Using a Modified Version of Asch's Procedure, Canadian Researcher John

question 20

Multiple Choice

Using a modified version of Asch's procedure, Canadian researcher John Berry found higher rates of conformity ___________________________________.

• A) among collectivistic hunters and gatherers in Papua New Guinea
• B) among individualistic buyers and sellers at a marketplace in Mexico
• C) among high-food-accumulating farmers in Sierra Leone, West Africa
• D) among low-food-accumulating Inuit hunters and fishers in Canada

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Definitions:

Odds

The ratio of the probability of an event occurring to the probability of it not occurring, used in probability theory and statistics.

Sample Proportion

The fraction or percentage of the sample that displays a certain trait or characteristic, used as an estimate of the proportion in the entire population.

Logistic Regression

A statistical model that estimates the probability of a binary outcome based on one or more predictor variables, using a logistic function.

Indicator Variable

A variable used in statistical modeling and analysis that takes on a value of 0 or 1 to indicate the absence or presence of a certain condition or effect.