10) A researcher takes measure of people's work motivation, educational level, self-esteem and neuroticism and wishes to use these data to see how well they predict absenteeism over a year. An appropriate analysis is:

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Multiple regression is appropriate for analyzing how multiple predictors (in this case work motivation, educational level, self-esteem, and neuroticism) may predict a continuous outcome variable (absenteeism) over time. Bivariate correlations would only show the relationship between two variables at a time and would not be able to account for the influence of the other variables. ANCOVA and log-linear regression are not appropriate for this type of analysis.

10) a Researcher Takes Measure of People's Work Motivation, Educational