The _____ Occurs When People Assess Likelihood of Something Happening

question 20

Multiple Choice

The _____ occurs when people assess likelihood of something happening based on its similarity to a stereotyped set of occurrences.

• A) availability bias
• B) lack-of-participation error
• C) representativeness bias
• D) confirmation error
• E) adjustment bias

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Definitions:

Z Score

A statistical measure that describes a value's relationship to the mean of a group of values, expressed in units of standard deviation.

Standard Deviation

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

Mean

The average of a set of numbers calculated by adding them together and dividing by the count of numbers.

Raw Score

The original, unadjusted score obtained in an assessment or measure before any transformations or standardizations are applied.