One Study Asked College Students to Predict the Likelihood of Experiencing

question 214

Multiple Choice

One study asked college students to predict the likelihood of experiencing different personal life events. The researchers found that students' accuracy in making predictions was unrelated to how certain they were about their predictions. This is an example of:

• A) overconfidence.
• B) framing.
• C) the availability heuristic.
• D) the belief bias.

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Definitions:

Reactivity

The tendency of individuals to alter their performance or behavior due to the awareness that they are being observed.

Variability

describes the extent to which data points in a dataset differ from each other and from the average value.

Measurement Error

The difference between a measured value and the true value, owing to inaccuracies in data collection or interpretation.

Variability

The extent to which data points in a dataset differ from each other and from their average value, indicating the spread or dispersion in the dataset.