Most People Are Likely to Be Surprised by the Results

question 125

Multiple Choice

Most people are likely to be surprised by the results of Milgram's initial obedience experiment because

• A) the "learners" made so few learning errors under stressful circumstances.
• B) the "teachers" actually enjoyed shocking another person.
• C) the "teachers" were more obedient than most people would have predicted.
• D) the "learners" obediently accepted painful shocks without any protest.

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Definitions:

Expected Frequency

Expected frequency is a term in statistics indicating the number of times an outcome is anticipated to occur within a set of observations, based on probability.

Sampling Distribution

The distribution of probabilities for a statistic that is based on a random sample.

Chi-squared Distribution

A distribution that arises from the sum of the squares of a number of independent random variables.

Multinomial

Related to outcomes or processes that can fall into more than two categories in statistical experiments.