Each Year,psychics Make Predictions About Events They Believe Will Occur,though

question 171

Multiple Choice

Each year,psychics make predictions about events they believe will occur,though few of these events ever do.Psychics are quite certain of their claims despite their frequent,later inaccuracy.This finding would be consistent with the psychological phenomenon known as

• A)the availability heuristic.
• B)confirmation bias.
• C)hindsight bias.
• D)overconfidence.

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Definitions:

Null Hypotheses

Hypotheses that propose no statistical significance exists in a set of given observations, suggesting no effect or difference.

Population Variances

A measure of the variance within the entire population, representing how data points in a population are spread out.

Confidence Interval Estimate

A span of numerical outcomes extracted from sampled observations that is expected to hold the accurate population statistic within a given confidence degree.

Population Proportions

The fraction or percentage of the total population that is characterized by a particular attribute or characteristic.