Ensuring That the Person Who Makes the Decision Is Different

question 75

Multiple Choice

Ensuring that the person who makes the decision is different from the person who evaluates that decision is recommended mainly to:

• A)avoid making decisions in the future.
• B)minimize reliance on an implicit favourite.
• C)increase the incidence of an implicit favourite.
• D)increase the incidence of satisficing.
• E)minimize escalation of commitment.

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Definitions:

Confounded

A situation in research where the effect of one variable is mixed up with the effect of another, making it difficult to ascertain causality.

Correlated

Being correlated refers to a statistical relationship between two or more variables, where a change in one is associated with a change in the other.

Control Group

In experimental research, a group of subjects that does not receive the treatment being tested, used as a benchmark to measure the effects of the treatment on another group.

Independent Variable

In scientific research, the variable that is manipulated or changed to observe its effect on a dependent variable.