Suppose you develop the following hypothesis: The more cohesive the group, the greater its productivity. To test the hypothesis, you analyze fifteen secretarial pools of six secretaries each in one large insurance company. The unit of analysis in this study would be
A) the insurance company.
B) site and time of the study.
C) the secretarial pools.
D) individual secretaries.

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The unit of analysis is the secretarial pools because the hypothesis is about the relationship between group cohesion and productivity, and the groups being analyzed are the secretarial pools.

Suppose You Develop the Following Hypothesis: the More Cohesive the Group