What Do You Conclude About the Claim Below? Do Not

question 75

Essay

What do you conclude about the claim below? Do not use formal procedures or exact calculations. Use only the
rare event rule and make a subjective estimate to determine whether the event is likely.
Claim: A company claims that the proportion of defective units among a particular model of computers is 4%.
In a shipment of 200 such computers, there are 10 defective units.

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Definitions:

Ultimate Attribution Error

A bias in which negative behaviors by out-group members are attributed to their character, while similar actions by in-group members are attributed to situational factors.

Outgroup

A social group to which a person does not identify or belong, often perceived as fundamentally different or inferior.

Luck

A concept that denotes the experience of notably positive, negative, or improbable events by chance.

Stereotypes

Oversimplified generalizations about groups of people that often underpin prejudice and discrimination.