Sylvia Asked Ben to Wear a Pin Supporting the Red

question 29

Multiple Choice

Sylvia asked Ben to wear a pin supporting the Red Cross.When she asked Ben later for a donation to the Red Cross,

• A) he would be likely to donate because of the tendency to be consistent in his behavior.
• B) he would be unlikely to donate because he had already been wearing the pin.
• C) he would be likely to give more than she asked because of the foot-in-the-door technique.
• D) he would be unlikely to donate because of the door-in-the-face technique.

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Significance Level

The threshold at which the results of statistical analysis are considered statistically significant, commonly set at α = 0.05 or 5%.

Degrees Of Freedom

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Test Statistic

A value calculated from sample data that is used in a hypothesis test to decide whether to reject the null hypothesis.

T Test

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