A Compulsion by Decision Makers to Maintain Each Other's Approval

question 115

Multiple Choice

A compulsion by decision makers to maintain each other's approval, even at the cost of critical thinking and good judgment, is called

• A)the halo effect.
• B)expert power.
• C)groupthink.
• D)cognitive dissonance.

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Definitions:

Scatter

The distribution of multiple data points in a two-dimensional graph, often used to observe and visually display the relationship between two quantitative variables.

Cracks Per Bar

A metric specifically used to quantify the number of cracks identified in a single bar of material, often used in quality control and materials testing.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or variability around the mean in a set of data, indicating how spread out the data points are.

Mode

The value or values that occur most frequently in a data set.