The Base-Rate Fallacy Reflects

question 46

Multiple Choice

The base-rate fallacy reflects

• A)a failure to use consensus information.
• B)a failure to use consistency information.
• C)the actor-observer effect.
• D)an excessive reliance on situational attributions.

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Definitions:

Population Parameter

A characteristic or measure that describes an aspect of an entire population, such as a population mean or variance.

Confidence Interval

A range of values, derived from sample statistics, that are believed to contain the value of an unknown population parameter at a certain confidence level.

Sample Size

The number of observations or replicates included in a statistical sample.

Confidence Level

The probability that the value of a parameter falls within a specified range of values.