Many Cliques Function as Relatively Closed Groups: Members Do Not

question 32

Multiple Choice

Many cliques function as relatively closed groups: Members do not interact much with other people, and members are encouraged to have similar thoughts. This can best be described as ______.

• A) holism
• B) groupthink
• C) nonsummativity
• D) mindguarding

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Definitions:

Critical Value

The threshold value that a test statistic must exceed to reject the null hypothesis in a hypothesis test.

Percentage Rates

A mathematical representation of a part or portion of a whole, expressed as a fraction of 100.

Fisher's LSD

Fisher's Least Significant Difference is a statistical method used for comparing the means of three or more groups to find if there are significant differences between them, assuming equal variances.

LSD Value

A measure in statistics known as the "Least Significant Difference," which is used to conduct post hoc tests after ANOVA to find significant differences between group means.