Kip Is a Professional Auto Mechanic Whose Hobby Is Restoring

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Multiple Choice

Kip is a professional auto mechanic whose hobby is restoring old cars. He picked up a classic Thunderbird convertible at an auction, but after spending several weekends tinkering with the engine, he still couldn't figure out what was wrong with it. As he was waking up one morning, he suddenly realized what the problem was. Kip's sudden realization of the problem's solution is an example of:

• A) mental set.
• B) a heuristic.
• C) insight.
• D) functional fixedness.

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Definitions:

P-value

The probability of observing test results at least as extreme as the results actually observed, under the assumption that the null hypothesis is correct.

Level of Significance

A measure within hypothesis testing that determines the threshold at which the null hypothesis is rejected, often denoted by alpha (α).

Degrees of Freedom

Degrees of Freedom refer to the number of values in a calculation that are free to vary while still estimating certain statistical properties.

Between-Treatments

Pertains to the variations between group means in an experiment and is key to determining whether treatment effects exist.