When Making a Decision in a Group,sometimes the Members of the Group

question 52

Multiple Choice

When making a decision in a group,sometimes the members of the group will shift toward views that are more extreme than the ones with which they began. This is known as

• A) devil's advocate technique.
• B) perceptual mapping.
• C) secondary data.
• D) indirect approach.
• E) group polarization.

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Definitions:

Increase The Sample

An action to add more subjects or observations to the sample being studied to improve the representativeness or reduce the margin of error.

Obtained T Value

The achieved result of a t-test calculation, indicating the difference between groups measured in units of standard error.

Critical Value

The threshold value that a test statistic must exceed in order for the null hypothesis to be rejected in statistical hypothesis testing.

Null Hypothesis

A statement used in statistics that proposes there is no significant effect or difference present between specified populations or factors.