Which of the Following Is an Example of Social Contagion

question 53

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of social contagion?

• A)A man purchases an electronic gadget just because it was on sale.
• B)A woman buys medicines over the counter that were prescribed by her doctor.
• C)A retired man purchases a house in an urban area so that he can socialise with wealthy people.
• D)A middle-aged woman purchases an anti-wrinkle cream because her colleagues influenced her to try the product

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Definitions:

One-sample Chi-square

A statistical test used to determine if a sample data matches a population with a specific distribution.

Goodness-of-fit Test

A statistical test used to determine how well observed data match the expected distribution or model.

Test of Independence

A statistical method used to determine whether two categorical variables are independent of each other.

Nonparametric Test

A different phrasing for nonparametric statistics, these are tests used for analyzing data when the assumptions for parametric tests cannot be met, focusing on the ranks or orders of the data.