Assume That Instead of Conducting Experiments, Latané and Darley Had

question 12

Multiple Choice

Assume that instead of conducting experiments, Latané and Darley had used a correlational method to study the relationship between the number of bystanders who witness an emergency and how quickly a victim receives help.Assume that the correlational data were compatible with results from experiments: the more bystanders, the more time it took bystanders to help.What type of correlation is this between time and number of bystanders?

• A) a nonlinear correlation
• B) a positive correlation
• C) a negative correlation
• D) a spurious correlation

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Definitions:

Normally Distributed

Refers to a statistical distribution that is balanced around the mean, indicating that values close to the mean occur more often than those far from the mean.

Mean

The mean is the average of a set of numbers, calculated by dividing the sum of these numbers by their count.

Normally Distributed

Describes a distribution that follows a bell-shaped curve, where the mean, median, and mode are equal; commonly used in probability and statistics.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion in a set of values, indicating how much the values deviate from the mean of the set.