According to Distinctiveness-Based Illusory Correlation, Which of the Following Would

question 13

Multiple Choice

According to distinctiveness-based illusory correlation, which of the following would a person be more likely to remember?

• A) Mayor Smith walking down the street with a cane
• B) A minority staring at expensive jewellery in the window of a shop
• C) A child walking around his mother while she is talking
• D) A woman walking her dog on a leash

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Definitions:

Population Distribution

The spread of characteristics or variables across all members of a defined group or population.

Confidence Interval

A range of values, derived from sample statistics, that is believed, with a certain level of confidence, to contain the population parameter of interest.

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Sales made by a business for which payment will be made at a later date, as opposed to immediate cash sales.

Confidence Interval

A confidence interval is a range of values, derived from sample statistics, that is likely to contain the value of an unknown population parameter.