To assess the workplace benefits of providing paid time off (PTO), the Human Resources (HR) Department implements and evaluates different PTO plans at each of the company’s three sites: Site 1 will serve as the control group; employees at this site will continue to receive 2 weeks of PTO per year. Employees at Site 2 will receive 2 weeks of PTO per year plus the fourth Friday of each month off (with pay). Employees at Site 3 will receive 3 weeks of PTO per year. The HR Department will use a web-based survey to gather the following data from all employees: score on the Acme Morale Scale (1 = extremely low morale . . . 25 = extremely high morale).
Data set: Ch 05 – Exercise 05B.sav
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Variable: Site

Definition: Work site
Type: Categorical (1 = 2 Weeks PTO, 2 = 2 Weeks PTO + fourth Fridays off, 3 Weeks PTO)
Variable: Morale
Definition: Score on Acme Morale Scale
Type: Continuous (1 = Extremely low morale . . . 25 = Extremely high morale)
a. Write the hypotheses.
b. Run each criterion of the pretest checklist (normality, homogeneity of variance, and n) and discuss your findings.
c. Run the ANOVA test and document your findings (ns, means, and Sig. [p value], hypotheses resolution).
d. Write an abstract under 200 words detailing a summary of the study, the ANOVA test results, hypothesis resolution, and implications of your findings.