In an Experiment, People Were Given a Flyer as They

question 380

Multiple Choice

In an experiment, people were given a flyer as they entered a public parking garage. The more litter there was on the floor of the garage, the more likely people were to add to it by dropping their flyer. This experiment illustrates

• A)role conflict experienced between littering or not littering.
• B)differing norms for whether littering was acceptable in that situation.
• C)superordinate goals in place for not littering.
• D)how the number of people present affects littering behavior.

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Definitions:

Mean Difference

A statistical measure that represents the average difference between two sets of data points.

Statistical Significance

A measure that indicates how likely a result obtained from a study or experiment is not due to chance.

Sampling Error

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Trend Analysis

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