In a Large Survey, 56 Percent of MBA Students Admitted

question 46

Short Answer

In a large survey, 56 percent of MBA students admitted to cheating during the past year, compared with ________ percent of non-business graduate students.

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Definitions:

Confirmation Bias

The inclination to seek out, understand, prefer, and remember details in a manner that validates one's existing opinions or theories.

Sunk Cost Effect

The phenomenon where a person continues an endeavor because of previously invested resources (time, money, or effort), despite potential losses.

Availability Heuristic

The availability heuristic is a mental shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to mind when evaluating a specific topic, concept, method, or decision.

Confirmation Bias

Confirmation bias is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one’s preexisting beliefs or hypotheses.