Brooke Is a Ph

question 62

Multiple Choice

Brooke is a Ph.D.candidate in the field of nanophysics.She is aware that only 4 percent of physics professionals are women.Many assume this is due to women having an inability to comprehend complex mathematics.Knowing this,Brooke actually scores below her male counterparts on exams,thus affirming the idea that women have difficulty with physics.Brooke is experiencing:

• A) the stereotype promise.
• B) a self-fulfilling prophecy.
• C) tertiary deviance.
• D) the stereotype threat.

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Definitions:

Chi-square Statistic

A statistical measure used to assess the differences between categorical variables in a contingency table.

Expected Frequencies

The theoretically calculated frequencies of outcomes or categories in a statistical experiment based on the probability model.

Nonparametric Statistical Tests

Statistical tests that do not assume a specific distribution for the data, useful for ordinal or non-normally distributed interval data.

Population Parameters

Numerical characteristics that describe various aspects of a population, such as its mean or variance.