In One Variation on His Original Experiment,Milgram Arranged for a Confederate

question 58

Multiple Choice

In one variation on his original experiment,Milgram arranged for a confederate "clerk" (posing as a fellow participant) to assume command in the experimenter's absence.As a result of this manipulation,

• A)most teachers agreed to comply with the orders of their fellow group member.
• B)the teachers competed with him and with each other for the role of leader.
• C)participants became more positive about their roles in this cohesive group,and some even became enthusiastic.
• D)80 percent of the teachers refused to comply fully.

Recognize the relevance of statistical significance and how averages can be interpreted or misinterpreted in reports.

Analyze distributions to determine appropriate measures of central tendency and variability.

Understand the foundation of correlation and its measurement through correlation coefficients.

Apply the concept of statistical reasoning to generalize from samples to populations.

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