Question

8) A researcher is examining the relationship between job security and job satisfaction using gamma.

	Job Security
Job Satisfaction	High	Medium	Low
High	29	12	15
Medium	22	19	35
Low	17	18	36

8a) State your null and research hypotheses.

8b) The researcher finds gamma of .30. What does this mean?

Answer 1

8) A researcher is examining the relationship between job security and job satisfaction using gamma.

	Job Security
Job Satisfaction	High	Medium	Low
High	29	12	15
Medium	22	19	35
Low	17	18	36

8a) State your null and research hypotheses.

Ho: There is no association between job security and job satisfaction

H1: There is a association between job security and job satisfaction

8b) The researcher finds gamma of .30. What does this mean?

The gamma coefficient ranges between -1 and 1. Values close to 0 indicate a weak association between the variables and Values close to 1 indicate a strong association.

The calculated gamma value 0.30 is close to 0 than 1. Therefore we conclude that there is no association or only weak association between job security and job satisfaction.