Under Which Circumstances Do Human Mental Models Tend to Be

question 127

Multiple Choice

Under which circumstances do human mental models tend to be unreliable?

• A)When there are few interacting variables.
• B)When we attempt to extrapolate from many experiences to a general case.
• C)When the consequences occur immediately following causal events.
• D)When the consequences of one event lead to other consequences.

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Definitions:

Significance Level

The threshold below which a p-value is considered strong enough to reject the null hypothesis in statistical testing.

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities that can vary in the calculation of a statistic, often impacting its distribution.

One-sample Chi-square Test

A statistical test used to determine whether there is a significant difference between the expected frequencies and the observed frequencies in one or more categories.

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent pieces of information available to estimate another piece of information or the parameters in a statistical model.