The _____ Is the Strong Tendency to Search for Information

question 213

Multiple Choice

The _____ is the strong tendency to search for information or evidence that confirms a belief, while making little or no effort to search for information that might disprove the belief.

• A) belief-bias effect
• B) confirmation bias
• C) fallacy of positive instances
• D) overestimation effect

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Definitions:

Small Samples

Refers to a sample size that is considered too small to reliably represent the population from which it is drawn.

Normal Approximation

A method used to approximate the distribution of sample statistics to a normal distribution, particularly useful for large sample sizes.

Alternative Hypothesis

The hypothesis that suggests there is an effect or difference, in contrast to the null hypothesis.

P-Value

The probability of observing a test statistic at least as extreme as the one observed, under the assumption that the null hypothesis is true.