Assume That the Year 2000 Is Used as the Index

question 108

Multiple Choice

Assume that the year 2000 is used as the index base period and that sales were 12 million in the year 2000. If sales were 18 million in the year 2006, the simple index number for the year 2006 is:

• A) 1.5
• B) 6 million
• C) 150
• D) 0.666

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Definitions:

Groupthink

A psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people when the desire for harmony or conformity results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome.

Fundamental Attribution Error

The tendency to overemphasize personal characteristics and ignore situational factors in judging others' behaviors.

Self-Serving Bias

The common tendency to attribute one’s successes to personal characteristics and failures to external factors.

Shock Machine

Often associated with psychological experiments, it refers to a device used to deliver an electric shock to a subject, typically used in studies on obedience, learning, and punishment.