A Researcher Determines That the Crime Rate in a Large

question 651

Multiple Choice

A researcher determines that the crime rate in a large city is related to the phases of the moon. She concludes that the gravitational pull of the moon influences human behavior. She does not understand

• A)the dangers of a single example.
• B)the difference between observation and inference.
• C)the difference between correlation and causation.
• D)that the Barnum effect occurs only in ten-year cycles.

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Definitions:

Entropy

In thermodynamics, a measure of the disorder or randomness in a closed system; in information theory, a measure of the unpredictability or complexity of information.

Critical Organizational Communication

A field of study that analyzes how power, domination, and inequality are experienced and challenged within organizational settings through the use of communication practices.

Middle Schools

Educational institutions that serve students in the intermediary grades, typically between elementary and high school, often encompassing grades 6 through 8.

Equivocality

The characteristic of possibly being understood in multiple ways; vagueness.