To Help Her Class Learn the State Capitals and to Reduce

question 117

Multiple Choice

To help her class learn the state capitals and to reduce prejudice,an elementary school teacher divides the class into several ethnically diverse groups.She then gives each group member a different set of ten states and their capitals.After each student learns the ten capitals,she must teach them to the other members of the group.This is an example of ____.

• A) cognitive dissonance theory
• B) the jigsaw technique
• C) the matching hypothesis
• D) an illusory correlation

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Definitions:

Significance Level

Significance level is a threshold in hypothesis testing, denoting the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is actually true, often set at 0.05 or 5%.

Power of the Test

The probability that the test correctly rejects the null hypothesis when the alternative hypothesis is true, indicating the test's effectiveness.

Power Consumption

The amount of electrical energy used by devices or infrastructure within a specific timeframe, often measured in kilowatt-hours (kWh).

Standard Deviation

An analytical tool used to determine the level of variability or divergence among data values.