Hypothesis (s)
The hypothesis should provide a logical response to the research questions provided by the manager's dilemma, can be tested, and includes independent and dependent variables. A hypothesis often follows a basic format of "If {this happens} then {this will happen.}" Typically structure the hypothesis to describe what will happen to the dependent variable if changes are made to the independent variable ("Psychology: What Is A Hypothesis?", 2014). The hypothesis is as follows:
If there is a relationship between low work productivity and the high employee turnover rate, then, it can be assumed by providing a survey of employee satisfaction, the results will provide Royal Packaging and Distribution data to determine the variables necessary to make a sound business decision on increasing employee satisfaction - resulting in lower employee turnover rates, ultimately increasing productivity. "Productivity can be boosted with more variety in work responsibilities. Variety would create workers who have more job satisfaction. So, if workers are cross-trained in other, even similar, duties, then productivity will increase and turnover will drastically decline."
Alternatively, in contrast, if there is no relationship between low work productivity and the high worker turnover rate, then the lower productivity can be a result of extended days off or vacations overlapping in schedule to low training or retraining initiatives. Therefore, requiring further research into the employee scheduling process and training.
Further testing of these qualitative and quantitative data measure will be conducted to conclude the research on productivity standards for the organization. This leads this research into defining the study variables.
Study Variables
Identify the variables for which data will be collected. For each variable, identify the level of measurement. Triple click anywhere in this paragraph to begin typing.
Data Collection
In this section, Describe the plan that would be used to collect data for this research. The plan should identify how the objects from which data would be selected, the samples size, and how the data would be collected. If surveys are proposed, describe the survey instruments that would be used to collect your data (attach instrument to the paper). Provide appropriate support for the size of the sample to be collected. Triple click anywhere in this paragraph to begin typing
Data Collection Results
In this section, summarize the data collected using descriptive statistics. Triple click anywhere in this paragraph to begin typing
Hypothesis Testing Method
Identify the statistical procedure used to accept/reject the hypothesis. Triple click anywhere in this paragraph to begin typing
Hypothesis Test Results
In this section, provide the results of the testing done to accept or reject the stated hypothesizes. Show all calculations used. Triple click anywhere in this paragraph to begin typing.