to determine whether or not male managers and female managers perceive leadership styles differently and, if differences are found, to develop a training program that will benefit gender differences in leadership. To this end you selected, randomly, 10 male managers and 10 female managers to participate in your study. To each manager a leadership style survey questionnaire was administered. The questionnaire chosen was the Blake & Mouton Managerial Grid as it assesses leadership behavior. The numeric raw data results of the 18 question study are as follows:
Raw Numeric Questionnaire Data
Question
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Male
4
4.6
3.2
3.9
4.2
3.7
4.1
4.5
3.5
Female
4.2
4.1
4.2
4.6
3.9
4.1
4.7
4.1
4.2
Raw Numeric Questionnaire Data
Question
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
Male
4
3.9
4
3
4.5
4.9
3
3.3
3
Female
4
4.2
4.1
4
4.5
4.3
3.9
4
3.7
Complete the following in a single MS Word or Excel document:
Calculate the mean, median, mode, variance, and standard deviation for the numeric data.
Construct a histogram, pie, or Stem-Leaf Display chart encompassing the mean leadership scores for both male and female managers. Use an online interactive program to formulate your histogram, pie charts, or Stem-Leaf Display.
Construct a histogram for median score values for male managers and female managers with respect to management style.
Analyze the data and present preliminary conclusions based on answers to questions #2 and #3 with respect to the leadership style differences between male and female managers.
Offer a brief 5-point summary of the training program you might use to strengthen the leadership deficiencies found in either or both the male and female manager leadership style.
