The data are gathered from publications and reports obtained directly from gover

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The data are gathered from publications and reports obtained directly from government agencies (such as the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics) or from the International Labour Organization Suppose an industrial/organizational psychologist is interested in the relationships between job satisfaction, job performance, and job compensation. She has data from five different countries on the average monthly salaries paid to computer programmers. She begins her analysis by converting all of the salary data into U.S. dollars: Standard Average Monthly Salary Deviation Original (U.S. dollars) (U.S. dollars) Currency Country Brazil the United States China Slovakia Kuwait $1,240 $4,141 $252 $692 $1,454 $310.00 $1,242.20 $37.80 $103.80 $436.20 real dollar yuan koruna dinar To appreciate the differences among the countries, she calculates the z-scores for a computer programmer making $1,500 per month. Use the dropdown menus to complete the following table z-score for $1,500 Salary Country Brazil the United States China Slovakia Kuwait Suppose a computer programmer in each of the five countries listed is offered a salary of $1,500 per month. Using the z-scores and assuming that the computer programmer prefers a salary that has a higher relative value, the computer programmer from month for this country corresponds to the will likely be the most pleased with the offer, because a salary of $1,500 per

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as we know that z score =(X-mean)/std deviation

therefore

programme from China will be the most ................ because a salary................corresponds to the highest z score

please revert for any clariifcation as well if you have option for last fill in the blanks

country z score Brazil 0.8387 the United States -2.1261 China 33.0159 Slovakia 7.7842 Kuwait 0.1055

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