Suppose That a Three Stage Process Had Reliability Ratings of .7

question 94

Essay

Suppose that a three stage process had reliability ratings of .7, .9, and .9 at each station and that a failure at any station represented a failure for the entire process. If each station is given a redundant check with .9 reliability, what is the increase in system reliability?

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Definitions:

Entitativity

The degree to which a collection of people feels like a cohesive group.

Social Identity

The part of an individual's self-concept derived from perceived membership in social groups.

Social Facilitation

The tendency for people to perform differently when in the presence of others than when alone, typically improving on simple or well-learned tasks.

Ingroup Bias

A tendency to favor groups we belong to more than those that we don’t.